IGNOU UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENTS

MS 55: Logistics And Supply Chain Management

1. Integration of supply chain and demand chain can be seen from three angles What are these three angles/ levels Explain them in brief.

2. What are the fundamental mistakes commonly made while capturing information How would these mistakes be eliminated in SCM

3. Today management can&rsquot afford to focus only on company performance in a vacuum, there is an emerging requirement to focus on the performance of the extended supply chain or network in which company is a partner Comment

4. The distribution problem is concerned with the allocation of goods flow to minimize overall distribution cost. Comment on the statement.

5. What supply chain strategies can rail companies use to stop the erosion of market share to air travel in case of passengers and road in case of freight

MS 56: Materials Management

1. There are many types of documents prepared and used for international purchase. Name them. Explain any three in brief.

2. Discuss the use of material requirement planning MRP in continuous process industries. The use of computer can greatly ease the problems of implementation of MRP in such industries. Discuss.

3. There are certain misconceptions with respect to spare parts management. What are they What are the various types of spare parts

4. Explain the importance of receiving section of a warehouse. Also, explain the receiving procedure of incoming material.

5. What is balanced score card approach for performance appraisal Also, explain SCOR framework for performance appraisal and how is it useful in material management

MS 57: Maintenance Management

1. Forecasting of maintenance workload of a plant is essential for carrying out proper planning and scheduling. Explain the statement.

2. What are the main sources of collection of maintenance cost State the procedure with examples for collection of data from these sources.

3. In TQM organizations, the traditional approach of post-production detection of defects is discouraged and a prevention philosophy is adopted to bring down the non-conformances. Relate this approach to modern maintenance management systems.

4. Replacement policies form an integral part of all industrial maintenance programmes. Comment on the statement. Also, explain the decision regarding replacement of capital equipment.

5. The Japanese refer to autonomous maintenance as self-initiated maintenance. Explain the meaning of autonomous maintenance in context of the statement.