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Ms-55 June, 2010 Logistics And Supply Chain Management
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MS-55 : Logistics And Supply Chain Management
1(a) Every organisation has to move materials to support its operations. What do service companies like Internet service providers move ? Is the concept of supply chain relevant for these companies ?
(b) The root cause of the problems faced by many supply chains is a mismatch between the type of product and the type of supply chain. Explain this statement in context of demand of the product.
2(a) What do you understand by "Bullwhip effect" ? Mention some factors that contribute towards bullwhip effect. Also suggest some method by which one can reduce this effect.
(b) Discuss the impact of globalization and its effect on the supply chains. Explain how companies could effectively gear up to the international order ?
3.(a) Describe various supply chain information categories. Give examples of information contained in these categories.
(b) Explain the key processes considered in both ERP and SCM. How are these processes different from one another ?
4(a) "To be blunt, organisations use bench marking to find ideas for logistics that they can copy or adapt". Explain this with reference to SCM.
(b) What are supply chain performance measurement systems ? Discuss one framework that is used in measuring the performance of supply chains.
5. (a) Discuss the interdependence of location decisions and distribution network decisions in context of SCM.
(b) Discuss the four alternatives of dispute resolution in context of SCM. Which one is preferable ?
6. (a) "Forward logistics and Reverse logistics are parts of a closed loop supply chain". Explain the statement with help of a diagram.
(b) Discuss basic principles of SCM that are applicable in any one of the following sectors :
(i) Banking
(ii Airlines
(iii) Health care
Ms-55 June, 2011 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Ms-55 : Logistics and Supply Chain Management
1. (a) Discuss the goals of a supply chain and explain the impact of supply chain decisions on the success of a firm.
(b) Describe the supply chain for a paper manufacturing organization.
2. (a) What is more important - inbound or outbound logistics in a supply chain ? Why ?
(b) "SCM and BPR have a common goal and are interrelated". Comment.
3. (a) What are the fundamental mistakes commonly made while capturing information ? How would these mistakes be eliminated in SCM ?
(b) Discuss whx, the high - tech industry has been leader in adopting supply chain IT systems.
4. (a) What is the impact of lack of coordination on the performance of a supply chain ?
(b) What are various kinds of challenges faced during the process of bench marking ?
5. (a) What modes of transportation are best suited for large, low - value shipments ? Why ?
(b) Discuss the legal issues concerning logistics. List the categories of dispute resolution.
6. (a) Discuss the importance of outsourcing services like third and fourth party logistics.
(b) Discuss SCM strategies for the relatively new education supply chain.
Ms-55 December, 2011 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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MS-55 : Logistics and Supply Chain Management
1. (a) What are the primary responsibilities of logistics group and marketing group within an organization ? Why there is a conflict between the two ?
(b) State some of the strategies that are followed in implementation of Efficient Consumer Response (ECR).
2. (a) What are the reasons for variability in the supply chain ? Discuss the methods of reducing variability.
(b) Explain global sourcing and its advantages and disadvantages.
3. (a) Discuss some limitations of software packages of SCM.
(b) Are manufacturers better candidates for IT enablement than service organizations ? Why or why not ?
4. (a) What is Customer Profitability Analysis ? Why it has gained importance in the recent ti mes ?
(b) What is the essence of the Balanced Score card method of performance measurement ?
5. (a) Discuss the role of transportation within a supply chain. What are the suitable transport mode for small, high value shipments and large, low value shipments ?
(b) Discuss the interdependence of location decision and distribution decision.
6. (a) How can reverse logistics cater to a green supply chain strategy in the future ?
(b) Which players in the health care sector are likely to die out as a result of changing supply chain scenario ?
Ms-55 December, 2012 Logistics And Supply Chain Management
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Ms-55 : Logistics And Supply Chain Management
1. (a) Describe the evolution of Supply Chain Concept. What in your opinion is the most important stage?
(b) How can customer service be improved by proper implementation of SCM?
2. (a) What are the reasons for variability in the supply chain? Explain in detail with relevant examples.
(b) What is World Class Supply Chain Management? Describe its three critical components.
3. (a) How are EDI, Internet and Intranet/ Extranet applied in SCM?
(b) "Making changes in a manufacturing company is probably the hardest thing that civilized man has ever set out to achieve"-comment in context of an organization switching to SCM.
4. (a) Define Benchmarking ? Define it's role in improvement of organizational efficiencies.
(b) Describe the Perspective Based Supply Chain Performance Measurement System.
5. (a) Discuss some programs and organizations that help in coordinating transportation in a better way.
(b) Describe role of "Mediation" and "Arbitration" in context of dispute resolution in a Supply Chain.
6. (a) How can reverse logistics cater to a green supply chain strategy in the future?
(b) How can one compensate for the absence of inventory to meet demand fluctuations in case of services?
Ms-55 June, 2013 Logistics And Supply Chain Management
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Ms-55 : Logistics And Supply Chain Management
1. (a) What is Physical Distribution Management ? Describe its components.
(b) Elucidate the "total approach" to Physical Distribution Management.
2. (a) What is more important - Inbound or Outbound logistics in a supply chain ?
(b) Explain the Push-Pull supply chain system. Why is it called an ideal mix ?
3. (a) Describe the methods of determining the information requirements for a supply chain.
(b) What do you understand by Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) ? How is it having an edge over Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP) ?
4. (a) Explain Activity based Costing and mention its benefits over the Managemen Accounting.
(b) Explain the function based supply chain performance measurement system.
5. (a) Correlate the practical problems and factors influencing transportation of a company or carrier.
(b) Discuss the interdependence of location decision and distribution decision.
6. (a) How can reverse Logistics Cater to a green supply chain strategy in the future ?
(b) Briefly explain the four types of supply chain strategies proposed by Hau Lee.
Ms-54 December, 2009 Management Of Information Systems
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Ms-54 : Management Of Information Systems
1. (a) Discuss the various models for the decision making process.
(b) Define Management Information Systems and discuss various characteristics expected of a good MIS.
2. (a) How do you trace the growth of MIS function in an organisation ?
(b) Describe the major phases in MIS design. Compare these phases with Research and
Development Projects.
3. (a) Explain in detail with examples, what are the characteristics which go into the making of a high - quality system/programme.
(b) Describe the major steps in implementation of MIS design. Are they overlapping or exclusive ? Explain with examples.
4(a) Discuss the main functions of any data communication software.
(b) Describe the various applications to which networks can be put for use.
5(a) What are the different types of MIS used in different functional areas of business by
organizations ? Explain with examples.
(b) Discuss the different phases of Traditional System Life Cycle ?
6(a) Discuss different types of data in database system. What are the developments in
database technology with respect to data types.
(b) What are the practical difficulties of using an Operational System's database to service the information needs of strategic decision - making ?
7(a) What do you mean by Business Intelligence ? What is an OLAP engine ?
(b) Differentiate between DSS, MIS and ELS with the help of suitable examples.
Ms-54 June, 2010 Management of Information Systems
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MS-54 : Management of Information Systems
1. (a) "The way organisation cannot exist without MIS, even information does not exist without organisation". Discuss.
(b) What is the relevance of Nolan's stage Growth Model for the Study of Information Systems in today's organisation ?
2. (a) Describe the major phases in MIS design. Can you compare these phases with research and development projects ?
(b) "Analysis is the 'what' of the system, design is the 'how' of the system". Comment.
3. (a) Explain and distinguish the following concepts with reference to their use in
real-time systems :
(i) Multiprocessing
(ii) Time sharing
(b) What are expert systems and how do they help in decision-making ? Can you give example to illustrate the same ?
4.(a) What are the main functions of data communication software ?
(b) Describe the various applications to which networks can be put.
5(a) List the five problems which may motivate an organisation to move towards the database approach. Explain the significance of each one to a manager and to an organisation.
(b) Elaborate role 8 of codds commandments to illustrate its managerial importance and
implications.
6 (a) Describe the problems which may arise if the DBMS evaluation team consists entirely of persons from systems and programming in the Data Processing Department.
(b) Examine the impact of computer in the context of Indian society.
(a) "Computer virus is a major threat to Computer Security". Justify the statement.
(b) Write a short note on "Privacy and Confidential Information.
Ms-54 June, 2011 Management of Information Systems
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MS-54 : Management of Information Systems
1. (a) Distinguish between structured and unstructured decisions. Give example from automobile and hotel industry.
(b) Explain the process of evaluation of management information system
2. (a) Elaborate your understanding about the concept of information resource assessment.
(b) Explain the concept of systems. What is systems analysis and why it is so important for information systems design ?
3. (a) Briefly discuss the various system development life cycle.
(b) Explain what is system software and its significance in on - line system design.
4. (a) Discuss the precautions necessary during implementation phase of development of
MIS. Also suggests appropriate measures for security of data.
(b) Explain expert systems. How do they help in decision making ? Give examples.
5. (a) Explain the various kinds of network topologies.
(b) Discuss the features of RDBMS. How it can help in managerial decision making ?
6. (a) Explain various types of computer viruses. What measures should be taken to protect the system from viruses.
(b) Elaborate your understanding about the social dimensions of computerization.
Ms-54 December 2011 Management of Information Systems
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Ms-54 : Management of Information Systems
1. (a) Discuss the information requirement for different stages of decision making.
(b) Differentiate between physical structure and conceptual structure of information systems.
2. (a) What do you understand by strategic planning for MIS ? Explain the relationship between corporate MIS plan and top management.
(b) Briefly explain the various stages of a system development life cycle. How are the efforts distributed over these phases ?
3. (a) What is real-time system ? Explain how the problems in real-time scheduling are handled ?
(b) Trace the evolution of data modelling concepts with examples.
4. (a) Explain the main functions of data communication software.
(b) What is network ? Discuss the function and characteristics of local area network.
5. (a) Explain the evolution of the concept for organising data during the last 25 years.
(b) What is Decision Support System (DSS) ? Explain how DSS is different than MIS.
6. (a) Explain Business Intelligence. How it can help an organisation to gain competitive advantages ?
(b) Discuss the Legal aspects of computerised society.
Ms-54 December, 2012 Management Of Information Systems
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Ms-54 : Management Of Information Systems
1. (a) Discuss SIMON'S decision making model and also the information requirements for different stages of decision making.
(b) Elaborate your understanding about the following terms :
(i) Internal Information.
(ii) External Information.
(iii) Organisational functional subsystems.
(iv) Activity subsystems.
2. (a) Write a short essay on strategic planning for MIS. Explain the role of top management in this planning.
(b) Define systems and Systems Analysis. Explain the importance of systems analysis in designing the information systems.
3. (a) Explain in details the process and factors involved in designing On-Line System analysis.
(b) Trace the evolution of data modelling concepts with examples.
4. (a) What are multiplexers and concentrators ? Explain.
(b) Explain the various kinds of network topologies.
5. (a) Elaborate your understanding about the Taxonomy of Data Structures.
(b) Write a short note on Relational Data base management system.
6. (a) Explain the concept of database in distributed processing environment and also through some lights on emerging standards of DBMS.
(b) Discuss the various issues related to the legal aspects of use of computers.
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Ms-54 June, 2013 Management Of Information Systems
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Ms-54 : Management Of Information Systems
1. (a) Define structured and unstructured decisions. Give four examples of each
(b) Differentiate between physical structure and the conceptual structure of Information Systems.
2. (a) What is the relevance of the Nolan's Stage Growth Model for the study of information system in today's organization ?
(b) "Analysis is the what of the system whereas design is the how of the system". Comment.
3. (a) Explain the concept of 'synchronous' and 'asynchronous' system software.
(b) What are expert systems and how do they help in decision-making ? Illustrate with examples.
4. (a) What are the main functions of data communication software ?
(b) Elaborate the various topology alternatives available for designing a computer network.
5. (a) In what sense does the database constitute the 'image'of an organization ?
(b) Outline the basic sequences of steps to acquiring a DBMS. What steps are the most important ?
6. (a) Discuss the impact of computers on individuals, organization and society at large.
(b) Discuss how a user can legally protect his programs and data.
Ms-53 December, 2009 Production/Operations Management
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MS-53 : Production/Operations Management
SECTION – A
1. (a) What factors have contributed to the increased emphasis on faster product development and introduction ?
(b) A manufacturing firm has three proposals for a product. Either it can be purchased from an outside vendor at Rs. 4.00 per unit or it can be manufactured in-plant. There are two alternatives for in-plant manufacturing. Either a fully automatic unit is procured, involving fixed cost of Rs. 30,000 and variable cost of Rs. 2.75 per unit. Alternatively, a semi-automatic unit would cost Rs. 20,000 as fixed cost and Rs. 3.00 per unit as variable cost. Draw a break-even chart for these alternatives. Suggest range of production - volume suited for these alternatives.
2.(a) Give an example of a business that would use a push and one that would use a pull operations control system. Explain your choice and briefly describe how the system would work.
(b) Assume that your stock of sales merchandise is maintained based on the forecast demand. If the distributor's sales personnel call on the first day of each month, compute your forecast sales for each of the three methods mentioned here.
|
Month |
Actual |
|
June |
140 |
|
July |
180 |
|
August |
170 |
(i) Using a simple three - month moving average, what is the forecast for September ?
(i) Using a weighted moving average, what is the forecast for September with weights of 0.20, 0.30 and 0.50 for June, July and August respectively ?
(iii) Using simple exponential smoothing and assume that the forecast for June, had been 130, calculate the forecasts for September with a smoothing constant alpha of 0.30.
3. (a) What factors should be taken into account when taking make-or-buy decision ? Illustrate your answer with examples from a service and a manufacturing organisation.
(b) In an attempt to increase productivity and reduce costs, Rho Sigma corporation is planning to install an incentive pay plan in its manufacturing plant.
In developing standards for oneoperation, time study analysts observed aworker for a 30 minute period. During that time the worker completed 42 parts. The analysts rated the worker as producing at 130 percent. The base wage rate of the worker is Rs. 50 per hour. The firm has established 15 percent as a fatigue andpersonal time allowance (as a percentage of job time).
(i) What is the normal time for the task ?
(ii) What is the standard time for the task ?
4. (a) What are the differences between implementing JIT in a manufacturing facility and implementing it in a service operation ?
(b) The following tasks must be performed on an assembly line in the sequence and times
specified.
|
Task |
Task Time Seconds |
Task that Must Precede |
|
A |
50 |
- |
|
B |
40 |
- |
|
C |
20 |
A |
|
D |
45 |
C |
|
E |
20 |
C |
|
F |
25 |
D |
|
G |
10 |
E |
|
H |
35 |
B, F, G |
(i) Draw the schematic diagram.
(ii) What is the theoretical minimum number of stations required to meet a forecasted demand of 400 units per eight-hour day ?
(iii) Compute the efficiency of the line.
5. (a) What is Group Technology ? Why is Group Technology more important in the present manufacturing scenario ? Briefly explain with an example.
(b) Jobs A, B, C, D and E must go through Processes I and II in that sequence (i.e., Process I first, then Process II)
Use Johnson's rule to determine the optimal sequence to schedule the jobs to minimize the total required time. Also compute the total completion time for all five jobs.
|
Job |
Required Processing time on A |
Required Processing time on B |
|
A |
4 |
5 |
|
B |
16 |
14 |
|
C |
8 |
7 |
|
D |
12 |
11 |
|
E |
3 |
9 |
SECTION – B
6. (a) How does inventory contribute to the value-adding activities of a firm ? When should inventory be considered a symptom of waste ?
(b) Items purchased from a vendor cost Rs. 200 each, and the forecast for next year's demand is 1000 units. If it costs Rs. 50 every time an order is placed for more units and the carrying cost is Rs. 40 per unit per year, what quantity should be ordered each time ?
(i) What is the total ordering cost for a year ?
(ii) What is the total carrying cost for a year ?
7. Write short notes on any four of the following :
(a) Aggregate Production Planning.
(b)
(c) Cellular Manufacturing
(d) Pareto Diagram
(e) MRP -II
(f) VED - classification
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Ms-53 June, 2010 Production/Operations Management
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Ms-53 : Production/Operations Management
1(a) Why did JIT approach evolve in
(b) Compare and contrast 'Push' type of production system with 'Pull' type of production system and justify which one is better and in what environment ?
2.(a) Discuss the issues in materials management to be considered important by the management of any manufacturing organisation.
(b) Explain, in what ways independent demand inventories differ from dependent demand inventories.
3.(a) Outline the purpose of MRP and explain how an MRP system can achieve these purposes.
(b) What is a manufacturing system ? How do we classify the process technology ?
4(a) Explain the complementary role of productivity and wastivity in efffective utilization of resources. Also explain the environmental concern for Operations managers.
(b) Elaborate your understanding about ISO-9000 certification. Explain its importance for indian manufacturing industries.
5. (a) Discuss how time horizon of forecast is related to the level of decision in production and operations management area with the help of examples. Also explain the importance of considering a trade-off between cost of forecast and accuracy level.
(b) A plastic moulding die manufacturing firm intends to set up a unit for manufacturing dies. It is considering sites A, B and C for this purpose. Cost data for the sites are given below :
|
Site |
Fixed Cost |
Variable Cost |
|
|
Rs. |
Rs. |
|
A |
50000 |
135 |
|
B |
100000 |
110 |
|
C |
120000 |
120 |
If the selling price is Rs. 300 per die and the annual demand is 3000, which site would you recommend ? At what volume of production would location A become viable ?
6. Write short note on any three of the following :
(a) Total Quality Management
(b) Group Technology and Cellular manufacturing.
(c) Total Productive Maintenance.
(d) Work Measurement.
(e) Computer in Operations Management.
Ms-53 June, 2011 Production/Operations Management
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MS-53 : Production/Operations Management
1. (a) Draw a systems view diagram of any service organization of your choice. Identify its various components. Explain its interdisciplinary nature.
(b) What are the major characteristics of a Production systems ? Discuss some of its upcoming issues that provide economies in production and efficiency in the performance of the system.
2. (a) Explain with examples, how the TQM concept can integrate design engineering, manufacturing and service.
(b) What are process capability studies ? Explain the process capability index with applications to a real life example.
3. (a) Compare traditional process planning with Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP). Also explain a generative CAPP system.
(b) Explain the objectives of Total Productive maintenance. Give its importance. Also comment on the concept of TPM promotion.
4. (a) Why is forecasting required in operations management ? Discuss the concept of forecast error as applied to different conditions.
(b) How are quantitative models of forecasting different from qualitative models ? Discuss in detail time-series model as used for forecasting.
5. (a) What is facility planning ? Explain with examples different types of layouts as used in manufacturing organizations.
(b) Discuss work measurement as a process to establish task time. Explain the various techniques for developing time standards.
6. (a) Explain just in time manufacturing with the help of examples. Discuss its advantages and disadvantages.
(b) For an independent demand inventory model, derive the equation for Economic Order Quantity. List all assumptions.
7. Write short notes on any four of the following :
(a) OPT
(b) Break even analysis
(c) Lean manufacturing
(d) Kanban system
(e) Line of Balance for Production Control
(f) Purpose of aggregate plans.
