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Instructions:
1. Completely answer all the questions in this exam.
2. Take note that this take home exam is to be done individually.
3. Properly cite all your references. University policy on plagiarism will be strictly enforced in
your exam.
4. Submit all your answers at the IE Department by 11:00 am of Monday, December 12, 2011.
Have your papers received by the department secretary, Mr. Erwin Torres. Late
submissions will not be accepted and will automatically be graded zero.
1. Explain
the
significant
contribution
of
the
following
people
to
the
Industrial
Engineering
discipline.
Answers
must
not
be
more
than
3
sentences.
a. Frederick
Taylor
b. Eli
Whitney
c. Henry
Ford
d. Frank
and
Lillian
Gilbreth
2. Compare
and
contrast
Industrial
Engineering
and
your
course.
3. Define
Industrial
Engineering
in
your
own
words.
4. Give
an
example
of
a
real-life
system
(registration
system
and
body
systems
like
digestive,
nervous
and
the
like
cannot
be
given
as
answers
here).
Identify
its
parts,
the
relationships
and
interactions
among
the
parts
and
the
systems
goal.
5. Problem
Analysis:
a. Choose
1
topic
from
the
list
below:
- high
incidence
of
road
accidents
in
Commonwealth
Avenue
- customer
complaints
in
fast
food
restaurants
- high
failing
rate
in
Engineering
Science
courses
of
UP
Diliman
- supply-demand
mismatch
for
General
Education
courses
in
UP
Diliman
- poverty
in
the
Philippines
- corruption
in
the
Philippine
government
- slow
discharge
process
in
hospitals
b. Define
a
specific
problem
for
the
topic
you
have
chosen.
Do
research
as
necessary
(especially
on
the
metrics
and
data/statistics
that
you
might
need
to
assess
the
problems
severity
and
impact).
c. Construct
a
comprehensive
Ishikawa
Diagram
for
the
problem
you
identified
and
provide
a
1-
to
3-paragraph
discussion
and
analysis.
6. Think
of
a
product
that
you
use
everyday
and
research
how
it
is
being
made.
From
the
process
that
you
were
able
to
get,
construct
an
operation
process
chart
or
a
flow
process
chart.
7. Draw
the
Pareto
chart
for
the
defects
in
Company
Xs
products.
What
information
can
you
infer
based
on
the
Pareto
chart?
How
will
you
address
the
problem
on
high
defect
rate?
Defect
Type
Frequency
Diameter
is
too
small
20
Diameter
is
too
large
25
Presence
of
holes
15
Presence
of
dents
45
Discoloration
10
Excessive
flashes
40
Others
10
8. From
the
file
HAL_Circuitize.pdf,
a
description
of
processes
and
the
facility
layout
is
given.
Based
on
the
discussion
of
processes
and
the
given
layout,
construct
the
flow
diagram/geographic
flowchart.
Evaluate
the
current
facility
layout.
9. ABC,
Inc.
produces
handicraft
items
for
export.
At
present,
they
are
producing
bags
made
from
woven
newspapers
and
yellow
pages
since
this
has
a
large
demand
abroad.
They
are
currently
employing
20
full
time
workers
(working
at
7.5
hours
per
day,
paid
Php
50.00
per
hour)
and
10
part-time
workers
(working
10
hours
per
week
(4
weeks
per
month),
paid
Php
40.00
per
hour).
This
workforce
is
Data
for
the
companys
production
and
expenses
for
the
past
3
months
are
indicated
in
the
table
below.
October
(31
days)
November
(30
December
(31
days)
days)
Production
(units)
1500
1750
1750
Selling
Price
per
Php
500.00
Php
500
Php
600
unit
Raw
Material
Cost
Php
150,000.00
Php
265,000.00
Php
300,000.00
Capital
Php
50,000.00
Php
50,000.00
Php
50,000.00
a. Compute
for
the
partial
productivities
(in
units
per
peso)
per
month.
What
can
you
infer
from
this?
Explain
your
answers.
b. Compute
the
partial
productivities
in
monetary
terms.
What
changed
from
your
previous
computation?
What
is
the
effect
of
using
the
selling
price
on
the
productivity
indices?
c. What
is
the
monthly
total
factor
productivity?
Monthly
total
productivity?
What
do
these
values
tell
us?
d. Is
there
really
an
improvement
in
productivity
from
November
to
December
production?
Why
or
why
not?
Explain.
10. Have
you
learned
something
from
the
first
5
lectures
of
IE
3?
What
is
it?
Is
it
relevant
and/or
interesting
to
you?
11. What
is
your
Christmas
wish?