 Question 1

0 out of 5 points
Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be
used to reach the performance level dictated by the supply chain strategy?
Selected  
Answer: Competitive
strategy
Answers:  
Supply chain
structure
Customer strategy
Competitive
strategy
Supply chain
strategy
 Question 2
0 out of 5 points
________ typically measures the cost of bringing product into a facility as a
percentage of sales or cost of goods sold (COGS).
Selected  [None Given]
Answer:
Answers:  
Average inbound transportation cost
Average incoming shipment size
Average inbound transportation cost per
shipment
Average outbound transportation cost
 Question 6
0 out of 5 points
Transforming forecasts into plans of activity to satisfy the projected
demand is known as
Selected  
Answer:
forecasting.
Answers: supply chain
coordination.
forecasting.
revenue
management.
 
aggregate planning.
 Question 8
 0 out of 5 points
The set of business processes required to purchase goods and services is
known as
Selected  
Answer:
cycle inventory.
Answers: safety
inventory.
 
sourcing.
cycle inventory.
seasonal
inventory.
0 out of 5 points
Which of the following would be a characteristic of a facility with little
excess capacity?
Selected  
Answer:
Requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network
Answers: Requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network
Costs money and therefore can decrease efficiency
 
Will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces
Allows a facility to be very flexible and to respond to wide
swings in the demands placed on it
 Question 12
0 out of 5 points
Seasonal inventory is inventory that is built up to counter predictable
variability in demand.
Selected  Fals
Answer: e
Answers:  Tru
e
False

 Question 3
0 out of 5 points
________ identifies the difference between the planned
production/inventories and the actual values.
Selected  
Answer: Forecast error
Answers:  
 Variance from
plan
Forecast error
Supply quality
Supplier
reliability
 Question 9
0 out of 5 points
Cash to case (C2C) is the duration of time from when cash enters the
process as cost to when it returns as collected revenue. Best in class
performance on this metric is a C2C that is almost zero.
Selected  Tru
Answer: e
Answers: True
 Fals
e

The two major types of facilities are

Selected  
Answer: production sites and distribution
sites.
Answers:  
production sites and storage
sites.
retail sites and distribution sites.

production sites and distribution

sites.
distribution sites and storage
sites.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a facility with excess capacity?
Selected  
Answer:
Would be considered a high utilization facility
Answers:  
Will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than
one with a lot of unused capacity
Would be considered a high utilization facility

Would be very inflexible and respond to wide swings in the

demands placed on it
Will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuations
Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be
used to reach the performance level dictated by the supply chain strategy?
Selected  
Answer: Supply chain
strategy
Answers: Competitive
strategy
 
Supply chain
structure
Supply chain
strategy
Customer strategy