Thursday, 29 March 2012

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT AND EXERCISES


MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
In modern industry, equipment and machinery are a very important part of the total productive effort. Therefore, their idleness or downtime becomes are very expensive. Hence, it is very important that the plant machinery should be properly maintained.
The main objectives of maintenance management are:
1.    To achieve minimum breakdown and to keep the plant in good working condition at the lowest possible cost.
2.    To keep the machines and other facilities in such a condition that permits them to be used at their optimal capacity without interruption.
3.    To ensure the availability of the machines, buildings and services required by other sections of the factory for the performance of their functions at optimal return on investment.

EXERCISES
Section A

1.          What do you mean by ‘Production’?
2.          What do you mean by production system?
3.          Mention the different types of production systems.
4.          What is job shop production?
5.          What is batch production?
6.          What is mass production?
7.          What is continuous production?
8.          Mention any four advantages of job shop production.
9.          Mention any four limitations of job shop production.
10.      Mention any four advantages of batch production.
11.      Mention any four limitations of batch production.
12.      Mention any four advantages of mass production.
13.      Mention any four limitations of mass production.
14.      Mention any four advantages of continuous production.
15.      Mention any four limitations of continuous production.
16.      Define production management.
17.      Mention any four objectives of production management.
18.      Define operating system.
19.      How do you manage operations?
20.      What do you mean by operations?
21.      What do you mean by manufacturing operations?
22.      What do you mean by service operations?
23.      What do you mean by ‘globalization’?

Section B

1.     Briefly explain the production system and its characteristics.
2.     What is job shop production? What are its characteristics, advantages and limitations?
3.     What is batch production? What are its characteristics, advantages and limitations?
4.     What is batch production? What are its characteristics, advantages and limitations?
5.     What is mass production? What are its characteristics, advantages and limitations?
6.     What is continuous production? What are its characteristics, advantages and limitations?
7.     Explain in brief the objectives of production management.
8.     Explain in brief the objectives of operations management.
9.     Distinguish between manufacturing operations and service operations.
10. Explain the key issues to be considered for managing global operations.

Section C
1.       Explain the different types of production systems.
2.       Explain the framework of managing operations.
3.       Explain the scope of production and operations management.

Skill Development
Visit a fast food restaurant like Pizza hut, Pizza corner to understand the concept of this chapter by getting the information for the following questions.
1.      Identify the type of production system followed.
2.      Check how production system is managed.
3.      Find out utilisation of the resources namely manpower, capacity and material.
4.      How the customer services is rendered [feedback system exist or not]

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