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22-Mec-B4 Integrated Manufacturing Systems: May 2015

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  1. Question 1 Lot Sizing Against a Requirements Schedule
  2. Question 2 Time Study, Standard Time and Incentive Earnings
  3. Question 3 A Control Criterion for a Purchased Watch Gear
  4. Question 4 Process Aim and Capability for Dustless Chalk
  5. Question 5 Demand Components, Adaptive Forecasting and Econometrics
  6. Question 6 Generative Process Planning, Machinability Data and CAPP
  7. Question 7 Production Planning Variables, Strategies, Search Decision Rule and Preventive Maintenance

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Paper format. National Exams, May 2015 — 07-Mec-B4 Integrated Manufacturing Systems. Three hours, open book, any non-communicating calculator permitted. Seven questions are printed; any five constitute a complete paper and only the first five appearing in the answer book are marked, each of equal value (20 marks). All seven are solved here, because the complete set is the study resource. Questions 5, 6 and 7 are explicitly essay questions, in which the examiners award marks for clarity and organisation as well as content.

Reference texts. E. S. Buffa and R. K. Sarin, Modern Production / Operations Management, 8th ed. (requirements schedules, economic lot size, economic order interval, part-period balancing, production planning); R. B. Chase and F. R. Jacobs, Operations and Supply Chain Management, 16th ed. (demand components, adaptive forecasting, aggregate planning, statistical quality control); B. W. Niebel and A. Freivalds, Methods, Standards, and Work Design, 13th ed. (time study, performance rating, allowances, wage incentive plans); D. C. Montgomery, Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 8th ed. (Shewhart charts, process capability); M. P. Groover, Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 5th ed. (process planning, CAPP, machinability data systems, maintenance); S. Nahmias and T. L. Olsen, Production and Operations Analysis, 7th ed. (forecasting, aggregate planning).