IV B.

Tech External Exams

Production Planning and Control

[GR 11]

Course Objectives:

1. To prepare production targets and scheduling of operations to meet targets.

2. Select and control of different resources of production system in the most

effective and economic manner and also among different departments

3. Develop systematic approach for planning and utilization of Inventory in the

optimal way

4. Knowledge on ERP system for customer requirement planning and

companywide integration.

Production Planning and control Course Outcomes

1. Application of knowledge of production planning and scheduling to meet the target

manufacturing sector

2. Team build up and interaction with all resource departments for resource balancing
economic manner by forecasting

3. Perform effectively on inventory management and application of control system for

material management

4. Application on ERP system for customer requirement planning and compare integration

5. Ability to solve problems by Routing Procedure

6. Implement various scheduling techniques to schedule shop floor activities of industry.

7. Development of program based quality, cost and delivery requirements through
planning, scheduling and control
 CODE:GR11A4095 GR11
IV B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations May 2017
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
(MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks:75
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks

1. a. Discuss the objectives and functions of PPC [CO1] [7]

b. Classify the production systems. Mention the characteristics of each of those systems
[CO1] [8]

2. a. Explain the qualitative methods of forecasting [CO2] [7]

b. A manufacturing company has monthly demand for one of its products as follows:

Month Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept

Demand 520 490 550 580 600 420 510 610

a) Develop a three period moving average forecast

b) Develop three period weighted moving average forecast with weights of 0.50, 0.30
and 0.20 for the most recent demand values [CO2] [8]
3. a. Explain various costs associated with inventory. Compare VED analysis with ABC
analysis [CO3] [8]

b. Explain P &Q systems of controlling the inventories with neat diagrams [CO3] [7]

4. a. Discuss the role of BOM with the help of block diagram [CO5] [7]

b. A house painting contractor has 5 houses to paint following are the estimated times
required to paint each house and due date for completion [8] [CO6]
House Estimated time(days) Due date
A 2.5 8
B 4.0 10
C 3.0 7
D 5.0 14
E 2.0 16
Construct job sequence using SPT rule and EDD rule. Also compute average flow time.

5. a. Compare aggregate planning and master production schedule [CO4] [7]

b. List out various heuristics for line balancing problem. Explain any one heuristic in detail
with example [CO4]. [8]
6. a. Compare & contrast dispatching centralized control VS Dispatching decentralized
control. [8][CO7]
 b. Explain various activities of dispatcher [CO7] [7]
7. a. What are the major requirements for a successful JIT implementation?[CO3] [8]
b. With an example explain the logic of MRP[CO4] [7]
 CODE:GR11A4095 GR11
IV B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations May 2017
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
(MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
Time:3 hours Max Marks:75
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
1. a. Summarise the key features and most commonly used forecasting methods in
production planning.[CO2] [8]
b. Give the internal organisation of PPC department. [CO1][7]
2. a. What is ERP system? Explain any three segments of ERP system [CO4][7]
b. Alpha industry estimates that it will sell 12000 units of its product for the
forthcoming year. The ordering cost is Rs. 100 per order and the carrying cost per unit
per year is 20% of the purchase price per unit. The purchase price per unit is Rs.50.Find
a. Economic Order quantity
b. No. Of orders per year
c. Time between successive orders[CO3] [8]
3. a. Explain the steps for routing procedure[CO5] [7]
b. List out various scheduling techniques and explain them [CO6] [8]
4. a. Explain the advantages and drawbacks of using chase demand strategy for developing
an aggregate planning[CO1] [8]
b. Distinguish between line balancing and line of balance.[CO3] [7]
5. a. Differentiate between dispatching and expediting and point out to what extent these
differences should lead to clear and rigid demarcation of responsibilities between
dispatching and expediting[CO7].[7]
b. List out various forms raised by dispatcher. Explain any three with neat sketch
[CO7] [8]
6. a. What is material follow up? What is the role of purchase department in material
follow up? [8] [CO7]
b. Explain the objectives of aggregate planning [CO1] [7]
7. a. Describe significance of loading with the help of machine load record. [CO6][7]
b. Auto sales at Carmen’s Chevrolet are shown below. Develop a 3-week moving
average. [CO2][8]

WEEK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Auto
Sales 8 10 9 11 10 13 -
 Paper I

CO1 CO2 CO3 CO4 CO5 CO6 CO7

1a 7
1b 8
2a 7
2b 8
3a 8
3b 7
4a 7
4b 8
5a 7
5b 8
6a 8
6b 7
7a 8
7b 7
TOTAL 15 15 23 22 7 8 15

Paper II

CO1 CO2 CO3 CO4 CO5 CO6 CO7

1a 8
1b 7
2a 7
2b 8
3a 7
3b 8
4a 8
4b 7
5a 7
5b 8
6a 8
6b 7
7a 7
7b 8
TOTAL 22 16 15 7 7 15 23