UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA lesen LGE4011 January/February 2018 LOGISTICS ENGINEERING IV Duration 3 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MR S CHIKUMBA SECOND MR N NDOU EXTERNAL MS T VAN WYK Use of a non-programmable pocket calculator 1s permissible Closed book examination ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue, INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1 THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES 2 ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. IN THE EVENT OF UNCERTAINTIES, STATE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS CLEARLY AND CARRY ON WITH THE QUESTIONS.2 LGE401! JAN/FEB2018 QUESTION 1 14 Explain with the aid of a diagram the concept a bath tub curve in product reability highlighting clearly the vanous stages ©) 12 Acompany produces automotive fuel pumps that fail according to a Weibull life distnbution mode! with shape parameter of 15 and scale parameter 8,000 (time measured in use hours) Ifa typical pump 1s used 800 hours a year, what proportion are likely to fail within 5 years? (4) 13 Anindustnal control system consists of five modules A, B, C, D and & The reliability of the modules are A = 095, 8 = 0.90, C= 085, D=095 and E =0.80 (10) B c a | . B c [19] QUESTION 2 21 Explamn any five key performance indicators in plant maintenance (5) 22. Discuss the costs of tracking the KPI's 3) 23 Explain the terms mean time between failure, mean time to repair and availability of a system @) ‘A motor vehicle engine may fail after 150 hours of highway driving Assuming tt takes 6 hours to remove and replace the engine (MTTR) 231 Calculate the availability of the engine (4) 232 If there is an unscheduled hall-hour oll change every 50 hours - when a dashboard indicator alerts the driver Calculate the increase in availability (2) 17] [TURN OVER]3 LGEso1 JAN/FEB2018 QUESTION 3 31 Explain the terms hazard rate, censoring and survival analysis 6) 32 Twenty sheets of an alloy were examined for surface flaws The frequency of the number of sheets with a given number of flaws per sheet was as follows What is the probability of finding a sheet chosen at random which contains 3 or more surface flaws? (4) 33 A company makes electne relays The probability an electric relay Is defective 1s 0 01 What is the probability that a sample of 300 electric relays will contain exactly 5 defective motors? (3) (13) QUESTION 4 41 Explain the history of logistics and how the field has evolved over the decades (6) 42 Explain the customer-to-customer process in logistics engineenng, identifying and explaining the roles of the various players during the product life (6) 43 Discuss the logistics support elements that are the visible in logistics 6) (18) QUESTION 5 UNISA 1s acquinng new equipment for the engineenng lab which include injection moulding machines welding machines and CNC machining centres Required 51 Carry outa Logistics system analysis to determine the requirements @) 52 Develop a system operations and support concept for the UNISA workshop _aiting documentation required and other resources (13) [21] QUESTION 6 51 Explain how FMCA Influences the design and compiling the support concept (12) (12) [TOTAL MARKS = 100] [FULL MARKS = 100] © UNISA 2018