MS-56 Materials Management Sample Paper

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Note: There are eight questions in this paper. Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. What is the scope of materials management? Define the various roles of materials management in the context of internal and external interfaces to a materials management system.

2. Why is negotiation an important aspect of purchasing? Describe the elements and objectives of negotiation. Also discuss the negotiation process and techniques.

3. Briefly explain the reason for the evaluation of manufacturing resources planning (MRP II) from material requirements planning (MRP). How does MRP II differ from MRP? Explain the difference with the help of a flow diagram. Also explain how just-in-time production system (JIT) differs from MRP ll.

4. CONWIP is considered applicable to production environments characterized by longer set-ups and fluctuating demand. Why?

5. Discuss the various losses in warehouses. What are the reasons of their generation? Discuss the procedure of preventing and controlling losses in a warehouse.

6. Explain the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) framework for performance appraisal and how it is useful in materials management.

7. What are the measures you recommend to maintain inventory security in stores? Discuss in brief the problems and their remedies in case of valuation of finished goods and work-in-process inventory.

8. Write short notes on any tour of the following :

(a) TQM in materials management
(b) Need for international purchase
(c) Optimized Production Technology (OPT)
(d) Kanban
(e) Effective Point Advi6e (EPA)
(f) Matrices of performance appraisal in materials management