Production Planning and Control — Summer 2022

What is meant by production planning and control?

State the main benefits of PPC.

Discuss principal functions of PPC.

What is ERP?

Justify production planning as core to productivity of business.

Discuss the role of PPC executive in materials control function in Job order production industry.

What should be the main functions of PPC department in following industries :

Automobile component mfg. (ii) Caustic Soda Mfg. (iii) Pharmaceutical Mfg.

What is sales forecasting?

Classify various sales forecasting methods.

The sales pattern of an connecting rod mfg. company is as follows : Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Sales 34.2 35.6 36.5 37.8 36.7 37.9 38.4 40.1 (Rs.Crores) Compute the 3 yearly moving trend and find out the sales forecast for the year 2021.

What is process planning?

Explain process planning procedure.

Discuss MRP and its four fundamental inputs.

What is ‘Job Sequencing’?

State assumptions underlying Johnson’s algorithm for sequencing.

Use Johnson’s algorithm to develop optimum sequence for following data : Job J I II III IV V Processing Time in M1 11 12 09 10 09 Minutes M2 13 14 15 12 M3 12 15 13 12

What is scheduling?

Explain the scope and importance of scheduling for any organization.

What is dispatching? Explain the procedure of decentralizing dispatching system.

What is assembly line balancing ?

Explain the procedure of assembly line balancing technique.

Using Heuristic approach, solve the following problem for a cycle time 8 min. and find :-

Mini. no. of work stations & (ii) Line efficiency Operation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Immediate - - 1,2 3 4 4 5 6 6 8,9 7,10 Predecessor Time (Min.) 4 2 5 3 4 2 7 6 3 5

What is purpose of capacity planning and control?

Discuss aggregate planning.

Discuss the methodology of ERP implementation.