DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – BBA PROGRAM

COURSE TITLE: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Chapter-2

Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to e-Business

1.What are the role of distribution in the supply chain?

2.Describe the factors influencing distribution network design with graphical presentation.

3.What are the design options for a distribution network? Explain by using appropriate diagram.

4.How the e-business and distribution network are related to each other?

Or, Explain the impact of e-business on customer service and cost.

5.Graphically explain the distributions channel of Agricultural product.

6.Briefly explain the FMCG sector and commodities of Bangladesh.

7.What are effects of distribution network in practice?

Chapter-6

Aggregate Planning in a supply chain

1.Define aggregate planning? What is the role of aggregate planning in a supply chain?

2.Brifely explain the aggregate planning problem.

3.Describe the aggregate planning strategies. Why it is referred as tailored strategies?

4. Briefly explain the role of IT in aggregate planning.

5.What are the impacts of inventory planning and economic theory aberrations?

6.Explain the considerable factors in implementing aggregate planning in practice.

7.Mathematical problem
 Chapter-7
Planning and Managing Inventories in a supply chain
1.What is cycle inventory? Explain the role of cycle inventory in supply chain?

2.Show the inventory profile in a diagram by considering a hypothetical example.

3.What are the different types of ordering cost?

4.State the proper definition of obsolescence, handling and occupancy cost.

5. Mathematical problems -EOQ, Desired lot size and ordering cost, Multiple products with lots
ordered and delivered (independently and jointly), Aggregation with capacity constraint

6.Explain the role of safety inventory in a supply chain. Graphical represent the inventory profile
with safety inventory.

7.What is safety inventory? Explain the two major factors that determine the appropriate level of
safety inventory.

8.State the appropriate definition of product fill rate, Order fill rate and Cycle Service Level
(CSL).

9.Mathematical problems (Evaluating safety inventory, replenishment policy

10.Briefly explain the importance of the level of product availability.

11.What are the major factors of affecting the optimal level of product availability?

Chapter-9

Supplier Management
1.What is Supplier audit? How can an organization measure the supplier efficiency by using
supplier audit?

2.Explain the benefits of supplier audit.

3.Define supplier certification. What are the major types of certifications?

4.Briefly explain the different types supplier relationship.

5.Describe the ways of evaluating supplying alternatives.

6.Define supplier management. Explain the steps of supplier management process.