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What is the role of trade unions in an industry?

Write about the importance of industrial safety? How to ensure it?

What are the significance and benefits of workers’ participation in management?
List out any three different types of industrial fatigue and state its causes?

Give any two major causes and effects of industrial disputes and methods to
settle it?
PART C
Answer any four full questions, each carries 10 marks.
Give the importance of planning in an industry?
Explain different stages in a product life cycle with a diagram?

Distinguish between Job, Batch and Mass production with an example in each
case? What is the ideal situation for mass production system?

What is meant by inventory? Write any two major reasons for keeping it?
Describe the procedure for ABC analysis of selective inventory control
techniques with a sketch?

The demand for an item is 3200 units per year. The purchase cost per unit is
Rs 40. Carrying cost per unit per year is 20% of the purchase cost per unit and
Ordering cost is Rs 200 per order. Determine i) Economic order quantity ii)
Optimal number of orders per year iii) Time between orders iv) Total inventory
cost per year.

What is Gantt Chart? State it’s any two advantages and limitations?

List out any four shop scheduling techniques?

What are the functions of production planning and control? Explain each one?
What is statistical quality control? Write its importance?

List out any four factors that affect quality? How each factor affects quality?
What is meant by the term ‘Process capability’? Sate its significance?

With the help of a sketch, illustrate the different phases, important features and
significance of each phase of a ‘Bathtub curve’?

What is quality circle? Give its any four benefits?

Differentiate sampling inspection and 100% inspection?
What is Total Quality Management (TQM)? Give any four benefits of TQM?
Give a brief description about ISO 9000 quality system?

What is ‘Six sigma’ concept? Give the DMAIC steps, in implementing
“Six sigma’?

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