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1、SupplyChainManagementExerciseTrueorFalse1. Asupplychainincludesonlytheorganizationsdirectlyinvolvedinsupplyingponentsneededformanufacturing.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate2. Asupplychainconsistsofallpartiesinvolved,directlyorindirectly,infulfillingacustomerrequest.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate3. As
2、upplychaincouldbemoreaccuratelydescribedasasupplynetworkorsupplyweb.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate4. Theobjectiveofeverysupplychainistomaximizetheoverallvaluegenerated.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy5. Theobjectiveofeverysupplychainistomaximizethevaluegeneratedforthemanufacturingponentofthesupplychain.An
3、swer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate6. AllsupplychainactivitieswithinafirmbelongtooneofthreemacroprocessesCRM,ISCMandSRM.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy7. Thereisacloseconnectionbetweenthedesignandmanagementofsupplychainflowsandthesuccessofasupplychain.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy8. Apanyspetitivestrategydefinest
4、hesetofcustomerneedsthatitseekstosatisfythroughitsproductsandservices.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy9. Thevaluechainemphasizesthecloserelationshipbetweenallthefunctionalstrategieswithinapany.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate10. Apanysproductdevelopmentstrategydefinesthesetofcustomerneedsthatitseekstosatisf
5、ythroughitsproductsandservices.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate11. Apanysproductdevelopmentstrategyspecifiestheportfolioofnewproductsthatitwilltrytodevelop.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy12. Apanyssupplychainstrategyspecifieshowthemarketwillbesegmentedandhowtheproductwillbepositioned,priced,andpromoted.An
6、swer:FalseDifficulty:Easy13. Apanyssupplychainstrategydeterminesthenatureofprocurementandtransportationofmaterialsaswellasthemanufactureanddistributionoftheproduct.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy14. Thedegreeofsupplychainresponsivenessshouldbeconsistentwiththeimplieduncertainty.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy
7、15. Thedegreeofsupplychainresponsivenessdoesnotneedtobeconsistentwiththeimplieduncertainty.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate16. Thetwomajortypesoffacilitiesaredistributionsitesandstoragesites.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate17. Inventoryisanimportantsupplychaindriverbecausechanginginventorypoliciescand
8、ramaticallyalterthesupplychainsefficiencyandresponsiveness.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate18. Informationispotentiallythebiggestdriverofperformanceinthesupplychainasitdirectlyaffectseachoftheotherdrivers.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy19. Thehighutilizationfacilitywillhavenomoredifficultyrespondingtodeman
9、dfluctuationsthanonewithalotofunusedcapacity.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Easy20. Stockkeepingunit(SKU)storageisthewarehousingmethodologythatusesatraditionalwarehousetostoreallofonetypeofproducttogether.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate21. Warehouseunitstorageisthewarehousingmethodologythatusesatraditionalwa
10、rehousetostoreallofonetypeofproducttogether.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate22. Distributionoccursbetweeneverypairofstagesinthesupplychain.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate23. Distributiononlyoccursbetweenmanufacturingandconsumersinthesupplychain.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate24. paniesinthesameindustr
11、yoftenselectverydifferentdistributionnetworks,becausethechoiceofthedistributionnetworkcanbeusedtoachieveavarietyofsupplychainobjectivesrangingfromlowcosttohighresponsiveness.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate25. Themainadvantageofadistributionnetworkwithlocalstorageisthatitcanlowerthedeliverycostandprov
12、ideafasterresponsethanothernetworks.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate26. Whendesigningsupplychainnetworks,paniesmustbuildappropriateflexibilitytohelpcounterfluctuationsinexchangeratesanddemandacrossdifferentcountries.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate27. Inventoryandfacilitycostsincreaseasthenumberoffacili
13、tiesinasupplychainincrease.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate28. Transportationcostsincreaseasthenumberoffacilitiesisincreased.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate29. Whenfacedwithanetworkdesigndecision,thegoalofamanageristodesignanetworkthatminimizesthefirmscostswhilesatisfyingcustomerneedsintermsofdemandan
14、dresponsiveness.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Hard30. Thesupplychainnetworkisdesignedtomaximizetotalprofits,takingintoaccounttheexpectedmarginanddemandineachmarket,variouslogisticsandfacilitycosts,andthetaxesandtariffsateachlocation.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Easy31. Decisionsmadeduringthesupplychaindesignphase
15、regardingsignificantinvestmentsinthesupplychain,suchasthenumberandsizeofplantstobuild,thenumberoftruckstopurchaseorlease,andwhethertobuildorleasewarehousespace,cannotbealteredintheshortterm.Answer:TrueDifficulty:Moderate32. Decisionsmadeduringthesupplychaindesignphaseregardingsignificantinvestmentsinthesupplychain,suchasthenumberandsizeofplantstobuild,thenumberoftruckstopurchaseorlease,andwhethertobuildorleasewarehousespace,rarelyremaininplaceforseveralyears.Answer:FalseDifficulty:Moderate33. Decisionsmadeduringthesupplychaindesignphaseregardingsignificantinvestmentsinthesupplychain,such
