ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 5
Course Title : Management of Machines and Materials
Assignment Code : MS-5/TMA/SEM -
II/2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions
and submit this assignment on or before 31st October, 2017 to the coordinator
of your study centre.
1. (a) Enumerate the basic types of plant layouts. How does a
cellular layout differ from a process layout?
(b) What are the different factors that should be considered
for designing a plant layout?
2. What do you understand by work sampling technique?
Highlight some uses of work sampling. What are the steps usually required in
conducting a work sampling study.
3. (a) What is the distinctive feature of job production as compared
to mass and batch production systems?
(b) Give three examples form your daily life of job
production systems.
4. Describe the following, with illustrations (a) Average Outgoing Quality (AOQ)
Curve. (b) FAST Diagrams
5. “Inventory management for slow moving expensive items
should focus more on lead time reduction than anything else”. Critically
examine the statement.
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