Exam 13: Supply Chain Sustainability and Humanitarian Logistics

In a disaster relief supply chain,preparation should precede the disaster,which in turn precedes the response.

One incentive scheme that insures a steady return of products through reverse logistics channels is to provide a new copy of a product if another copy is returned.This program is commonly known as:

Sustainability has three principle elements;financial responsibility,environmental responsibility,and social responsibility.

The standard governing nine dimensions of ethical workforce management is ISO 8000:2008.

A supply chain that integrates forward logistics with reverse logistics is called a(n)________.

Improved route planning will result in:

What are the primary disaster relief supply chain management challenges?

Briefly discuss the three elements of supply chain sustainability.

Pick a product imported from overseas and describe the intermodal options for bringing it to a retail location in your hometown?

Sweet Action,Inc.is making the daily cupcake run across the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.They have seven customers and have identified the driving distance (in miles)between each pairwise combination as shown in the table.One-way streets and various construction projects affect driving distances such that the distance from one to the other may not be same depending on which site is the starting point.Identify the most energy efficient route that begins at Sweet Action headquarters (SA)and visits each customer once before returning to headquarters.

A HD TV manufacturer produces sets at the rate of 72 units per week.The TV sets weigh 23 pounds each and two dozen fit on a pallet.If the shipping class is to be 70,what's the break-even point for a more favorable shipping rate and what does it cost to send a week's supply of TVs?

The Alphabet Soup Company is delivering the monthly supply of their fine product to their seven customers.The distances in miles between the customers are shown in the table and,wishing to be as efficient as possible,the driver would like to find the shortest route that takes her from the starting point A to every customer and then back to the starting point.Use the nearest neighbor heuristic to identify a route that would minimize the distance traveled.

Use the matrix to answer the following questions. -Refer to the instruction above.What is the break-even point for shipping a 7,500 pound shipment in class 92.5?

In the recovery phase of disaster relief,supplies can be ordered with more normal lead times since demand can be estimated more accurately.

The delivery driver left the office at 8 a.m.and already had a route mapped out that allowed him to visit all customers once and then return to the office while driving the shortest possible distance.This route was determined by solving a(n)________.

Deposit fees may relate to the product itself or to the distribution of the product.

The function in a reverse logistics process that takes used goods from customers and distributes them to the production process or to distributors and retailers is:

A just-in-time (JIT)system minimizes inventory cost for the company but increases inconvenience in the form of noise,traffic,and air pollution for the community at large.

Which of these statements is in accordance with the ethical standards on workplace management?

Which transportation mode performs best in terms of noxious emissions per ton-mile?