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Q&A of Mba MS-56 Solved Assignment 2022 - Materials Management
Q. "The bottom line of any material management system is the minimisation of material procurement, storage and handling costs, without compromising quality and availability of materials". Explain the objectives and advantages of materials management in an organisation
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Q. "Negotiations with foreign suppliers call for a good deal of understanding and insight in addition to the normal planning required for such sessions". Explain the concept of negotiation with foreign suppliers in the view of the statement.
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Q. What do you understand by Manufacturing Resource Planning? Is MRPII the ultimate manufacturing planning and control system?
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Q. "Process Inventory is concerned with the material or semi-finished good on the production floor". Do you agree? Give reasons in support of your answer.
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Q. Why control is needed in materials management? Explain the different types of control needed in materials management?
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Product Details: Mba MS-56 Solved Assignment 2022
Course: Ignou MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Session: Jan - June 2022 July - Dec
Subject: Materials Management
Old Sample Answers of Mba Ignou MS-56 Assignments
Q. Write a note on Kanban.
Answer. The Japanese word Kanban is derived from two constituent parts - Kan and Ban, the symbols for which........ There are different types of Kanban signals and different types of Kanban systems, but for our purposes we will just consider a simple circuit where Kanbans are used to pull parts from a previous stage in the supply chain........ Creating a good, robust kanban system is not that easy. To begin with, it is the exact opposite of the MRP and forecasting method that you are probably using now. MRP is a high-inventory model, whereas kanban is a low-inventory model. As kanban are used to link the entire value stream together, it should not be surprising that there are different types of kanban cards for different links......... There are other underlying aspects of visualization as well, because you're also starting to make implicit policies around the work explicit. That is, everybody might think they know how you work with a feature request; but by showing the workflow on the board in columns, the real process becomes apparent to everyone on the team. By doing this, you make any differences you might have on policies about work more evident......... Just as there were a number of shortcomings with MRP, Kanban also has its shortcomings, particularly in the form of several "prerequisites" that must be in place before Kanban can be effectively deployed...... Consider a pull system in a Toyota assembly plant. Orders accumulate from car dealerships. Production control creates a leveled schedule. For example, they make a white Camry, followed by a green Camry, followed by a Red Avalon, and so on. Each of these cars.....
