| 1. |
(a) |
What do the following abbreviations stand for?
| (i) | AMT | (ii) | FMS | (iii) | VFM | (iv) | GT | (v) | CNC |
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1x5 |
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(b) |
Match the words (a) to (j) under Column A with the corresponding words under Column B's (i) to (x) |
½x10=5 |
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| A | B |
| (a) | Jigs | (i) | Inventory Control |
| (b) | Annealing | (ii) | Material Handling |
| (c) | FSN Analysis | (iii) | Job Evaluation |
| (d) | Fixtures | (iv) | Quality Control |
| (e) | Factor comparison Method | (v) | Investment decision |
| (f) | Fork lift Trucks | (vi) | Tool Holding |
| (g) | Bill of Materials | (vii) | Method Study |
| (h) | Industrial Engineering | (viii) | Production plan |
| (i) | Pay Back period | (ix) | Work piece holding |
| (j) | Consumer's Risk | (x) | Heat treatment |
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(c) |
Match the Statement in Column A with the Statement under Column B: |
1x5=5 |
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| (A) | | (B) |
| (i) | Balancing Project | (a) | Enable to continue in business and
complete effectively. |
| (ii) | Moderisation Project | (b) | Are undertaken to maintain
production at acceptable efficiency level. |
| (iii) | Expansion Project | (c) | Seeks profitable investment
opportunities in altogether new area. |
| (iv) | Diversification Project | (d) | Minimise under utilisation of capacity |
| (v) | Replacement Project | (e) | Enables enlargement of the plant capacity. |
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(d) |
Define the following in not more than two sentences: |
1x5=5 |
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| (i) | Benefit-Cost ratio; | (ii) | Conceptual Phase of Product-life cycle: |
| (iii) | Leasing financing; | (iv) | Item Rate Contract; |
| (v) | Event Slack. | | |
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| SECTION I |
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| 2. |
(a) |
The Production Manager of a company is very much reluctant to initiate any action to improve productivity during the recession in his industry. Enumerate your views in the above context. |
6 |
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(b) |
Dumpers are used to transport the Steel Ingot from the Melting shop to Ingot yard, which is situated at a distance of 0.6 km from the Melting shop. The capacity of the dumper is 8 tonnes. Due to speed restrictions, within the factory the dumper cannot run beyond 12 km/hour. In order to avoid congestion in the Melting shop, a minimum transportation of 3200 Tonnes is necessary per shift (of 8 hours duration).
Find the number of dumpers that would be required. Ignore the loading and unloading time. |
6 |
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(c) |
Name the important principles of Material Handling. |
6 |
| 3. |
(a) |
List the important points that are to be checked thoroughly for assessing the soundness of a plant layout. |
10 |
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(b) |
Explain briefly the various types of maintenance undertaken in manufacturing operations. |
10 |
| 4. |
(a) |
Is "Wage Incentive Scheme" the only way for increasing labour productivity? Comment precisely. |
8 |
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(b) |
Six jobs are to be carried out at three machines in the order:
Lathe → Milling → Boring |
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The data related to the time taken by each job on the 3 machines is given below. Each machine can process one job at a time. |
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| Time-Seconds |
| Job | Milling | Lathe | Boring |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
300
400
200
100
400
300 |
500
800
900
700
600
750 |
400
800
700
600
200
450 |
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You are required to—
| (i) | Determine the optimal sequence of the job. |
| (ii) | Ascertain the minimum elapsed time. |
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6+6 |
