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Actividades – Tema 1
1. Which one of these is not an element of the Supply Chain?

a. Supplier

b. Manufacturer

c. Wholesaler

d. All of them are elements

2. Inside the Supply Chain we can find flow of:

a. Money

b. People

c. Investments

d. All of them

3. A 1st level supplier supplies products to:

a. Manufacturers

b. Distributors

c. Other suppliers

d. Customers

4. Which one of these cannot be considered as a competitive advantage?

a. Administration

b. Quality

c. Costs
d. Response capacity

5. The main goal of an effective Supply Chain is:

a. Use the production capacity

b. Reduce the stocks in all the chain

c. The response capacity

d. None of the above

6. An efficient Supply Chain:

a. Manufactures a big variety of products to satisfy all the customers

b. Chooses suppliers flexible in their deliveries

c. Uses the stock to be sure they always have products to sell

d. None of the above

7. When a supplier starts manufacturing final products, it is:

a. Outsourcing

b. Forward vertical integration

c. Synergy

d. Backward vertical integration

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8. Ifa shop runs out of products, they have produced:

a. Product batch

b. Response capacity

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c. Outsourcing

d. Stock break

9. A company that sells products to a supplier is a:

a. 1st level supplier

b. Retailer

c. 2nd level supplier

d. Manufacturer

10. The revolution that changed the priorities and started to optimize was from: a. The USA

b. Japan

c. China

d. Germany

11. Think about a basic product that you can buy in a supermarket and describe what elements
and companies could form its supply chain.

12. What are the cash and carry companies? Explain the term and give examples.

13. Explain the different flows inside a supply chain.

14. What are the differences between the types of supply chain?

15. Give real examples of the two types of vertical integration and explain why. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of the vertical integration?

16. What is the difference between outsourcing and vertical integration? Find examples.

17. Search information and explain what is the main concept of Just In Time.

18. An assembly line of an automotive company assembles 500 cars per week, working Monday
to Friday. The security stock is of 1 day of production, and there are 20 cars already assembled
and stored. In the warehouse there are 50 front lamps, and their SS is 20. How many front lamps
do they need to order to the supplier for the week?