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NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: International Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2019 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. An old Indian company is in the field of animal nutrition for the past 25 years and is
wanting to grow its business in line with the global sector growth and business
opportunities. It is exploring the international opportunities and had want to enter in
Kazakhstan and Russia the Eurasian countries due to high potential for the nutrition
business. Derive a strategic plan for logistics, supply chain and a business plan to
succeed and establishing a strong foreign brand. (10 Marks)

2. SG electronics is a German manufacturing and marketing company is into white goods
mainly washing machines, refrigerators and sophisticated kitchen ware. What is the
approach strategy that the company would employ for the successful launch of its
products in the INDIAN market? Formulate a strategic logistics and SCM plan which
makes the company a top brand in the Indian market which is crowded with
international branks like LG, KENSTAR, BOSCH and SAMSUNG. (10 Marks)
3. A beverage company named Gold spot drinks is in the Indian market for the past 15
years with is soft drink brand GOLD SPOT. It is a family owned strong brand with
unstructured professional set up in place. Due to new government policy a foreign
company ABC want to enter India by investing in the company and capitalise on the
Gold spot brand and bring in its own brands into India.
a. What elements of importance ABC company should consider while doing so in the
business approach, and the SCM strategies? (5 Marks)
b. What kind of professional approach it need to locational planning, production planning
and distribution set up to gain market entry PAN India and introduce its products along
with the Gold spot? (5 Marks)
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NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Decision Analysis & Modeling
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2019 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. Suppose you want to design a salad having two main items, lettuce and tomato. Suppose
that each gram of lettuce provides 2 units of vitamins and 2 units of minerals and each gram
of tomato provides 1 unit of vitamins and 2 units of minerals. The cost of lettuce is 100
Rs/gram and the cost of tomato is 20 Rs/gram.
The salad must provide at least 8 units of vitamins and 10 units of minerals.
How many grams of each item should be provided in order to meet the requirements of
vitamins and minerals for the least cost? What will this salad cost? Use the graphical
method.
Present both primal and dual forms, including their graphs. (10 Marks)
2. You are required to develop a multiple linear regression model based on the data given
below, reporting about multicollinearity to refine your model, if required. Consider
Profit (Rs.) as the dependent variable. Interpret your results.
Suppose your dependent variable (Profit) takes values of “High profit” (Profit > Rs
1,35,000) or “Low profit”: in such case what type of regression model would you like to
use and why? (For this part of the question, you need not develop the model or interpret
the results.) (10 Marks)
PLEASE REFER THE TABLE BELOW

Raw	Number	Number	Capacity	Sale	Office	Electricity	Profit (Rs.)
materials	of	of sales	utilization	price	expenses
consumed	factory	personnel
	workers
20000	5	4	0.4	60	4000	5000	120,000.00
25000	5	4	0.5	62	4100	5100	125,000.00
25000	5	4	0.5	63	4000	5100	127,000.00
30000	5	5	0.6	65	4900	5900	130,000.00
32000	5	5	0.6	66	5000	6000	135,000.00
32000	5	5	0.7	66	5000	6000	135,000.00
30000	5	5	0.6	65	5100	5800	130,000.00
32000	5	5	0.7	66	5100	5800	132,000.00
36000	6	5	0.7	67	5100	6000	135,000.00
39000	7	5	0.8	70	5100	6800	140,000.00
45000	7	5	0.8	72	5000	7000	145,000.00
39000	7	4	0.7	70	4100	6800	140,000.00
39000	7	4	0.7	70	4100	6800	140,000.00
38000	7	4	0.7	70	4100	6900	140,000.00
39000	7	4	0.7	70	4000	6900	141,000.00
39000	7	4	0.7	70	4100	6800	140,000.00
37000	6	4	0.7	67	4000	6700	138,000.00
37000	6	4	0.7	67	4000	6600	137,000.00
35000	6	4	0.6	67	3900	6300	135,000.00
34000	6	4	0.7	67	3900	6200	135,000.00
35000	6	4	0.7	67	3900	6300	136,000.00

3. Suppose that you are required to plan the least-cost transportation from the manufacturing
centers to the outlets. The transportation cost matrix is given below.

Destination 1	Destination 2	Destination 3	Supply
Origin 1	20	17	4	120
Origin 2	35	10	5	60
Demand	40	30	110	180

a. Find the initial basic feasible solution using Vogel’s Approximation Method. (5 Marks)
b. Find the final (optimal) solution using Modified Distribution method. (5 Marks)
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NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: World Class Operations
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2019 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. What are the building blocks of World Class Operations? Explain with suitable example.
(10 Marks)
2. Briefly explain the different types of quality with examples. (10 Marks)

3. AL is an Indian automobile company headquartered in Chennai, India. Founded in 1948, it
is the second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in India, fourth largest
manufacturer of buses in the world and 10th largest manufacturer of trucks globally. It has
manufacturing plants in India and abroad. The company believes in producing world class
products wants to be competitive in the world market.
a. Think your-self as a consultant for the company. Briefly state how the company should go
for implementing TQM in its operations. (5 Marks)
b. With reference to AL, explain how KANBAN can be implemented in the company.
(5 Marks)
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NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Advanced Supply Chain Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2019 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30

1. SCM plays a pivotal role in an organisation’s success by enhancing its operational
efficiency and maximising customer satisfaction. In the earlier days of supply chain
management there were four enablers, namely, Infrastructure, Technology, Alliances
and Human Resources which influenced the supply chain performance. Today in
your opinion, apart from these enablers, what other effective methods can an

organization adopt for competitive supply chain management? Give examples
wherever possible. (10 Marks)
2. As Supply Chain Head, it is your job to develop and implement an effective
transportation strategy. The business unit head, asks you to use the intermodal
strategy to lower overall transportation cost. Explain the steps you will follow. (Give
industry best practices examples wherever possible). (10 Marks)
3. Warehouse manager of Integrated Parts, an electronic manufacturing company, has
an objective of preventing a stock-out situation at any time for one of its vital
components. The annual demand for the component is 60,000 units and the usage is
uniform. The quantity ordered from supplier each time is 600 units and it is
delivered after 7 days from ordering date. The company policy is to maintain a
safety stock of 20% of its average inventory. The company works for 300 days in a
year.
a. What should be the re-ordering point? (5 Marks)
b. Briefly discuss the steps the warehouse manager should take in determining optimal
inventory level (5 Marks)
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