Exam 5: The Five Generic Competitive Strategies

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.

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Question 41

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

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Question 42

An organization's supply chain strategy can focus on efficiency or effectiveness, but not both.

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Question 43

While developing an operations strategy, management needs to consider the following factor.

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Question 44

What provides control and visibility to the status of individual items maintained in inventory?

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Question 45

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

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Question 46

Which of the following is not a principle of supply chain management?

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Question 47

Decisions are sometimes referred to as __________________, which focuses on long range planning such as plant size, location, and type of process to be used.

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Question 48

Information technology's primary role in supply chain management is creating the integrations or tight process and information linkages between functions within a firm-such as marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, and distribution-and between firms.

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Question 49

What enables an organization to react more quickly to resolve supply chain issues?

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Question 50

In a supply chain, which one of the following moves in the direction of downstream?

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Question 51

Which one of the following is a characteristic of an efficient and effective supply chain management?

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Question 52

Make the sale to ___________ is one of the keys to SCM success.

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Question 53

Describe the fastest growing components of SCM systems.

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Question 54

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

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Question 55

Supply chain ________ management enables an organization to react more quickly to resolve supply chain issues.

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Question 56

____________________ focuses on producing goods and services as efficiently as possible within the strategic plan

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Question 57

Consumer behaviour, _____________, competition, and speed are the four changes resulting from advances in IT that are driving supply chains.

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Question 58

_________________________ coordinate the process of transporting materials from a manufacturer to distribution centres to the final customers.

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Question 59

The customers' customer is upstream in the supply chain.

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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.

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

An organization's supply chain strategy can focus on efficiency or effectiveness, but not both.

While developing an operations strategy, management needs to consider the following factor.

What provides control and visibility to the status of individual items maintained in inventory?

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

Which of the following is not a principle of supply chain management?

Decisions are sometimes referred to as __________________, which focuses on long range planning such as plant size, location, and type of process to be used.

Information technology's primary role in supply chain management is creating the integrations or tight process and information linkages between functions within a firm-such as marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, and distribution-and between firms.

What enables an organization to react more quickly to resolve supply chain issues?

In a supply chain, which one of the following moves in the direction of downstream?

Which one of the following is a characteristic of an efficient and effective supply chain management?

Make the sale to ___________ is one of the keys to SCM success.

Describe the fastest growing components of SCM systems.

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

Supply chain ________ management enables an organization to react more quickly to resolve supply chain issues.

____________________ focuses on producing goods and services as efficiently as possible within the strategic plan

Consumer behaviour, _____________, competition, and speed are the four changes resulting from advances in IT that are driving supply chains.

_________________________ coordinate the process of transporting materials from a manufacturer to distribution centres to the final customers.

The customers' customer is upstream in the supply chain.

What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important

Charting a Companys Direction: Its Vision, Mission, Objectives, and Strategy

Evaluating a Companys External Environment

Evaluating a Companys Resources, Capabilities, and Competitiveness

Strengthening a Companys Competitive Position

Strategies for Competing in International Markets

Corporate Strategy

Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability, and Strategy

Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution

Managing Internal Operations

Corporate Culture and Leadership

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