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ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 51
Course Title : Operations Research
Assignment Code : MS-51/TMA/SEM - I /2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2017 to the coordinator of your study center.
1. Enumerate, with brief description, some of the techniques of O.R. Describe the various steps involved in O.R. study.
2. The final product of a firm has a requirement that it must weigh exactly 150 kg. The two raw materials used in the manufacture of this product are A with a cost of Rs. 2 per unit and B with a cost of Rs. 8 per unit. Each unit of A weighs 5 kg. and each unit of B weighs 10 kg. At least 14 units of B and no more than 20 units of A must be used. How much of each type of raw material should be used for each unit of the final product if cost is to be minimized?
3. Discuss briefly:
(a) The general similarities between dynamic programming and linear programming.
(b) How dynamic programming differs conceptually from linear programming?
4. What constitutes inventory ordering costs, carrying costs and stock out costs? Explain the behaviour and relationship of these costs.
5. One hundred unemployed people were found to arrive at a one-person state unemployment office to obtain their unemployment compensation cheque according to the following frequency distribution.
Inter- arrival Frequency Service Time Frequency
Time (min) (min)
2 10 2 10
3 20 3 20
4 40 4 40
5 20 5 20
6 10 6 10
The state office is interested in predicting the operating characteristics of this one-person state unemployment office during a typical operating day from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Use simulation to determine the average waiting time and total time in the system, and the maximum queue length.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 52
Course Title : Project Management
Assignment Code : MS-52/TMA/SEM - I /2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2017 to the coordinator of your study center.
1. What is the concept of concurrent engineering in project management and how can it be used to optimise project durations?
2. Economic analysis is done from societal point of view in contrast to financial analysis which is a private appraisal from the viewpoint of a producer. How does it bring about a change in the methods of evaluation? Describe with examples.
3. A project comprising of eight tasks (A to H) has the following characteristics:
Tasks Preceding Tasks Time Duration in Weeks
Optimistic Most Likely Pessimistic
A None 2 4 12
B None 10 12 26
C A 8 9 10
D A 10 15 20
E A 7 7.5 11
F B, C 9 9 9
G D 3 3.5 7
H E, F, G 5 5 5
(a) Draw an AOA network. Carry out all the calculations, determine the critical path and mark it in the network. What is the total project duration.
(b) What is the probability of achieving the project within the deadline of 30 weeks?
4. ‘Contract Planning’ phase of project is often compared with constructing the foundations of a building – building will be as strong or as weak as its foundation. Justify.
5. (a) Explain the use and advantages of squared networks in project management.
(b) What are network-based milestone charts and what are their advantages and disadvantage as compared to squared networks
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 53
Course Title : Production/Operations Management
Assignment Code : MS-53/TMA/SEM - I /2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2017 to the coordinator of your study center.
1. A principle feature of JIT and TQM is large-scale employee involvement and employee empowerment. What do these concepts mean? Explain with suitable examples.
2. What are the various methods of judgmental forecasting? Comment on possible errors that are associated with judgmental forecasting. Suggest some do’s and don’t for carrying out judgmental forecasting.
3. Capacity will be modified in response to demand. Demand will be modified in response to capacity. Which of these two statements is correct? Give reasons for your answer.
4. Discuss briefly the major differences between aggregate planning in manufacturing and aggregate planning in services. Give suitable examples.
5. Operations personnel usually have a large volume and variety of resources at their command- they should endeavor to make effective and efficient use of these resources to achieve the largest outputs. Comment! What are the approaches for enhancing the utilization of resources?
6. Discuss the impact of new technologies on the role of an Operations Manager in an organization? Give suitable examples.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 54
Course Title : Management Information Systems
Assignment Code : MS-54/TMA/SEM - I /2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2017 to the coordinator of your study center.
1. What is the relevance of the Nolan’s Stage Growth Model for the study of information systems in today’s organisation?
2. What are the various stages of a system development life cycle and how are the efforts distributed over these phases?
3. What are the various ways in which serial transmission can be achieved? Explain each way in detail.
4. List the five problems which may motivate an organization to move toward the database approach. Explain the significance of each one to a manager to an organization.
5. (a) “Compute virus is a major threat to compute security.” Justify the statement.
(b) Why should there be law against benign computer virus maker? What harm can it cause to your computer?
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