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1 List Areas that manager of the Companies in any supply chain must make decisions individually and
collectively for improving performances?
a) Production-Inventory-Location-Information
b) Process-Supply-Customer-Business
c) Retail-services-network-profit
d)Shipping-develop-sell-buy

2 Typical supply chain may involve a variety of stages, including

a) Customers- Retailers- Wholesalers- Manufacturers- Component/raw material suppliers
b) pricing- product variety-product –availability
c) Supplier–Storage-manufacturing– distributor–storage–retailer–customer
d)Network-Raw-material-Customer

3 Lsit the process views of Supply-Chain?

a)Product and process
b)Cross-functional view & Vertical view
c)Logical and hierarchical -view
d)Push/Pull & Cycle-view
4 The main objective of supply chain management?
a) To have the right products -at the right place- at the right moment at minimal cost.
b) To have the costlier products – at any place -at minimal cost.
c) To deliver the high end products – at any place -at minimal cost
d) To sell branded products – at right place –at efficient cost

5 What are three basic decisions to make regarding the creation and holding of inventory?

a)Supportive Inventory &Qualitative Inventory

b Cycle Inventory - Safety Inventory- Seasonal Inventory
c) Inventory for Business management
d) marketing Inventory control
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6 Information is used for two purposes in any supply chain?

a) Finding similar products.

b) b. Facilitating wholesalers inventory selections
c) Creating synergy in their training programs
d) Coordinating daily activities & Forecasting-planning

7 The goal or mission of supply chain management can be defined?

a) Increase throughput & reducing inventory and operating expense
b) Process-Supply-Customer-Business
c) Facilitating wholesalers inventory selections
d) Finding similar products

8 Which is not a component of sourcing decisions?

a) In house or outsource
b) Supplier selection
c) Procurement
d)Product design

9 What is a strategic fit??

a) Consistency between competitive strategy & supply chain strategy

b) value a supply chain generates
c) To be able to have the right products in the right quantities
d) Action plans to response to a customer order

10 A supply chain is a sequence of firms that perform activities required:

a. to find products that are similar
b. to facilitate wholesalers inventory selections
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c. to create synergy in their training programs
d. to create and deliver goods to consumers

11 An important feature of supply chain management is its application of electronic commerce

technology that allows companies to share and operate systems for:
a)Order processing, transportation scheduling, and inventory management
b)cost-effective flowing of raw materials
c)future purchasing of computer systems
d)future merger opportunities

12 A ____________ encompasses all activities associated with the flow and transformation of goods
from the raw material stage, through to the end user, as well as the associated information
flows.

a)production line
b)supply chain
c)marketing channel
d)warehouse

What is one major fear of managers when they decide to outsource their logistics function?
a.The achievement of cost savings
b. Transfer of fixed costs and capital investments into variable costs and expenditure
c. Increasing the scale and scope of operations
d. Loss of operational control and reduced contact with customers

13 Which of the following is true for supply chain management?

a.The physical material moves in the direction of the end of chain
b. Flow of cash backwards through the chain
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c. Exchange of information moves in both the direction
d. All of the above

15 The Non- Financial measures in Strategic sourcing of performance measures requires?

a. Cost-Revenue-Inventory-credits
b. Cycle time, customer service level, inventory levels, resource utilization
c. Penality-Stock-Labor-Technology-Capital
d. Productivity-Goods-Supply-Customers

16 The two types of lead times that supports performance measures in supply chain involves?
a . Back order time and Supplier lead time
b. Cycle time & Dock time
c. Lead Time to services and Lead Time to respond
d. Supply chain Lead Time & Order-to-delivery Lead time
17 three measures to gauge performance of customer service level in a supply chain is marked as
a) Order fill rate –stock out rate-back order level and On-time delivery
b) Raw materials- Work in progress- spare parts
c) storage of goods – raw materials - logistics
d) Maintenance – locations – stock –storage of goods

18 Examination of supplier services analysis by the survey team verifies the customer demand analysis in
the areas that involves ?
a. Reliabilty –legibility--flexibility
b. Transparency –availability -usability
c. Availability – orderability -visibility
d. Feasibility – Capability –Maturity –Capacity
19 A restaurant is an example of a
a. major service with accompanying goods and services
b. hybrid
c. pure service

d. pure tangible good

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20 ----- is Consistency between customer priorities of competitive strategy & supply chain capabilities
specified by the supply chain strategy?
a) customer relationship management
b) Supplier relationship management?
c) Strategic fit
d) Maintenance
21 On which dimensions should the performance of a distribution network be evaluated at the highest
level?

A. Profitability of individual supply chain components

B. Cost of meeting customer needs
C. Customer needs that are met
D. C and B only
22 The number of different products/configurations that a customer desires from the distribution
network is
A. Response time.
B. Product variety.
C. Product availability.
D. Customer experience.

23 When designing supply chain networks, companies must account for fluctuations in
A. exchange rates
B. demand
C. freight and fuel costs
D. All of the above

24 A firm’s ____________ focus on cost leadership tend to find the lowest cost location for their

A. Competitive Strategy
B. Production Technology
C. Political Factors
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D. None

25 Facility location decisions have a long-term impact on a supply chain’s performance because
A. Expensive to shut down a facility or move it to a different location
B. Inexpensive to shut down a facility or move it to a different location
C. Poor utilization
D. None of the Above

26 Supply chain network design decisions include the location of manufacturing, storage, transportation
related facilities and allocation of capacity and the role to each facility .
A. True
B. False

27 _______is an example of a company that through trial and error adapted its distribution network to
take advantage of the Internet along with its existing retail store network.
A. Wal-Mart
B. Blockbuster
C. Border
D. None

28 Factors affecting network design decisions

A. strategic factor
B. micro economic factor
C. competitive factor
D. all the above

29 Compared to all distribution networks, Transportation costs are higher for

A. Drop-shipping
B. In-transit merge
C. Carrier Delivery
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D. Last-mile Delivery

30 Good Response times are achieved with retail systems because of

A. Local Storage
B. Distributor’s supply
C. Quick response
D. Government’s support

31 The main advantage of in-transit merge over drop-shipping is

A. Lower Transportation Costs
B. Improved Customer Experience
C. Both A,B and additional effort to merge
D. Both A & B

32 In manufacturer storage with direct shipping, the transportation costs are higher because of
A. Fuel costs
B. Demand for freight
C. Increased distance and disaggregate shipping
D. Government Regulation

33 The major advantage of drop shipping is

A. ability to centralize inventories at the manufacturer
B. Increased Customer services
C. Increase in cost of goods sold
D. Higher Fulfillment costs

34 The option in which the product is shipped directly from the manufacturer to the end customer,
bypassingthe retailer is called as
A. Drop-shipping
B. In-Transit Merge
C. Carrier Delivery
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Last-mile Delivery
35 Outboundtransportation costs per unit tend to be higher than inbound costs because
A. Inbound sizes are larger
B. Inbound sizes are smaller
C. More Number of facilities
D. Less Number of facilities

36 Distributors play a much more significant role for consumer goods distribution in a country such as
India compared to theUnited States.
A. True
B. False

37 The profitability of the delivery network is decided by

A. Customer needs that are met
B. Costs of meeting the customer’s needs
C. Both A & B and including customer service
D. Both A & B

38 Supply network design is important because:

A. It allows organisations to reduce the number of suppliers.
B. It improves the relationship between internal and external suppliers.
C. Every operation is part of a larger and interconnected network of operations.
D. It allows marketing more influence over the choice of suppliers.

39 A decrease in the response time should _______ the number of facilities in the network
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Could not be determined
D. Depends on location
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40 Response times are slightly _______ in in-transit merge.

A. High
B. Low
C. Vary based on location
D. None of the Above

41 The movement of product from one location to another as it makes its way from the beginning of a
supply chain to the customer's hands is referred to as
A) transportation.
B) retailing.
C) distribution.
D) manufacturing.

42 A warehouse that emphasizes speed and efficient product flow to hold goods for short periods of
time and move them out as soon as possible:
A) is a storage warehouse.
B) is a freight forwarder.
C) is a distribution centre.
D) is an inventory expediting centre.

43 Air Canada, a Montreal-based airline, uses its excess storage capacity on passenger flights to Europe
to haul cargo. It typically collects several small shipments consigned to a common European
destination. Shipment schedules are mandated by the passenger side of its business. Air Canada is an
example of a(n):
A) third-party service provider.
B) freight forwarder
C) vendor-managed logistics expert.
D) import agent

44 Combining different transportation modes in order to get the best features of each is called:
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A) freight forwarding.
B) dual distribution.
C) intermodal transportation.
D) bimodal logistics.

45 Lead time is:

A) also called Order-cycle time & replenishment time.
B) typically more important to resellers than to consumers.
C) defined as the time that passes from ordering an item until it is received and ready for use or sale.
D) accurately described by all of the above.
46 In Canada, Coca-Cola Beverages has rolled out new marketing, technologies, and packaging to
outmaneuver private-label Canadian cola bottlers, which have captured considerable market share.
Coke will bring in a new just-in-time distribution system based on unit trains and cross-docking sales
centres. Which of the following statements describes how Coke will use cross-docking?
A) Cross-docking will allow Coca-Cola to greatly reduce the need to store and warehouse products.
B) The use of cross-docking means Coca-Cola will rely more on business-to-business marketing.
C) The use of cross-docking means Coca-Cola will implement the customer service concept in its
relations with ultimate consumers.
D) Cross-docking will allow Coca-Cola to use less freight forwarding.

47 An online retailer like Amazon.com relies on an efficient supply chain. The development of its supply
chain supported its clearly defined marketing strategy and began with:
A) inventory forecasts.
B) a logistics mission statement.
C) the mature stage of the product life cycle.
D) understanding the customer.

48 Air freight is costly, but its speed may create savings because of:
A) the extensive availability of airports
B) lower inventory.
C) getting to store shelves before water carriers.
D other transportation modes take more time
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49 There are five basic transportation modes. They are air carrier, motor carrier, and:
A) pipelines, railways an water carriers
B) railways, ocean vessels and dirigibles
C) trucks, canals and robotics
D) water routes, railways and trucks
E) pipeline, water routes and ocean vessels
50 Lead time and order cycle time are the same as:
A) customer service time
B) supply chain flow
C) logistical clockage
D) replenishment time

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