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ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE WINTER 2014
PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 4/SEM 6)
MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 4)
PGDOMN (SEM 2)
SUBJECT CODE & NAME OM 0017 – ADVANCED PRODUCTION PLANNING AND
CONTROL
CREDITS 4
BK ID B2010
MARKS 60
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q. 1. a. What is the importance of production planning and control?
Answer: The systemof productionplanningandcontrol servesasthe nervous systemof aplant. It is
a co-ordinating agency which co-ordinate the activities of engineering, purchasing, production,
sellingandstockcontrol departments. Anefficientsystemof productionplanning and control helps
inprovidingbetterandmore economicgoodstocustomersat lowerinvestment. Itis essential in all
plants irrespective of their nature and size.
The importance of production planning and control are summarized below:
b. What factors affect inventory planning and control?
Answer: Product Type:The type of product greatlyinfluencesthe inventorycontrol policiesassigned
to manage the product. For example, products with short shelf lives, such as perishable foods,
require a different policy than men’s dress shirts. Short shelf life products must rotate based on
expiration date. Although it seems like a first in/first out (FIFO) policy works in this case, if at any
time goods come into the warehouse out of expiration date sequence, a FIFO policy will fail to
manage the inventory properly.
c. What is the difference between batch and mass production?
Answer:In the simplest of terms batch production is a particular sized lot of parts produced to a
particular set of instructions. For example producing 50 medium green t-shirts would be a batch.
Producing white medium t-shirts all day would be mass production.
Mass Production - Productionof a particularcomponent or product in a production system that can
handle large volume of production but with very little

2. Q. 2. What is a master schedule? Explain.
Answer:A masterproductionschedule (MPS) isaplanforindividual commoditiesto produce in each
time periodsuchas production,staffing,inventory, etc. It is usually linked to manufacturing where
the plan indicates when and how much of each product will be demanded. This plan quantifies
significant processes, parts, and other resources in order to optimize production, to identify
bottlenecks, and to anticipate needs and
Q. 3. What are the different types of planning and scheduling tools? Explain.
Answer:KeyPlanningElementsare Scope of Work whichis transpired in Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS) and Method of Execution which is identified in the logic diagram. Let us understand both
these elements.
Work breakdownStructure: The PMBOK Guide definesaWBS as a deliverable, orientated grouping
of project elements that organizes and defines the total scope of the project. By using a WBS, it
allows the project team to plan a project by means of a hierarchical structure, by identifying the
elements and sub elements. A work package
Q. 4. a. What are the pillars of lean production?
Answer: Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply "lean", is a systemic method for the
elimination of waste ("Muda") within a manufacturing process. Lean also takes into account waste
created through overburden ("Muri") and waste created through unevenness in work loads
("Mura").Workingfromthe perspectiveof the client who consumes a product or service, "value" is
any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for.
Essentially,lean is centered on making obvious what adds value by reducing everything else. Lean
manufacturing is a management philosophy
b. What factors should be considered while implementing a production planning and control
system?
Answer:Many technical and systems changes have occurred in manufacturing industry over recent
years. The requirements being placed on companies by the market are also changing. Production
Planning and Control (PPC) is being asked to respond effectively to these internal and external
changes by providing a faster response and better control of resources and delivery performance.
The prime objective of production planning
Q. 5. Case Study: Planning and Scheduling at John Smith Pvt .Ltd
John Smith is a manufacturing organisation of apparels and accessories, specialising in both men
and women segments. The organisation started in the US and gradually extended its different
branches and merchandise to other nations as well. The organisation was not only favoured by
customers but was also loved by its employees for the work environment it provided. Employees
were not only paid well but were also provided good appraisals that motivated them to give their
best to the organisation.

3. Current planner Mr. Jackson had been working with the organisation for the past 15 years and
now wanted to take retirement from his work due to his age. The organisation bid him farewell
and Mr.Max was hired as the new planner for the organisation on the basis of his qualifications
and experience. After Mr. Max completed 1 year, the organisation observed dissatisfaction
Among its employees. The reason was that employees were not happy with the way production
was carried out. There was too much pressure on employees, and Mr. Max was accepting more
orders than the workers could manage.
This was demotivating workers and employees, and as a result , the company observed the
highest attrition rate in its history. The management immediately reacted to the situation and
called back Mr. Jackson as an external planning consultant to address the issue at the earliest,
Because management was losing its manpower, which was affecting the business.
Mr. Jackson paid a visit to the organisation and studied the records for the past 1 year. He also
Had a discussion with the new planner, Mr. Max, for the current appraisal system. On the basis of
his observations and discussions, Mr. Jackson made certain conclusions. He stated that Mr. Max
was not followingthe appropriate production process, because the number of orders accepted for
production was more than the resources available at the production unit. He also stated that the
problem was not completely Mr. Max’s fault, because the organisation did not train him on the
existing production process and neither did they make him aware of the competitors and the
market.
Question:
What is main issue inthe case study? Evaluate why thisissue was caused and provide a solution to
resolve it.
Describe the main issue in the case study.
To evaluate why the issue was caused
 Assess if the recruitment of the new planner was done correctly
 Discuss if the planner has the requisite skills and knowledge
 Argue if training the planner would have resolved the problem, would performance
measurement helped in identifying the issue
 Provide the solution from point of view evaluation made
Answer: Planning, for our purposes, can be thought of as determining all the small tasks that must
be carried out in order to accomplish a goal. Let's say your goal is to buy a gallon of milk. It may
soundlike asimple task,butif youbreak itdown, there are many small tasks involved: obtain keys,
obtainwallet, start car, drive to store, find and obtain milk, purchase milk, etc. Planning also takes
into account rules, called constraints, which control when certain tasks can or cannot happen. Two
(of many) constraints in this example are that you
Q. 6. Write short notes on:
a) Cost centre
Answer: Cost centers and profit centers are typically treated differently within an organization.
Because a cost center doesn't produce a profit directly from its activities, managers of cost centers

4. are responsible for keeping their costs in line or below budget. Examples of cost centers include
marketing, human resources and
b) Objectives of sales and operations planning
Answer:The concept of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a month-based business process
aimed at achieving a balance between a company’s overalldemand and supply (availability). An
effective S&OP process links together business planning and master planning within a company.
Business Planning is typically based on product families and monetary units. The annual budget
process that many companies work with is strongly connected to business planning. Sales and
operations planning is also often
c) Bills of Distribution (BOD)
Answer:The bill of distribution (BOD) specifies how a product is further distributed within your
enterprise following inward delivery from the supplier before being passed on to the customer.
Because the distributionroutesare firmlypredefinedbythe BOD, you can use the latter to carry out
spare parts planning without a time-consuming source determination process. Bills of distribution
define the sourcingstrategiesof several organizations.Inotherwords,a bill of distribution is library
of sourcing strategies. For instance, the sourcing strategy described in SR-C01 could apply to
differentorganizationsatdifferentperiods.Youcannotdothiswithsourcingrulesbecause you have
to apply the strategy to one org or all orgs.
d) Advanced scheduling
Answer:Advancedplanningandscheduling(alsoknownasAPS and advanced manufacturing) refers
to a manufacturing management process by which raw materials and production capacity are
optimallyallocatedtomeetdemand. APS is especially well-suited to environments where simpler
planning methods cannot adequately address complex trade-offs between competing priorities.
Productionschedulingisintrinsicallyverydifficult due to the (approximately) factorial dependence
of the size of the solution space on the number of items/products to be manufactured.
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