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Assignment I For OM 2020

This document contains 10 questions related to operations management concepts. Question 1 asks about factors in determining plant location and providing an example for a steel plant in India. Question 2 asks about factors influencing grocery store layout. Question 3 asks about distinguishing between goods and services and durable vs. nondurable goods. The remaining questions involve topics like determining optimal facility location, job sequencing, production scheduling, layout patterns, assembly line balancing, and alternative kitchen layouts.

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Assignment I For OM 2020

This document contains 10 questions related to operations management concepts. Question 1 asks about factors in determining plant location and providing an example for a steel plant in India. Question 2 asks about factors influencing grocery store layout. Question 3 asks about distinguishing between goods and services and durable vs. nondurable goods. The remaining questions involve topics like determining optimal facility location, job sequencing, production scheduling, layout patterns, assembly line balancing, and alternative kitchen layouts.

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Assignment I for OM (2020-22)

1. Explain the meaning and significance of plant location. How will you decide the location of a
mini steel plant in India?
2. What are the various factors influencing the layout of grocery store?

3. Differentiate between a good and a service. What is the difference between a durable and
nondurable good. Give an example of each.

4. A small manufacturing facility is being planned that will be feed parts to three heavy
manufacturing facilities. The locations of the current pants with their coordinates and volume
requirements are given in the following table use the centroid method to determine the best
location for this new facility.

Plant location Coordinates (x,y) Volume (per year)


Peoria 300,320 4000
Decatur 375,470 6000
Joliet 470,180 3000
5. Seven jobs must be processed in two operations: A and B. All seven jobs must go through A and
B in that sequence A first then B. determine the optimal order in which the jobs should be
sequenced through the process using these times: also draw Gantt chart to obtain the idle time
and total elapsed time.

Job Process A time Process B time


1 9 6
2 8 5
3 7 7
4 6 3
5 1 2
6 2 6
7 4 7

6. A manufacturing facility has five hobs to be scheduled in to production. The following table gives
the processing times plus the necessary wait times and other necessary delays for each of the
jobs. Assume that today is April 3 and the jobs are due on the dates shown as:

Job Actual Necessary delay Total time Date job due


processing time required
time
1 2 12 14 April 30
2 5 8 13 April 21
3 9 15 24 April 28
4 7 9 16 April 29
5 4 22 26 April 27
Determine two schedules, stating the order in which the jobs are to be done. Use the critical
ratio priority rule for one. You may use any other rule for the second schedule as long as you
state what it is.

7. The manufacturing engineers at Suny manufacturing were working on a new remote controlled
toy monster trunk. They hired a production consultant to help them determine the best type of
production process to meet the forecasted demand for this new product. The consultant
recommended that they use an assembly line. He told the manufacturing engineers that the line
must be able to produce 600 monster trucks per day to meet the demand forecast. The worker
in the plant work eight hours per day. The task information for the new monster truck is given
below:

Task Task time in seconds Task that must


precedes
A 28 -
B 13 -
C 35 B
D 11 A
E 20 C
F 6 D,E
G 23 F
H 25 F
I 37 G
J 11 G,H
K 27 I,J
A) What is the required cycle time to meet the forecasted demand of 600 trucks per day based
on an 8hr work day?
B) What is the minimum number of work station?

8. Describe the major types of layout patterns. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of each? Provide one example of each type of layout for goods-
producing and service-providing firms.
9. What type of layout is typically used in a home kitchen? Can you suggest an alternative
layout that might have some different advantages?
10. What is an assembly line? Define the "assembly line balancing problem" and explain
what information is needed to solve it.

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