Scm 3

ASSIGNMENT Scm -3 Question What is the meaning of EDIFACT ? Correct Answer Electronic Data Interchanged for Administration , Commerce & Transport Your Answer

Electronic Data Interchanged for Administration , Corporate Technology

Select The Blank Question Suppliers agree to give customer ________ plans to cope with disruption. Correct Answer Contingency Your Answer

Improvement

Multiple Choice Single Answer Question In the customization of highly customized product which step has most significant impact? Correct Answer Production Your Answer Design Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question EDIFACT is :Correct Answer Standard in Europe in Mid 80's , Accepted by US(ANSI) to supersede X 12 , Promoted as world ADI Standard Multiple Choice Single Answer Question What is required to facilitate logistics process of quickly moving material on numerous work stations on the production line? Correct Answer Clean & well organized environment Your Answer Good material movement system Select The Blank Question Once we have all the information we should be able to ________ in terms of when to place order with suppliers. Correct Answer Calculate Your Answer

Prepare

Multiple Choice Single Answer Question The cost of oversupply is high in case of highly customized end products as it is difficult to find for them:Correct Answer The alternative uses Your Answer The alternative suppliers Multiple Choice Single Answer Question The American National standards which are developed for replacing various sector standards is known as:Correct Answer ANSI X 12 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question The implications of introducing consolidation centre were :Correct Answer How many centers to have? , Location of centres , Size of centres Your Answer Location of centres , Size of centres , To which GM plant centres will send?

Match The Following Question The impact of postponement of coloration until the customer uses the product The impact of postponement in case of PC company The impact of postponement of customization of printer to DC areas The impact of postponement in RPAG

Correct Answer Significant value was created in value chain & manufacturing cost & safety stock both decreased Inventory was cut to half

Your Answer Carry out more variety without increasing inventory

Carry out more variety by slightly increasing inventory Decrease in inventory made up for Decrease in inventory made up for the the increased cost in creating some increased cost in creating some assembly function at DC level assembly function at DC level Carry out more variety without Significant value was created in value increasing inventory chain & safety stock also decreases partially

Multiple Choice Single Answer In a traditional informational pipeline supply chain player always received order information from :Question Correct Answer Consumer Your Answer Distributor Multiple Choice Single Answer Question The term productivity is often ill-defined but basically, it's measurement is that of a prescribed output to the resources :Correct Answer Consumed Your Answer Used Multiple Choice Single Answer Question In the supply chain , Material flows :Correct Answer Downstream True/False Question The estimate is that the 3 PL industry will quadruple its size in next five years. Correct Answer False Multiple Choice Single Answer Question In the current business scenario Indian organisations require to improve customer service to become perfect in :Correct Answer Customer centric process Your Answer Business Analysis True/False Question In an ideal world we would like a forecasting method for which all errors are near zero. Correct Answer False Your Answer True Select The Blank Question Simple method for Time series forecasting is to take a ________ Average. Correct Answer Moving Your Answer

Non Weighted Moving

Select The Blank Question According to Ducker, Customer focus oriented logistics must be treated as ________. Correct Answer Cost saving centre Your Answer Policy Matter Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question

The globalization has forced local companies to improve following:-

Correct Answer Manufacturing Practices , Supply Chain Management , Inventory Levels and Distribution Capabilities Your Answer Distribution Network, Inventory Levels and Distribution Capabilities Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question If the requirement of chairs as given are 135 in week 3, 90 in week 5, 60 in week 6 then the requirement of seats are :Correct Answer 25 in week 1 , 90 in week 3 , 60 in week 4 Select The Blank Question The realistic ________ demonstrate the benefits of a holistic view of supply chain information flow. Correct Answer Simulation Model Select The Blank Question The mode choice aspect of transport decisions are more ________ ones, as they are closely linked with inventory decision. Correct Answer Strategic Your Answer Locational Select The Blank Question From the output by MRP package for chairs in the example, we are advised to place an order for ________ legs in week 2. Correct Answer Overhead True/False Question The constraints in multiple equation methods will probably be different for different groups. Correct Answer True Multiple Choice Single Answer Question If a defective piece was found in Kanban then what happened to production of specified quantity in Kanban? Correct Answer Quantity was not met Your Answer Quantity was made by replacing defective component Select The Blank Question ________ is activity which is outsourced by most of Indian companies. Correct Answer Warehousing Your Answer

Billing

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question What are the prerequisites for change while Switching over to SCM? Correct Answer Pressure For the Change , Shared Vision , Capacity for Change Your Answer Shared Vision , Capacity for Change , Outbound Training Select The Blank Question Kanban process ________ focuses on the human factors of production. Correct Answer Indirectly True/False

Question It would be impossible to find the minimum cost solution manually. Correct Answer True True/False Question All forecasting methods require complex calculations and therefore are ideally suited to be done by a computer. Correct Answer False Your Answer True Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question In SCM metrics, Training means :Correct Answer Inhouse training , APICS Membership , Certification Training True/False Question

Incoming inventory is the receiving of the items, as a result of buying in from external or internal suppliers Correct Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question If the requirement of chairs as given are 135 in week 3, 90 in week 5, 60 in week 6 then the requirement of backs are :Correct Answer 85 in week 1 , 90 in week 3 , 60 in week 4 Select The Blank Question If demand is known & steady, then ________ inventory can be estimated. Correct Answer Average Your Answer

Final

True/False Question

By going beyond internal supply chain & including external suppliers and customers does not expose opportunities for improving internal operations. Correct Answer False Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question The competitive priorities in operations strategy are :Correct Answer Cost , Quality , Time Multiple Choice Single Answer Question In both marking stock and order, which cost is incurred? Correct Answer Stock acquisition Match The Following Question Modeling approaches are methods Rough cut methods give guiding policies Network design methods Simulation is the method by which True/False

Correct Answer

Your Answer

Which facilitate concise review & at Give guiding policies for strategic the same time attempt to decisions. accommodate the above polarity. For the operation decisions. Give normative models for more operator decisions. For the most part give normative A comprehensive supply chain model models for more strategic decisions. can be analyzed. A comprehensive supply chain For the most part give normative model can be analyzed. models for more strategic decisions.

Question Retailers are not interested in low stock run. Correct Answer True Your Answer False Select The Blank Question ________ is only the management philosophy which helps organisation to move from one step to another. Correct Answer Benchmarking Your Answer

Push Base system

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question Realignment of infrastructure includes :Correct Answer Production & warehouse premises , Production equipment , Information & IT system Your Answer Production & warehouse premises , Production equipment , Supplies Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question In Supply Chain Management, the goal is to be able to replace inventory of :Correct Answer Manufacturers , Suppliers , Customers Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question When conformance is not achieved, what is the role of cycle counting? Correct Answer To provide for cause , To provide for corrective action , To provide for future action Your Answer Measure the level of conformance to expectable , To provide for future action Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question The problems faced by the HP DCs due to traditional system were :Correct Answer Large finished goods inventory , Additional stock to handle all the product proliferation , Increasing emphasize placed on speed True/False Question

For a fixed time re-order cycle system, the time at risk is re-order lead time plus the re-order cycle time.

Correct Answer True Your Answer False True/False Question

There are no international EDI standards. The user organization require to develop it for their operation only. Correct Answer False

Multiple Choice Single Answer Question SCM is the management philosophy to deal with integrated material & information flow, right from raw material to consumption of finished goods but the focus is given to :Correct Answer End User

Question

The fire in 1997 forced Toyoto to embark upon review of ________ that were sourced from single supplier. Correct Answer Components Your Answer Raw Materials Multiple Choice Single Answer Question The cycle time measured from the firm plan order until final production is reported, is known as :Correct Answer Manufacturing Cycle Time Multiple Choice Single Answer Question The minimum number of products unit in stock at the end of each week corresponds to what type of stock in the case of unforeseen demand? Correct Answer Safety True/False Question

The marketing effort is somewhat restricted by the necessity to sell leftover products following year. Correct Answer True

Multiple Choice Single Answer Question To provide an adequate support what will be need to do with information system? Correct Answer Major overhaul Multiple Choice Multiple Answer The various basic logistics productivity ratios can be used to control elements such as :Question Correct Answer Warehousing , Transportation , Customer Service Select The Blank Question Paper or computer records require time to check ________ against recorder level. Correct Answer Stock Your Answer Availability Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question The strategic decision in supply chain includes :Correct Answer What products to produce , Which plants to produce them , Allocation of Suppliers to plants Your Answer What products to produce , Which plants to produce them , What products to sell Multiple Choice Single Answer Question Spares stationery, consumable etc. are what type of inventory for the organization? Correct Answer Common Select The Blank Question One of the factors behind Japanese success story as geographic proximity and that suppliers are often ________ around the major customers. Correct Answer Clustered Your Answer Scattered Multiple Choice Multiple Answer Question Companies that would obviously gain very little from postponement, experiences a radically different picture in their business like :Correct Answer Demand with little or no uncertainty , Low value of short time to market , Low product proliferation