Operations Management: Internal Assignment Applicable for Jun 2025 Examination
Question 1: Assume you are heading operations in a cosmetic manufacturing and marketing company. You are launching a new product range. Its very critical for the brand image of the organisation. Create a detailed plan for sourcing materials and manufacturers for a new fashion product. What factors should be considered to ensure a reliable supply chain?
(10 Marks)
Question 2: (A) Pick any situation of your choice and analyze the role of aggregate operations planning in aligning an organization’s capacity with forecasted demand, and discuss the potential consequences of failing to do so?
(5 Marks)
Question 2: (B) Pick any business situation of your choice and establish how can artificial intelligence and machine learning be integrated into operations management to enhance decisionmaking and efficiency?
(5 Marks)
Instructions
- All Questions carry equal marks
- All Questions are compulsory
- All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question Q1 and for question Q2(A) and Q2(B) in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples,illustrations as far as possible
- All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
- Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
- Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other students is not allowed
- Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions
| For Theoretical Answer | |
| Assessment Parameter | Weightage |
| Introduction | 20% |
| Concepts and Application related to the question | 60% |
| Conclusion | 20% |
| For Numerical Answer | |
| Assessment Parameter | Weightage |
| Understanding and usage of the formula | 20% |
| Procedure / Steps | 60% |
| Correct Answer & Interpretation | 20% |
PLEASE NOTE: This assignment is application based, you have to apply what you have learnt in this subject into real life scenario. You will find most of the information through internet search and the remaining from your common sense. None of the answers appear directly in the textbook chapters but are based on the content in the chapter
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