Assignment on Strategic Use Of Resources References : 1. Operations and Supply Management by Chase. 2. WWW. Questions 1.

Explain Product, Process and Hybrid layouts. 2. What is Takt time? 3. What are the types of line balancing? 4. You are in charge of deciding the location of a very large plant for boiler manufacturing. What criteria will you consider? Will you go for urban, semi urban or rural areas? What are the disadvantages that will remain after you make your choice? 5. You are in charge of setting up a new medical diagnostic facility. What are the factors that you will consider while setting up the layout? Explain the steps you will undertake in arriving at the final layout. Develop the layout. 6. An assembly line is to operate eight hours per day with a desired output of 240 units per day. The following table contains information on this product s task times and precedence relationships : TASK TASK TIME (IN SECONDS) IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR A 60 B 80 A C 20 A D 50 A E 90 B,C F 30 C,D G 30 E,F H 60 G (a) (b) (c) (d) Draw the precedence diagram. What is the workstation cycle time? Balance this line using the Ranked Positional Weight (RPW) method. What is the efficiency of your balanced line.