Question 1. Consider the supply chain for a domestic automobile.

a) sales channel, distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, transportation and

suppliers.
b) Supplier of raw materials and components, manufacturer, car dealers.
c) Minimize their costs and maximizing their profit
d) A component supplier who want to maximize his profit and increases the price of his
product and the manufacturer who wants to minimize the product and pay as little
as he can for the component.
e) In the automobile supply chain the components are not widely available, so if there is
a disruption at one of the components in the chain it will have far-reaching
consequences for the entire supply chain

Question 2. Consider a consumer mortgage offered by a bank.

a) The bank
b) There is only one firm involved in the mortgage supply chain, their objective is to
lend out money and receive interest for it and making sure their assets are secure.
c) They both have consumers at the and of the line. Service supply chains generally
have less components than product supply chains.

Question 3. How is food supply chain different from car parts supply chain?

In the food supply chain the biggest part is the transportation, because there is no
product that has to be made.