Program: B. Sc.

in Electrical and Electronics Date: 5 December, 2023 (Tuesday)

Engineering
Semester: 5th Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Morning)

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (IUT)

ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION (OIC)
DEPARTMENTOF MECHANICAL AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

Semester Final Examination Winter Semester: 2022 - 2023

Course Number: Hum 4521 Full Marks: 150

Course Title: Engineering Management Time: 3 hours

There are 6 (six) questions.Answer all the questions.Marks of each question and the
corresponding CO and PO are written in the right column in the brackets. Assume reasonable
values if needed.

1 Write short notes on the following topics. Provide simple examples if applicable. (5x5)
a) MPS (COI)
b) Critical Ratio (POI)
c) Social loafing
d) ABC Analysis
e) Qualitative forecasting methods

2 a) Are 'groups’ and 'teams’ synonymous? Explain in short. (5)

(C02)
(P02)
b) What are the major factors that determine group performance andsatisfaction? (10)
Explain how cohesivenessandlevel of conflict affect group performance. (C02)
(P02)
C) Explain the characteristics associatedwith an effective work team. (10)
(C02)
(PC)2)

3 a) Sumon Stores sells Tova Jam in his store in New Market. The demands for the (8)
item for June 9 July9 August, and September are 720, 740, 790 and 810 units (C02)
respectively. Forecast the demand of Tova Jam for October using four-month (P02)
simple moving average andthe weighted moving average. Assume weights for
the last four month are 19 23 3. and 4 respectively for weighted moving average
method.

b) The demands for a product in each of the last four months are 130, 170, 190and (7)
230 respectively. Apply exponential smoothing technique with a smoothing (C02)
constant of 0.3 to generate a forecast for demand in current month. Assume (P02)
forecast for the 1 st month was 125.

C) Monthly demand of a product is shown below. Forecast the demand for the (10)
month of December using linear regressionmethod. (C02)
(P02)
Month Jan Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct.
Quantity 235 256 267 276 278 290 302 305 324 345

4. a) Consider the following layout and patient movements between departments of (15)

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1. Entranceandlnitlal

tOO processIngroom

2. Examination room 1

30 30 3. Examtrlatlon room 2

4. X.ray room

5. Laboratory tests
andEKGroom

6, Operating room

7. Recovery room

8. Cast-settingroom

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lce Exam Room-1 1 Exam Room-2 X-Ray 10’

Operating Cast-setting 10’

,aboratory Recovery Room
Room room

(4)
b) (C02)
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(P02)
number ofTMUs:
_Reach 4 inches for the pencil 6 TMU
2 TMU
-Grasp the pencil
10 I'MU
_Move the pencil 6 inches
-Position the pencil 20 'rMt
-Insert the pencil into the sharpener 4 'rMU
1 20 '1*MU
-Sharpenthe pencil
10 TMU
-Disengagethe pencil
10 -rMU
-Move the pencil 6 inches
What is the normal time for sharpenIngone pencil? Conve[t Your answer lnto
minutes and seconds.

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C) ABC Store is famous for its boxed candies, which are sold primarily to (6)

l businessesafter proper gift wrapping. This wrapping task has two elements (A
and B) done by two different operators Mr. Monir andMr. Baker. One analyst
recorded the following information
(C02)
(P02)

Task element – Operator-––-Times Recorded(min) ––-- Performancerating

A Mr. Monir 2.2,2.6, 22, 2.5. 10, 2.3,2.4 105%
B Mr. Baker 1.2, 1.1,6, 1.3, 1.0,1.5, 1.2 85%

Based on the above information, calculate average observed time, normal time,
and standard time for the gift-wrapping process. Assume an allowance factor of
15%

5. a) ABC Org.! packages high-fidelity components for mail order. Components for (3+5 +
the top-of-the line microphone kit, “(Jlorious" (A)! include 1 B and 1 c. A bill 10)
of material (product structure) is provided below: ((-03)
(POll)

B fl) C
(1)

CP) E(t ) F(1)

The Lead Time for Glorious Micro hone Kits (As pre gIven as
Item Lead timI
weeks

For an order of 50 Glorious Microphone Kits (As) –

Answer the following-

i. Redraw the product structure with low-level coding.
ii. Construct a Time-phased product structure.
iii. Prepare a gross requirements plan for Glorious Microphone Kits for the
given production schedule.

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b) The XYZ company is putting out four new electronic components. Eachof (7)
XYZ’s four plants has the capacity to addone more product to its current line of (C03)
electronic parts. The unit-manufacturing costsfor producing the different parts at (POll)
the four plants are shown in the accompanying table. How should XYZ assign
the new products to the plantsto minimize manufacturing costs?

Electronic Plant
Component 2 3 4
SO. IO $0.12 $0.13 $0.11
0.04 0.06 0.05 0.08
0.32 0.40 0.31 0.30
0.14 0.17 0.19 0.15

6. a) Five architectural rendering jobs are waiting to be assigned at AB Architects. (15)

Theirwork (processing) times and due dates are given in the following table. (C03)
The firm wants to determine the sequenceof processing according to (i) FCFS, (POll)
(ii) SP-F, (iii) EDD, and (iv) LPT rules. Jobs were assigned a letter in the order
they arrived. Today is day 1, and work begins today.

JOB WORK JOB DUE DATE

(PROCESSING ) (DAYS)
rIME (DAYS)
6
2

3
9

Find out the following measures of effectiveness for (i) FCFS, (ii) SPT, (iii)
EDD, and (iv) LPT rules and suggest an optimal solution :
1. Average completion time
II. Utilization metric
III. Average number of jobs in the system
IV. Average job lateness

b) Dynamic motors, a car manufacturer uses a pan produced in its manufacturing (10)
facility in batches and uses at a rate of 100,000 per year. Holding cost per unit (C03)
per year is 520, and setup cost per batch is $100. 1f the company wishes to (POll)
produce the parts in economic batches:
i) What batch size should the company use?
ii) What will be the annualholding and setup cost?
iii) Howmany batches will the manufacturer produce in one year?
iv) How much will the annual total inventory cost (holding and setup cost)
change if the demand of the part increase or decreaseby 50%? Does the result
support robustnessof EOQ model? Explain

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