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22-Mec-B4 Integrated Manufacturing Systems: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 Continuous Time Study — Average, Normal and Standard Time
  2. Question 2 Materials Handling, Inventory Control and Forecast-Model Selection
  3. Question 3 Break-even Analysis and Present Value of an Equipment Decision
  4. Question 4 Lot-Sizing a Requirements Schedule — EOQ, Periodic Reorder and Part-Period Balancing
  5. Question 5 Time Standards and Incentive Pay from a Short Study
  6. Question 6 Control Criterion for a Purchased Watch Gear, and its Relation to the Specification
  7. Question 7 Centralized Inspection, Computers in Quality Control, and the Educational Value of SQC
  8. Question 8 Computer Aided Process Planning, Part Coding and the Stages of a CAD System

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Paper format. National Exams, May 2014 — 07-Mec-B4 Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 3 hours, OPEN BOOK, any non-communicating calculator permitted. Eight questions are printed; any five constitute a complete paper and each question is of equal value (20 marks). Only the first five answers appearing in the answer book are marked. All eight are solved here.

Reference texts. R. Chase and F. R. Jacobs, Operations and Supply Chain Management, 16th ed. (forecasting, work measurement, break-even, process control); S. Nahmias and T. Olsen, Production and Operations Analysis, 7th ed. (lot sizing, inventory control); E. S. Buffa and R. K. Sarin, Modern Production / Operations Management, 8th ed. (the requirements-schedule lot-size comparison of Question 4); D. C. Montgomery, Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 8th ed. (Shewhart charts and capability); M. P. Groover, Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 5th ed. (materials handling, group technology coding, CAPP and CAD); B. W. Niebel and A. Freivalds, Methods, Standards, and Work Design, 13th ed. (time study, allowances, wage-incentive plans).