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Supply chain management questionsand answers
An organization's supply chain is facilitated by: - ANSb) an information system.
Which of the following typically represents the beginning of a supply chain? - ANSd) External
suppliers
Supply chain management is the vital business function which does not coordinate and
manage: - ANSc) human resource interviews.
Typically a manufacturer will have more direct contact with which type of supplier? - ANSa) Tier
one supplier
Consider a packaged milk products supply chain. A lumber company provides wood to a
paper mill, who supplies cardboard to a container manufacturer, who supplies containers to the
milk products manufacturer. The lumber company is: - ANSc) a tier three supplier
Which of the following is not a typical result of the bullwhip effect? - ANSa) Absenteeism
Which term refers to inaccurate or distorted demand information created in the supply chain? -
ANSc) Bullwhip effect
Which of the following is not a remedy for the bullwhip effect? - ANSc) Base forecasts on
demand coming from the immediate downstream customer
Which of the following is not one of the four major causes of the bullwhip effect? - ANSd) The
business cycle
When do rationing and shortage gaming occur? - ANSb) Demand exceeds supply
Collection of point-of-sale (POS) information is most useful for which bullwhip effect
remedy? - ANSe) Information sharing
The time between order placement and the receipt of goods is called _ - ANSb) lead time
What is a network internal to an organization called? - ANSc) intranet
17. Net marketplaces are designed to: - ANSc) bring together significant number of purchasing
firms.
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