SCM 303 Exam 3 MSU Fall 19 Questions
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The use of the concepts of purchasing, procurement, supply, and supply chain
management will vary from organization to organization depending on:
✓ the organization's stage of development and/or sophistication, the industry in which
they operate and the organization's competitive position.
Interest in the supply function as a managerial activity began
✓ during World Wars I and II because of global materials shortages.
In manufacturing organizations, the dollars spent with suppliers fall into what
range as a percent of revenues?
✓ 50-80%
Supply Chain Management
✓ a systems approach to managing the flow of information, materials and services from
tiers of suppliers through the buying organization to tiers of customers
Supply manaement has evolved from a transaction-based, tactical function to a
✓ Designed to anticipate and recognize shifts in the total environment, economic,
organizational, people, legal, governmental regulations and controls, and systems
availability
Most organizational objectives can be summarized under four categories
✓ survival, growth, financial and sustainability
The key question in strategic supply management is:
✓ How can supply and supply chains contribute effectively to organizational objectives
and strategy?
Subcontracting refers to the practice of:
✓ a prime contractor bidding out part of a job to another contractor.
Privatization is
✓ term used for outsourcing in the public sector
An organization may decide to continue to produce a good or service in-house
rather than outsource:
✓ to control the quality of customer service and to reduce risk.
The type(s) of procurement outsourcing contracts include:
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