Duration: 1 Hour Total Marks - 25 Part - A: Answer any two questions out of three. Marks - 10 [No answer will be more than two pages; each question will carry equal (5) marks] 1. Suppose, you have started a startup company in a manufacturing industry, now what would be your decisions, in order to reach the breakeven point? Justify your answer with an example and necessary figure. 2. Assume, you are working as operations manager in BSRM steels Ltd. Currently, the company is planning to increase the capacity of the output rate for the next FY. Now your responsibility is to provide them an effective capacity plan to increase the output rate. 3. Suppose, you are newly appointed as a Sales Manager in Unilever Company. After joining, your first assignment is to do the sales forecast for the next quarter. Therefore, explain what would be your approach to do a good sales forecast for the next quarter. Part - B: Mathematical Problem Marks - 15 1. The Monthly demand for unit manufactured by the PQR Company are as follows: Units 75 65 63 102 89 85 87 90 93 Month January February March April May June July August September a. Use a four-month weighted moving average to forecast the units of Month October by using weights of 40%, 30%, 20% & 10% respectively. (3) b. Use exponential smoothing with a=0.2 to forecast the units of Month October (3) c. Calculate the MAD & MSE. (2) 2. The inventory manager of Daraz hopes to achieve a better allocation of inventory control efforts by adopting an A-B-C approach to inventory control. Given the monthly usages in the following table, classify the items in A, B, and C categories to Taka usage: (7) Item Usage Unit Cost X1 150 755 X2 70 890 X4 270 210 X5 200 410 X6 400 60 X7 700 30 X8 650 25 X3 140 XYZ (last 4 digit of your Student ID) Duration: 1 Hour Total Marks - 25 Part - A: Answer any two questions out of three. Marks - 10 [No answer will be more than two pages; each question will carry equal (5) marks] 1. Suppose, you have started a startup company in a manufacturing industry, now what would be your decisions, in order to reach the breakeven point? Justify your answer with an example and necessary figure. 2. Assume, you are working as operations manager in BSRM steels Ltd. Currently, the company is planning to increase the capacity of the output rate for the next FY. Now your responsibility is to provide them an effective capacity plan to increase the output rate. 3. Suppose, you are newly appointed as a Sales Manager in Unilever Company. After joining, your first assignment is to do the sales forecast for the next quarter. Therefore, explain what would be your approach to do a good sales forecast for the next quarter. Part - B: Mathematical Problem Marks - 15 1. The Monthly demand for unit manufactured by the PQR Company are as follows: Units 75 65 63 102 89 85 87 90 93 Month January February March April May June July August September a. Use a four-month weighted moving average to forecast the units of Month October by using weights of 40%, 30%, 20% & 10% respectively. (3) b. Use exponential smoothing with a=0.2 to forecast the units of Month October (3) c. Calculate the MAD & MSE. (2) 2. The inventory manager of Daraz hopes to achieve a better allocation of inventory control efforts by adopting an A-B-C approach to inventory control. Given the monthly usages in the following table, classify the items in A, B, and C categories to Taka usage: (7) Item Usage Unit Cost X1 150 755 X2 70 890 X4 270 210 X5 200 410 X6 400 60 X7 700 30 X8 650 25 X3 140 XYZ (last 4 digit of your Student ID)