Industrial Engineering Mec 422 Tutorial Questions

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS
1. Define the term productivity

2. State factors that lead to an increase in the productivity of an industry or establishment or a
country
3. How can the inefficient operation of the process affect the work content of the job?
4. What are the factors that tend to reduce productivity?
5. What is work-study?
6. Briefly explain why work-study is very important in an industry/establishment
7. Explain the basic procedure of work-study
8. Mention qualities that a work-study man must possess
9. Mention without explaining the personal qualities that a work-study man must possess
10. State the rules that must be observed by the work-study man to retain his friendship with the
foreman of a company.
11. A company has a demand for 200 units of a product next month. Standard operating time per
unit in 8 hours and it takes 0.5 hours to set up each unit. The units will be processed in 10
batches, with 4 hours of recalibration time between each batch. Organization efficiency is 95
percent, workers are operating at 100 percent efficiency, and the machines are operating at 90
percent efficiency. The plants will operate 22 days next month. How many machines are
needed?
12. Define the term productivity
13. Mention factors that lead to an increase in the productivity of an industry or establishment or a
country and factors that tend to reduce productivity?
14. Define the method study and list the procedural steps of method study
15. Itemize the object of the production control department
16. Mention the factors to be considered when planning the space (top)
17. State factors affecting the selection of a factory site
18. Write short notes on: Production Planning, Objectives of production Planning and Control, and
Functions of production planning and control
19. List all factors to be considered in space planning
20. Write short notes on the following terms
21. Flow process chat
22. Basic process symbols
23. Travel chat, string diagram, and multiple activity charts
24. State the factors that must be considered for designing workplace requirements for a warehouse
in industry
25. List all factors to be considered in designing a workplace for production
26. The following tasks must be performed on an assembly line in the sequence and times
specified.
Table 1
Task Task Time (seconds) A task that must precede
A 45 -
B 65 -
C 70 -
D 55 A
E 24 B
F 50 B
G 43 E
H 22 D
I 50 C
J 29 H,K,G.
K 65 D
L 60 F, I
M 20 J, L
P 12 M
27. Draw the schematic diagram of the assembly line.

28. What is the theoretical minimum number of stations required to meet a forecast demand of 600
units per twelve-hour day?
29. Draw the arrow diagram for the actual number of work stations.
30. Define method study
31. Itemize the procedural steps of method study
32. Write short notes on the following terms: - (i) Flow process diagram, (ii) String Diagram, (iii)
Travel Chart, (iv) Multiple activity charts Explain the basic procedure of work-study
33. Mention without explaining the personal qualities that a work-study man must possess
34. James’ Head shop can manufacture motorcycle helmets or factory helmets. Next month’s
demand will be for 200 factory helmets. Because of Warehouse considerations, helmets are
made in lots of 100 each. The batch set up a time for factory helmets is five hours, for
motorcycle crash helmets it is eight hours. It takes 15 minutes to set up for each factory helmet
and 30 minutes to set up for each motorcycle helmets. Manufacturing time is one hour for each
type of helmet. The overall organization activity is 75percent. If there are 25 working days and
each worker works four hours per day. How
many workers does James need?
35. Itemize the object of the production control department
36. Mention the factors to be considered when planning the space (top)
37. State the scope of the production control department
38. Briefly itemize without explaining the responsibilities of the production manager in an industry
that must be kept in view while planning the work Area of a factory.
39. State the advantages of proper in place handling
40. State some salient points
41. The model J wagon is to be assembled in a conveyor belt. Five hundred wagons are required
per day. Production time per day is 420 minutes, and the assembly steps and times the wagons
are given in the table 2.
42. Find the balance that minimizes the number of work stations, subject to the cycle time and
precedence constraints
43. Draw the precedence diagram, illustrate the sequential relationships identified in the table.
(The length of the arrow has no meaning
44. Cycle time determination. Here we have to convert to seconds. Since our table times are in seconds.
45. Explain steps in assembling line balancing
Table 2
Task Performance Time Description Tasks must preceed

in seconds
A 45 Position rear aide support and hand
fasten 4 screw to nuts -
B 11 Insert rear aid A
C 9 Tighten rear aide support screws to B

nuts
D 50 Position front aide assembly and hand -
fasten with 4 screws nuts
E 15 Tighten front aide assembly screws D
F 12 Position rear wheel no 1 and fasten C

hub cab
G 12 Position rear wheel no 1 and fasten C
hub cap
I 12 Position rear wheel no 2 and fasten E
hub cap
J 8 Position front wheel no 2 and fasten E
hub cap
K 9 Position wagon handle shaft on front F,G,H,I
aide assembly and hand fasten bolt and
J 8 nut.
K 9 Tighten bolt and nut J
195
46. Write short notes on Production Planning and Control

47. List Production Manager Responsibilities and Duties
48. Explain the prime objectives of;
i. Inspection,
ii. Production planning and control,
iii. Explain methods of Inspection
49. State all processes of capacity planning
50. State steps used in Determination of Capacity Requirement with a feasibility study
51. While planning a work area, list 10 points to be kept in view.
52. List 8 Advantages of proper workplace Handling
53. List Factors affecting Capacity
54. Explain the following terms:
i. Capacity planning
ii. Capacity balance
iii. Facility planning
iv. Basic layout formats
v. Arrow diagrams
vi. Product layout
vii. Assembly line balancing
viii. Assembling lines

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TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

1. Define the term productivity

27. Draw the schematic diagram of the assembly line.

Task Performance Time Description Tasks must preceed

C 9 Tighten rear aide support screws to B

F 12 Position rear wheel no 1 and fasten C

K 9 Tighten bolt and nut J

46. Write short notes on Production Planning and Control

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