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MS-53 Production/ Operations Management Question and Answer
Course: Master of Business Administration
University: IGNOU
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MS-53 Solved Assignment 2022 – Production/Operations Management
1. What do you mean by production/operations management? What is the input-transformation-output process? Why operations management important in all types of organizations? Discuss.
2. Cell phone sales for a Mumbai-based firm over the last 10 weeks are shown in the following table. Plot the data, and visually check to see if a linear trend line would be appropriate. Then determine the equation of the trend line, and predict sales for weeks 11 and 12.
Week Unit Sales
1 700
2 724
3 720
4 728
5 740
6 742
7 758
8 750
9 770
10 775
3. What do you mean by facilities layout? What are the various types of layouts? Discuss with suitable examples.
4. ABC Company Ltd manufactures a seasonal product. At the present, they use a level labor force a matter of company policy. The company is afraid that, if they lay off workers they will not be able to rehire them or to find qualified replacements. Does this company have an aggregate planning problem? Discuss.