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TOPIC- INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

1. What is Production /operations management ?

2. What s the cardinal objectives of production /operations management system ?
3. What are the criteria for evaluating he effectiveness f the production/operations system ?
4. Why do we learn about Productions and operations management ?

TOPIC - QUALITY CONTROL

1. What do you understand by the expression "product of high quality"

2. What are the dimensions of Quality in a product. What are the criteria of Judging Quality of
a product ?
3. What are the key areas of responsibility for quality in an organization ?
4. What are the benefits of good quality? What are the consequences of poor quality ?
5. What do you understand by the term TQM
6. How can TQM be realistically achieved by an organization in Nigeria ?
7. What is quality control
8. What is Statistical process control ?
9. Briefly explain the phases of Quality assurance ?
10. What is Inspection, What are the basic issues in Inspection ?
11. Highlight areas to inspect in quality control
12. Outline the steps for effective control
13. What is acceptance sampling
14. What are the conditions for acceptance sampling
15. What is a control chart and basis for a control chart?

TOPIC - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1. What is a project ?
2. What is project management ?
3. How is project management different from general operations management
4. Why is project management used?
5. What are the key metrics of Project management?
6. What are the key success factors of project management?
7. What are the key decisions of project management ?
8. What are the major administrative issues of project management ?
9. What are the main tools of project management .
10. What are the roles of a project manager
11. What are the phases of project life cycle ?
12. What are the uses of PERT and CPM ?
13. Explain the following - Critical path, Length of each path, duration of a project , slack ?
14. Requirements of for planning and designing a project
15. What are important considerations for deciding if and when a project should be terminated
TOPIC - MAINTENANCE

1. What is maintenance
2. What are the goals of maintennce
3. What are the adverse consequences of breakdown occurrence ?
4. What are the options with respect to maintenance
5. What is the goal of preventive maintenance
6. What are the factors to be considered when scheduling preventive maintenance
7. Explain Total productive maintenance ?
8. What are the approaches organization uses in their breakdown programmes ?
9. What are the factors to be considered in Replacement decision
10. How do we calculate expected breakdown costs ?

TOPIC -FORCASTING

1. What is forecasting
2. What are the important aspects of Forecasting ?
3. Discuss uses of Forecasting ?
4. Briefly explain the features common to all forecasts ?
5. What are the elements of a good forecast
6. Outline the steps in forecasting process ?
7. What is forecast accurracy ?
8. Distinguish between the two approahes to forecasting
9. What are the factors to considered in choosing forecasting technique
10. Explain Qualitative approach to forecasting
11. Explain Quantitative approach to forecasting
12. Briefly explain the following: Trends , Seasonal Variations , Randowm Variations Cycles
13. Write short notes on : Naive forecasts , Moving average technique, Weighted average
technique and Exponential smoothing Technique ?

TOPIC - AGGREGATE PLANNING

1. What is aggregate planning ?

2. Describe the concept of aggregation
3. Why do organizations need to do Aggregate planning
4. What are the strategies in dealing with Variations in Aggregate planning
5. Basic strategies for uneven demand ?
6. What is a Master schedule
7. Who is a Master scheduler
8. Why is Master scheduling at the heart of Production planning and control
9. Describe the Master scheduling process ?