Scm300 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The least restrictive alternative is a continuum of options involving judgment that includes non-physical and physical intervention strategies. Ans: True Duration involving breathing disorders, obesity, pregnancy asphyxiation, excited delirium, sickle cell trait, and osteopenia is not a risk factor during emergency safety physical intervention. Ans: False Misbehavior provides staff with a therapeutic opportunity. Ans: True Staff cannot be sued for what they do or for what they fail t...

Goal of waiting line management Ans: Balance the cost paid by the customers (time) with the cost paid by the company (money paid to maintain the system) Parts of a waiting line system Ans: 1) Input Source - This is the population of people that might want service 2) Waiting Line - The area in which customers wait for service 3) Service Facility - The area in which customers actually receive service Managerial considerations in queues Ans: - Customers - How many are there, How quickly ar...

Cost Ans: Materials, Energy, Wages, Transportation, Rent Quality Ans: Design, Reliability, Consistency, Materials, Fabrics Speed Ans: Delivery, On-Time, Innovation Time Flexibility Ans: Customization, Size of Order, Design Competitive Priorities Ans: Cost, Quality, Speed, Flexibility Productivity: Ans: The ratio of outputs [What did I make?] to inputs [What was the cost?]. (Organizational Perspective) Value: Ans: The ratio of "output purchased" divided by "inputs used to purcha...

Supply chain network design decisions include the location of manufacturing, storage, or transportation-related facilities and the allocation of capacity and roles to each facility. Ans: TRUE Decisions concerning the role of each facility are significant because they determine the amount of rigidity the supply chain has in changing the way it meets demand. Ans: FALSE Facility location decisions have a long-term impact on a supply chain's performance because it is cost effective to shu...

Bullwhip affect + causes Ans: the effect of unplanned repetitive change in demand felt across the supply chain. From distributor to supplier - can cause: negative effects on cost of labor and materials, lowers customer service, leaves over supply of stock Shortage Gaming Ans: - when demand exceeds supply manufacturers - customers order extra to compensate for perceived need - they cancel extra need leaving extra supply and no demand ( need to view supply history to avoid this) Ratio...

SCM Ans: Integration of suppliers, manufacturers, transportation organizers, and other parties to bring supplies to market Procurement Ans: Purchasing Branch that gets materials, equiptment, p&s Find best value Negotiate terms Develop long term relationships Operations Ans: Branch that makes business processes effective & efficient Logistics Ans: Branch that develops transportation itinerary& storage partners Downstream: towards consumer Upstream: Away from consumer Strong relati...

The 3 Parts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ans: - legal and ethical, serves and community/society, environmental sustainability. Reasons to be Socially Responsible: Ans: - Avoid legal issues, government regulation, and fines, - Responsibility as a global/local citizen, - Business risks - political, resource shortage, population growth, climate change - Business opportunities - increased profits, lower costs? Maintain business operations? Develop socially responsible competitive...

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN CLASS Ans: - pizza - cow path - silicon wafers - ticket broker - your resume (little stories) - "don't be a jerk" - real estate, show them what is available - Health, physician's advice - GPA, he doesn't like it - Basketball - how should we create grades - anesthesiology - motorola six sigma - whirlpool it upgrade Business Process Ans: - any activity that takes an input, adds value, and provides an output - a cell of the supply chain - "recipe" ...

Singularity Ans: Hypothetical point of uncontrollable technology growth Swim Lane Flowchart Ans: Flowchart that organizes activities by responsible entities Pareto Analysis Ans: Method identifying the most significant factors contributing to a problem Critical Path Ans: The longest path (in terms of time) in the AON network diagram. This path dictates the expected completion time of the project. Items on this path must be completed in time in order for the project to be completed on s...

Crossdocking Ans: - 1000 units in, 1000 units out - Inventory stays in one place for 24-36 hours Warehouse Ans: Stores Items DC Ans: Distribution center, four places take stuff to one place adn four trucks leave it (8 trucks v 16) MoT 1 Trains Ans: Cheap, flexible / slow, unreliable MoT 2 Boat Ans: Cheap, large / slow, exposed MoT 3 Airplane Ans: Fast, delicate / costly, inter modal changes MoT 4 Truck Ans: Cheap, Fast / Regulations, Insurance TL Ans: Truck load Reefer Ans: r...