Q. 1. A leading industrial consultant reports that management often permits a standard to be bargained instead of measured, or it permits a man to do the job his own way instead of the best way. The consultant opined that both practices are bad. Illustrate what is wrong with these practices?

2. In a women's clothing industry, dress manufacturers cut cloth for exactly the number of dress ordered, then any faulty dresses which can't be repaired become shortages in the order to the customer also not replaced.

Isn't this a good practice for all companies to use? Illustrate what problems would it make in the dress industry, in other industries?

3. Illustrate what is the pull of the factory? Illustrate what has it got to do with production control?

4. Are machine loads also schedules the same thing? If they are different, where should each use?

5. Illustrate what are the problems in scheduling work in a assembly line production covering automatic batch manufacturing? Compare with flexible manufacturing system.