Ms-58 June, 2013 Management Of R&D and Innovation
June, 2013 Ms-58 : Management Of R&D and Innovation 1. (a) "Business is a fluid, dynamic living thing, sometimes building to great things, sometimes failing to crumpled lumps". Discuss the above fact keeping in mind technology and corporate growth. (b) Distinguish between Basic and Applied Research with at least one practical example. OR Distin
June, 2010 Ms-57 : Maintenance Management 1. What are the life cycle cost components for any plant ? How can maintenance affect the life cycle profits of any equipment and plant ? 2. What are the important components of a maintenance organization ? Name the key issues affecting the maintenance organization structure. 3. Briefly describe the concept
December, 2011 Ms-57 : Maintenance Management 1. (a) Discuss briefly the various techniques for condition based maintenance. (b) What are the objectives of Total Productive Maintenance ? Discuss the significance of Age-specific failure rate. 2. (a) Explain the importance of maintenance audit. Describe the salient features to be co
December, 2012 Ms-57 : Maintenance Management 1. (a) What are the Life cycle cost components for any plant? How maintenance can affect the life cycle profits of any equipment and plant? (b) Discuss the various functions and objectives of maintenance. 2. (a) Discuss the basic principles of maintenance planning and
June, 2013 Ms-57 : Maintenance Management 1. (a) Explain the Life Cycle Cost and its components for any plant. Identify the factors affecting Life Cycle Profits of any industrial plant. (b) What is preventive maintenance ? Explain different preventive maintenance tasks. How is total maintenance cost affected by the level of preventive maintenance.
December, 2009 Ms-56 : Materials Management 1(a) Briefly discuss the functions of materials management. (b) Discuss the business implications of the environmental issues in materials management. 2(a) Improper supplier selection leads to receipt of inferior goods and services. Explain what stages would you follow to make a proper selection. (b) Disc
June, 2010 Ms-56 : Materials Management 1 (a) Discuss the value added activities included in Materials Logistics Management (MLM) program. Also discuss briefly the various interfaces that MLM covers. (b) What are the objectives of Materials Management ? Discuss its advantages. 2. (a) Discuss the role of information in materials management. (b) Elab
June, 2011 Ms-56 : Materials Management 1. (a) Material Flow and Information Flows are equally important in the materials flow process. Why ? (b) How can an organization achieve competitive advantage using information as a key driver in the organization ? 2. (a) Why is "approved list of vendors" approach is not a suitable purchase polic
December, 2011 Ms-56 : Materials Management 1. (a) What are the objectives of materials management ? Discuss its importance and strategic role in any manufacturing organisation. (b) How does TQM support in creating customer value in materials management ? 2(a) Briefly discuss the problems that a buyer may encounter while entering the internat
December, 2012 Ms-56 : Materials Management 1. (a) Describe the three interfaces that Materials Logistics Management (MLM) program covers. (b) Explain the role of materials management in conserving the environment. 2. (a) What is 'sub contracting'? Discuss its advantages and its effect on the output. (b) Explain
June, 2013 Ms-56 : Materials Management 1. (a) What do you understand by the term 'materials management' ? Briefly describe its functions. (b) Mention the four groups into which the Inventory carrying costs can be categorized. Briefly discuss them. 2. (a) Discuss the stages of source selection process. Which is the most critical stage as per your o
June, 2010 Ms-61 : Consumer Behaviour SECTION – A 1. What are the major influences on organizational buying ? You have been asked to manage the replacement supplies of printers and photocopies in your organisation. How would you define this organisational buying situation and the characteristics associated with it ? 2. What function do attitudes fu
June, 2011 Ms-61 : Consumer Behaviour SECTION – A 1. You have been asked to advise a mens wear apparel manufacturer, to help them suitably segment their market and identify the most appropriate target segment. The company manufactures both formal and casual wear, and has a stylish, upmarket range. You want or to apply the VALSII typology to h
December, 2011 Ms-61 : Consumer Behaviour SECTION – A 1. (a) What are the major applications of life style marketing utilised by present day marketer ? Illustrate using suitable examples. (b) As a retailer of expensive leather luggage, which approach to lifestyle segmentation would you apply and why ? 2. (a) does the self concept
ms-61 june 2013 June, 2013 MS-63 : PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SECTION-A 1. Distinguish between the following giving suitable examples : (a) Convenience and shopping products (b) Product Line and Product Mix (c) Tangible specifications and Augmented features of a product (d) Skimming Pricing and Penetration Pricing 2. (a) How would marketing strategies vary
June, 2013 MS-63 : PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SECTION-A 1. Distinguish between the following giving suitable examples : (a) Convenience and shopping products (b) Product Line and Product Mix (c) Tangible specifications and Augmented features of a product (d) Skimming Pricing and Penetration Pricing 2. (a) How would marketing strategies vary across differen
June, 2013 MS-63 : PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SECTION-A 1. Distinguish between the following giving suitable examples : (a) Convenience and shopping products (b) Product Line and Product Mix (c) Tangible specifications and Augmented features of a product (d) Skimming Pricing and Penetration Pricing 2. (a) How would marketing strategies vary across differen
December, 2012 MS-61 : CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR SECTION – A 1. (a) Explain the various roles that different people as individuals can take in the context of consumer buying behaviour, taking the examples of : (i) Toys (ii) Car (b) Discuss the applications of Lifestyle Marketing giving suitable examples. 2. (a) What is Organisational buying behaviour ? Di
December, 2009 Ms-55 : Logistics and Supply Chain Management 1(a) Define value. Use Porter's value chain to explain how logistics helps organizations in deriving competitive advantage ? (b) What do you understand by Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) ? State some of the strategies that are followed in implementation of ECR. 2a) Explain the concept o
June, 2010 MS-55 : Logistics And Supply Chain Management 1(a) Every organisation has to move materials to support its operations. What do service companies like Internet service providers move ? Is the concept of supply chain relevant for these companies ? (b) The root cause of the problems faced by many supply chains is a mismatch between the type
June, 2011 Ms-55 : Logistics and Supply Chain Management 1. (a) Discuss the goals of a supply chain and explain the impact of supply chain decisions on the success of a firm. (b) Describe the supply chain for a paper manufacturing organization. 2. (a) What is more important - inbound or outbound logistics in a supply chain ? Why ?
