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ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-05 Course Title : Management of Machines and Materials
Q1. Discuss the role of scientific methods in Operations Management. Ans : Frederick Taylor is the person who is most often associated with the system labeled scientific management, and indeed, he was the originator of this set of concepts. However, there were others in the field of scientific management who had as much if not greater effect on the workplace. According to Sullivan (1987), Taylor's work not only represented the beginning of the managerial era in industrial production but also signaled the end of the craft era in the United States. Taylor developed his principles of management

Q2. Explain the product selection and stages involved there in. Ans : Steps Involved in Product Selection There are three basic steps involved in product/venture selection. These are idea generation, evaluation and choice. Idea Generation: Product ideas or investment opportunities come from different sources such as business/financial newspapers, research institutes, consulting firms, natural resources, universities, competitors etc.The starting point for idea generation could be a simple analysis of the businesss strengths and weakness. Ideas could also be generated through brainstorming, desk research and various types of management consensus procedures. Evaluation: Screening of the product ideas

Q3. Define Job Design. How Management has viewed Job Design since the Industrial Revolution. Ans : Job design refers to the way that a set of tasks, or an entire job, is organized. Job design helps to determine: what tasks are done, how the tasks are done, how many tasks are done, and in what order the tasks are done. It takes into account all factors which affect the work, and organizes the content and tasks so that the whole job is less likely to be a risk to the employee. Job design involves administrative areas such as: job rotation, job enlargement, task/machine pacing, work breaks, and working hours.

Q4. Discuss the variation in the approach of planning and controlling of mass , Batch and Job production. Ans : Batch production is done when a product is made in different varieties and the volume is less. This system works well for smaller facilities. The product is produced in smaller quantities but in different variants. The facility layout is designed keeping in mind the volume, flow and variety of the product. In batch production there is continuous demand for the product. FEATURES OF BATCH PRODUCTION In this type of production, a process layout is required. Similar machines are grouped into various departments. All processes follow their own routes.

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Q5. Discuss the various methods for stores accounting and verification systems. Ans : A Stores is a virtual money that can be enchased. However, this money needs to be properly counted or accounted for. Stock accounting is thus a systematic way of assessing the money value of the items lying in stores as also the items under transaction through stores.

Transactions , in terms of receipts and issues are a regular feature in any stores and therefore Stock accounting process , in most of the cases, concentrates only on the stock in hand, lying in Stores. The most popular methods of accounting are, FIFO

Q6. Write Short notes on: a) Work Sampling b) Acceptance Sampling c) Value Engineering & Analysis d) Waste Management. Ans : a) Work Sampling : Work sampling is the statistical technique for determining the proportion of time spent by workers in various defined categories of activity (e.g. setting up a machine, assembling two parts, idleetc.).It is as important as all other statistical techniques because it permits quick analysis, recognition, and enhancement of job responsibilities, tasks, performance competencies, and organizational work flows. Other names used for it are 'activity sampling', 'occurrence sampling', and 'ratio delay study'.

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