Creative Professional Development Associate (CPDA)

Post Graduate Diploma in SCM (PGDSCM)

1st Semester, Final Term Exam: Total Mark: 80, Time: 2 Hours

Inventory & Warehousing Management (Sess: 1-6)

A) Short Questions : (any 6 out of 8) Mark 30

1. What is Inventory? How many types of Inventory?

2. How you can control the inventory?
3. What do mean by Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)? Pls describe with formula.
4. What is the Periodic Review System?
5. What is the Safety stock? Pls describe with Formula.
6. Describe the function of Inventory.
7. What is the Inventory Management KPIs?
8. What is the Inventory policy?
9. What is the Aggregate Inventory Management?
10. Describe the Inventory Planning.
11. What is Warehousing?
12. Do you think Warehouse location selection is also most important to reduce the cost & time? How
you can select a good location for warehouse set-up?
13. What is the core operational functions of Warehouse?
14. Describe the objective of Warehouse management operation.
15. What factors depend for Warehouse layout and Capability?
16. What is Green Warehousing?
17. How many sets of Operations for Warehouse Management System control?
18. How many ways of Inventory Categorization?
19. Describe the reasons for keeping Inventory
20. Describe the Supply Positioning Model (SPM) used to manage stock.
21. What do you mean by Cross Docking Centre (CDC)
22. Describe JIT Inventory Management
23. What is stock location Systems?
24. What is Stockyard?
25. What is the meaning of Customer Managed Inventory (CMI)? What is the disadvantage of CMI?
26. Describe the Goal of Material Management.
27. Describe the functions of Material Management.
28. What is the MRP?
29. Describe the benefits & drawbacks of MRP.
30. What do you mean by ERP?

B) Broad Questions : (any 2 out of 3) Mark 30

1. What is the advantages & Disadvantages of Floating Systems?

2. Describe the method of Inventory valuations?
3. Describe the feature of Inventory coding?
4. What are the benefits of Two-Bin Inventory Control System?
5. What is Material Management? Describe the Historical Back-ground of Material Management.
6. Describe the objective of Material Management.
7. Describe the MRP processing with Inputs & Outputs.
8. Describe the MRP II with historical background.
9. Describe MRP Planning with flow chart.
 C) Case study : Mark 20

Q.1. Raihan Enterprise want to set up 2 nos Warehouse which is related to the production of Ceramic
items. Head office located at Gulshan, Factory located at Valuka, Mymenshing. They have 5 nos 5 ton
Truck, Production capacity 3000 unit (weight 1100 Ton) per month. Selling average 2000 unit per month
in pick season & 1500 unit in off pick season. Sales target Nawabpur 60%, Kawranbazar 20%, Gulshan
5%, Gazipur 5% and other markets 10%. Items (Plate) pack size 1’x1’x2” per pcs.
Determine the warehouse location as per market condition
1. Place selection
2. Warehouse size
3. Transportation
4. Yard

Q.2. SCM department of Shapla Industries Ltd want to recruit a Material Manager in his warehouse, where
a store keeper already doing job. HR required more info for this recruitment. Why another person is
required whereas adequate store personnel doing job in same place?
* What is the job different between Store keeper & Material Manager?

Q.3.What is the Re-Order Level (ROL) Systems? Calculate the Re-Order Level quantity.

Re-order level (ROL) = Demand in the lead-time + Safety stock (S)

Demand in the lead-time = Rate of demand or usage (Rd) (e.g., per week or per day) x Lead-time (L) (e.g.,
in weeks)
If rate of demand per day is 200 tons and average lead-time is 10 days and company decides to keep 3 days
usages as safety stock; what will be the Re-order level quantity?

Assignment/Case study submission : Mark 30

(Will be shared Assignment topics ASAP.)

Question pattern: Mid term

Total Mark Time MCQ & True & False Short Question
20 30 Minutes 10 Marks 10 Marks
Each subject Q-10 nos Q-2 nos
(10 x 1) (5 x 2)
Pass Mark average 60% & not less than 50% at any subject

Question pattern: Final Term

Short Question : 6 nos out of 8

Broad Question : 2 nos out of 3
Solution/Case Study : 1 nos out of 1

Total Mark Time Short Question Broad Solution/Case

Question Study
80 30 Marks 30 Marks 20 Marks
Each subject 90 Minutes Q-6 nos Q-2 nos Q-1 no
(6 x 5) (2 x 15) (1 x 20)

Pass Mark average 60% & not less than 50% at any subject