Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Performance CUSCM416

Tutorial questions.
1. Discuss any principles for logistics costing that are applicable for supply chain performance.
2. “Metrics must focus upon customer needs and expectations “. Discuss the meaning of this
statement.
3. As a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) you have been asked by the World Health
Organization (WHO) to develop steps for identifying proper measures for performance
evaluation. The steps will be used by WHO and and its national partners in vampire states.
4. Discuss any 7 managerial issues that needs to be addressed in applying the Key Performance
Measures and metrics in logistics and supply chains.
5. The main difference between supply chain performance measurement and other performance
measures lies in the “extended” concept of a supply chain where it includes suppliers and
distributors. Discuss.
6. Explore the contention that effective supply chain performance measurement should be
characterized by ingrained practices and resistance to radical change programs.
7. Discuss the assertion that “Financial accounting measures are certainly important in assessing
whether or not operational changes are improving the financial health of an enterprise but are
insufficient to measure supply chain performance”.
8. Giving examples highlight the features, also compare and contrast the different supply chain
conceptual frameworks or models.
9. Discuss the challenges that impinge supply chain performance in Agri-food supply chains.
10. New business climate requires novel and innovative performance management systems.
Discuss the key attributes of such systems.
11. Discuss the challenging aspects for analysing and evaluating the performance of an
emergency response system.
12. Using a company of your choice, describe the steps necessary to conduct a successful
benchmarking exercise.
13. Discuss the stages that needs to be followed when developing a performance measurement
system.
14. Using well known examples, discuss the critical elements that complicate performance
measurement in humanitarian supply chains
15. Discuss the stages that needs to be followed when developing a performance measurement
system.
16. With reference to various supply chain typologies, relate the significance of the systems
thinking to supply chain performance measurement?
17. Discuss the various ways that can used to ensure that key stakeholders in the humanitarian
supply chain are involved in performance measurement process.
18. Giving concrete examples, examine the role of performance measurement as a tool for
supplier development.

19. Unpack supply chain performance measurement giving reasons for its advocacy and
development.
20. With the aid of examples, explain how performance measurement and supply chain strategy
interact.