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Assignment
Course Code MS - 56
Course Title Materials Management
Assignment Code MS-56/SEM - II /2014
Coverage All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 31st October, 2014 to the
coordinator of your study centre.
1. Refer the cover page of the study material of MS-56 Materials Management. What is reflected in
the figure given on that? Also distinguish between Logistics and materials management.
Answer:- Logistics management is the part of supply chain management that plans, implements,
and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and
related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet
customer's requirements. A professional working in the field of logistics management is called a
logistician.
 Materials management
 Channel management
 Distribution (or physical distribution)

2.  Supply-chain management
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2. If the responsibility for maintaining the quality of the product and incurring less cost on its
production is the responsibility of the “production/ operation” and deciding the price of the product
and finding the customers that will buy it comes under “marketing”. What do the “materials
management function” does?
Answer:- Marketing is the process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers, for
the purpose of selling that product or service.
Marketing can be looked at as an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, delivering
and communicating value to customers, and customer relationship management that also benefits the
organization. Marketing is the science of choosing target markets through market analysis and market
segmentation, as well as understanding consumer behavior and providing superior customer value.
From a societal point of view, marketing is the link between a society's material requirements and its
economic patterns of response. Marketing satisfies
3. List the important documents that are required for purchasing products from foreign suppliers.
What are the essential elements of each of these documents?
Answer:- Trading with foreign suppliers raises a number of issues you may not be familiar with from
trading within Canada. Typically, these include language differences, new payment methods and
increased paperwork requirements.
However, with a little research and planning these challenges are easily overcome. Widening your
purchasing to the international market can give you a significant competitive advantage. Using foreign
suppliers can lower your input costs and give you access to specialised goods and materials that may not
be available in Canada.
4. “A push system controls work release orders, whereas a pull system controls the shop floor. To be
more specific, push systems controls throughput (by controlling work release) and measure WIP,
whereas pull systems control WIP and measure throughput”. Comment
Answer:- Audio and Video :-As home entertainment fast becomes an integral part of every-day living,
we are witnessing the monumental transformation from humble ‘living-room’ to multi-dimensional,

3. family space replete with complex technology and a whole lot more ‘room-for- living’. It is not
uncommon to find the modern home equipped with numerous devices including TV’s, DVD player and
Blu Ray, set top boxes and more.
The PUSH Controls system injects harmony into this chaotic technological revolution, by streamlining
everything to work at the PUSH of a button. Give simplicity a PUSH.
Lighting – Yes, it can be easier!
On face value, the home lighting system seems flawless. You just walk into a room, flick on a switch and
‘hey presto’, the lights are on. It couldn’t be any easier than that… could it? With PUSH Controls, the
answer is always quite simply… ‘Yes, it cou
5.Why Customer Service, Packaging and Production scheduling are considered to be inter-functional
management activity? How can they be managed effectively within a functionally organized firm?
Answer:- THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE IMPROVED THROUGH ''ACTION
PLANNING''.
1.DEMAND PLANNING
 demand planning for core products
 demand planning for parts/accessories
 demand planning for critical items
 developing product life cycle trends
 product life cycle forecast for new products etc
ACTION PLANNING
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