Exam 13: Supply Chain Process Integration

Benefits of internal process integration include greater flexibility to respond to market changes and better utilization of resources.

The following supply chain security activities,creating a director of security position,hiring personnel with military and/or government experience,and performing a formal security risk assessment,would be classified as:

Customer feedback mechanisms are developed as part of which supply chain business process:

One of the key supply chain business processes is supplier relationship management,which seeks to forecast demand and coordinate purchasing and distribution in an effort to balance customer demand with the firm's manufacturing capacity.

Which of the key supply chain business processes refers to meeting customer requirements by synchronizing the firm's marketing,production and distribution plans:

Which of the following is an obstacle to successful process integration?

Which of the following is NOT true about firms which integrate their process activities?

List FIVE of the eight supply chain business processes.

The phase of the supply chain integration model concerned with identifying the important processes linking each of the supply chain partners is:

Which of the following tends to reduce safety stocks among supply chain members,generating even less variability in supply chain orders?

It is important for all supply chain members to first understand the important characteristics upon which the supply chain end product is competing.Once this is understood,the supply chain members should all be using strategies consistent with those competitive characteristics when delivering their product and/or service.

List and describe FIVE of the eight key supply chain business processes.

A customer approaches you with a question regarding her order status and shipping date; the information you provide is an example of which of the eight key supply chain business processes:

RFID technology seeks to minimize supply chain visibility.

Mapping the network of primary trading partners is something that should be done in which stage of the supply chain integration model:

The order fulfillment process relies on forecasting and techniques used to smooth demand variabilities when disparities exist between demand and supply.

RFID tags,which stands for Radio Frequency Identification tag,is a technology that will be used to gain real-time inventory information about the geographic location of a product in an effort to insure that shelves are full and that supply chains are issuing replenishment orders in a timely fashion.

What is RFID technology and how will it aid in management of the supply chain?

Which of the following is NOT one of the eight key supply chain business processes?

Price fluctuations that are the result of special product promotions,quantity discounts,and other special pricing discounts by suppliers result in: