This document is an assignment for an operations management course covering management of machines and materials. It contains 6 questions asking students to:
1) Elaborate on the systems life-cycle concept in operations management.
2) Define work measurement, discuss various methods including work sampling.
3) Discuss the objectives of value engineering and how to organize it in a tractor manufacturing firm.
4) Write an essay on statistical quality control.
5) Discuss various methods of vendor evaluation and rating.
6) Explain how to design a waste disposal system for a steel plant.
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Ms 05-2011
1. MS - 05
Management Programme
ASSIGNMENT
FIRST SEMESTER
2011
MS-05: MANAGEMENT OF MACHINE & MATERIALS
School of Management Studies
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
2. ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 5
Course Title : Management of Machines and Materials
Assignment Code : MS-5/SEM - I/2011
Coverage : All Blocks
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Q1. Elaborate the concept of Systems Life-Cycle in Operations Management.
Q2. Define work measurement. What are the various methods of work measurement? Discuss
work sampling.
Q3. What are the objectives of Value Engineering? Discuss how to organize VE/VA function in a
tractor manufacturing firm.
Q4. Write an essay on Statistical Quality Control.
Q5. Discuss the various vendor evaluation and rating.
Q6. Explain how would you proceed in designing a waste disposal system for a steel plant.