Exam 5: Technical Fundamentals

Describe the five key competitive priorities translate directly into characteristics that are used to describe various processes by which a company can add value to its OM decisions

Materials flow from suppliers and their _______________ suppliers at all levels.

Describe the four changes resulting form advances in IT that are driving supply chains.

___________ will become an effective tool for tracking and monitoring inventory movement in a real-time SCM environment.

In a supply chain,order information flows in the direction of ________.

List the components of a typical supply chain.

Currently,there appears to be a trend toward offering __________________ friendly products that are made through environmentally friendly processes.

The ability of a firm to provide consistent and fast delivery allows it to charge a premium price for its products.

The goal of ___________ quality standard is to detect potential problems to prevent their occurrence and achieve no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities.