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Question 1: A company exports products to emerging markets. Which of the...
Question 2: The value that logistics provides within the supply chain ca...
1 commentQuestion 3: What action has typically been taken over the last decade or...
Question 4: The transportation manager at a consumer goods manufacturer ...
Question 5: In reference to optimizing manufacturing and distribution ne...
Question 6: Which of the following approaches most likely will help a co...
Question 7: A company develops annual forecasts for key products and ent...
Question 8: What is takt time for widgets if customer demand is 900, ava...
Question 9: A company that is having difficulties prioritizing resources...
Question 10: Demand management involves which of the following undertakin...
Question 11: The demand side of a traditional warehouse management system...
Question 12: Which of the following actions is most appropriate when impl...
Question 13: Which type of network provides a low-cost Internet-based sec...
Question 14: The use of a seasonal index as a forecasting technique measu...
Question 15: A clothing company focuses its attention on high-fashion pro...
Question 16: Which of the following types of risk typically would be most...
Question 17: A company wants to rapidly expand distribution international...
Question 18: Which of the following strategies can be used to help manage...
1 commentQuestion 19: What is the inventory turnover for a company with the follow...
Question 20: Which of the following corresponds to an item of high strate...
Question 21: What is the unintended effect of customers requiring complet...
Question 22: Which of the following scenarios represents a correct applic...
Question 23: Which of the following circumstances must exist to implement...
Question 24: Maintaining a long-term collaborative relationship with a tr...
Question 25: Customizing can be an effective warehousing strategy because...
Question 26: Timely, accurate supply chain information helpsaccomplish al...
Question 27: Which of the following forecasting techniques is most approp...
Question 28: Which of the following metrics is typically the most appropr...
Question 29: Potential customers of a company's new product have tight to...
Question 30: Which of the following criteria are important when establish...
Question 31: In order to be counted "perfect" when calculating the perfec...
Question 32: The customer who provides point-of-sale data remains the sol...
Question 33: QS-9000 is a quality standard for which industry?...
Question 34: Which of the following is a good example of a completely dis...
2 commentQuestion 35: A company's cash-to-cash cycle time is 36 days. How many wee...
Question 36: Which of the following types of raw materials would be most ...
Question 37: Which of the following statements best describes the goals o...
Question 38: The primary objective of supply chain management is:...
Question 39: Which of the following supply chain fulfillment strategies i...
Question 40: A manufacturer uses standard costing, and a potential suppli...
Question 41: All of the following are parameters of the EOQ EXCEPT:...
Question 42: A company is formally adhering to the principles of the UN G...
Question 43: Which type of relationship below between a manufacturer and ...
Question 44: A large manufacturer wanting to be more competitive in the g...
Question 45: A return material authorization (RMA) policy is used in reve...
Question 46: Innovative products have all of the following characteristic...
Question 47: Which of the following organizational design choices is an e...
Question 48: Which of the following types of measures is the simplest mea...
Question 49: Which of the following situations is an example of postponem...
Question 50: Which of the following indicators is most appropriate to use...
Question 51: Which of the following relationship activities is most impac...
Question 52: All of the following are intangible assets EXCEPT:...
Question 53: Forecasts are most accurate for _______?...
Question 54: A company exports products to emerging markets. Which of the...
Question 55: Which of the following ISO standards is used to assist organ...
Question 56: Under what condition does the costs associated with the mark...
Question 57: A firm produces goods that are subject to frequent customer ...
Question 58: A manufacturer's inventory levels are growing and service le...
Question 59: When designing a supply chain for strategic advantage, a com...
Question 60: A firm wants to lose customers that don't value the unique p...
Question 61: Cash-to-cash cycle time is a measure of a firm's:...
Question 62: Which of the following documents is sent by a supplier to th...
Question 63: Which of the following is true regarding functional products...
Question 64: When a company undertakes a win-back strategy without consid...
Question 65: A company currently produces custom goods for a limited mark...
Question 66: Component commonality in manufacturing primarily allows a co...
Question 67: All of the following are major factors for describing custom...
Question 68: A company distributes its products through wholesale, retail...
Question 69: A company has adequate average available capacity but does n...
Question 70: Compared to a global strategy, a multicountry strategy would...
Question 71: Which of the following pairs of supply chain management proc...
Question 72: What is the value of the tracking signal if there is no bias...
Question 73: Which of the following factors is most likely to slow the ad...
Question 74: Which of the following scenarios represents a correct applic...
Question 75: When a company undertakes a win-back strategy without consid...
Question 76: The implementation of major enterprise-wide changes to elimi...
Question 77: A company wants to reduce lead time while minimizing invento...
Question 78: A firm has determined its cash-to-cash cycle time to be 60 d...
Question 79: ERP systems typically use which of these scheduling techniqu...
Question 80: An organization is striving to improve the transfer of multi...
Question 81: Value stream mapping provides the most benefit when:...
Question 82: In a supply chain network, the distribution center (DC) prov...
Question 83: A main benefit of using customer relationship management (CR...
Question 84: An effective procurement strategy for commodity products sho...
Question 85: A supervisor knows that employees have good ideas for improv...
Question 86: All of the following are typical of innovative products EXCE...
Question 87: A supplier has decided to improve its forecast accuracy by r...
Question 88: It is most appropriate to measure spending per customer as a...
Question 89: The strategy to implement supplier relationship management h...
Question 90: A sales and marketing directory who wants to transform a com...
Question 91: A company develops annual forecasts for key products and ent...
Question 92: Which of the following freight rate types represents standar...
Question 93: A company that is focused on customer relationship managemen...
Question 94: Which of the following documents includes the valuation of g...
Question 95: Which of the following is the key benefit obtained by using ...
Question 96: An advantage of using a third-party logistics service (3PL) ...
Question 97: Various researchers report that aggregating data into about ...
Question 98: Which of the following variables is the most appropriate cus...
Question 99: Which of the following strategies would be most appropriate ...
Question 100: What marketing philosophy puts the customer first?...
Question 101: All of the following are contributed by sales during an S&am...
Question 102: When a company undertakes a win-back strategy without consid...
Question 103: A firm has captured the following information for a product ...
Question 104: After identifying the potential causes for delays in communi...
Question 105: The use of a seasonal index as a forecasting technique measu...
Question 106: A company wants to improve its transportation strategy to fo...
Question 107: A company originally based in Germany sets up companies in I...
Question 108: Which of the following factors typically is most important i...
Question 109: Which of the following are components of a perfect order? I....
Question 110: What is the starting point of a product when a customer-focu...
Question 111: A firm supplies products and services to a wide variety of i...
Question 112: All of the following are reasons why sales begin to decline ...
Question 113: Which of the following components of advanced planning and s...
Question 114: The primary reason for a firm to pursue strategic supply cha...
Question 115: Point-of-sale information fails to measure actual demand mos...
Question 116: Returns management involves all of the following, EXCEPT:...
Question 117: Which of the following responses to risk best describes the ...
Question 118: Which of the following statements best identifies the value ...
Question 119: A juice manufacturer wants to determine the time required to...
Question 120: What is used to track all of the properties of each data ele...
Question 121: An information technology system that couples enterprise res...
Question 122: Which of the following cost elements typically would be incl...
Question 123: Which of the following distribution approaches for a low-vol...
Question 124: A company is considering relocating production to a lower-wa...
Question 125: A manufacturer has direct relationships with its tier 1 supp...
Question 126: Which source would most likely be best for determining how p...
Question 127: A toy company decides to buy more products from an overseas ...
Question 128: When an importer and manufacturer are operating in a free tr...
Question 129: A manufacturer and the distributors of its products have dec...
Question 130: A manufacturer has direct relationships with its tier 1 supp...
Question 131: A company manufactures special products for select customers...
Question 132: Variability in product design can best be reduced by:...
Question 133: A company most likely would implement a supplier certificati...
1 commentQuestion 134: Attaching a fuel tank cap to a fuel tank door on a car is an...
Question 135: What portion of the supply chain predominantly focuses on se...
Question 136: A manufacturer of consumer packaged goods with a single plan...
Question 137: Companies are more likely to consider the consequences of th...
Question 138: Which of the following actions is most likely to improve the...
Question 139: A firm experiences a supply chain interruption from a second...
Question 140: From a CRM perspective, which of marketing's four Ps would c...
Question 141: All of the following are advantages of the SCOR model EXCEPT...
Question 142: The most likely benefit of implementing a collaborative tran...
Question 143: What is the primary benefit of using a central storage wareh...
Question 144: Which of the following statements describe the purpose of th...
Question 145: All of the following are marketing activities related to pro...
Question 146: Which of the following distribution strategies is characteri...
Question 147: A company recently implemented a new supplier rating system....
Question 148: Which source would most likely be more useful in identifying...
Question 149: The ___________ nature of supply chain management demands __...
Question 150: The United Nations Global Compact uses 10 guiding principles...
Question 151: Reverse supply chain activity typically peaks nearest the be...
Question 152: Allowing for organizational restructuring is an example of w...
Question 153: The production scheduler for a bottleneck resource should:...
Question 154: A supplier disputes a low rating generated by a company's en...
Question 155: Which of the following criteria are important when establish...
Question 156: All of the following are used to calculate the Return on Sup...
Question 157: What is the inventory turnover for a company with the follow...
Question 158: A business is changing from a business to business model to ...
Question 159: The most appropriate frequency for the sales and operations ...
Question 160: Which of the following tools is most appropriate to use to d...
Question 161: All of the following are characteristics of innovative produ...
Question 162: A firm has captured the following information for a product ...
Question 163: Which of the following factors typically is most important t...
Question 164: Direct shipment distribution typically offers which of the f...
Question 165: A firm has increased finished-goods inventories for several ...
Question 166: All of the following are extrinsic factors that influence de...
Question 167: Which of the following is most likely a root cause of proble...
Question 168: Which of the following products most likely creates the grea...
Question 169: A company is seeking to attract recent college graduates as ...
Question 170: The variation in orders placed by retailers to suppliers in ...
Question 171: What is the primary role of marketing in supporting supply c...
Question 172: The probability of customer dissatisfaction is highest when ...
Question 173: Which of the following marketing strategies emphasizes offer...
Question 174: Which of the following is a major reason why the cost of sup...
Question 175: The probability of customer dissatisfaction is highest when ...
Question 176: A company plans to maximize profitability by charging more f...
Question 177: Which of these supply chain types would copier toner probabl...
Question 178: Which of the following partnership agreement articles corres...
Question 179: What happens to variability when independent processes are c...
Question 180: ISO 9001 standards are best used to:...
Question 181: When are discrete operating units or so called procurement c...
Question 182: Which of the following practices has improved management of ...
Question 183: A company manufactures special products for select customers...
Question 184: What is/are the distinct types of supply chain functions? I....
Question 185: What has caused dysfunctional industry practices that have c...
Question 186: A manufacturer and the distributors of its products have dec...
Question 187: As business organizations shift from task-focused centers to...
Question 188: What is the primary benefit of using modular rather than int...
Question 189: Which source would most likely provide information about how...
Question 190: Which of the following reasons for viewing supply chains as ...
Question 191: Which of the following outcomes occurs when direct shipping ...
Question 192: Which of the following modes of transportation requires the ...
Question 193: An advanced planning system differs primarily from enterpris...
Question 194: The product life cycle begins with which step?...
Question 195: Risk pooling enables a lower total inventory level without a...
Question 196: A company originally based in Germany sets up companies in I...
Question 197: Risk management assessment tools are common techniques used ...
Question 198: What is the impact on customer service level (CSL) of increa...
1 commentQuestion 199: Which of the following metrics is the most appropriate measu...
Question 200: A manufacturer's inventory levels are growing and service le...
Question 201: In addition to sales history, current customer orders, and f...
Question 202: All of the following describe indirect materials EXCEPT:...
Question 203: A company most likely would implement a supplier certificati...
Question 204: Interpersonal communication skills and negotiation with supp...
Question 205: A company has an asset turnover ratio of 1.8, inventory of $...
Question 206: Which of the following reasons it often why many companies f...
Question 207: The process used to determine the impact of promotions, pric...
Question 208: Which of the following results can be expected from sharing ...
Question 209: The use of theory of constraints (TOC) differs from traditio...
Question 210: Allowing for organizational restructuring is an example of w...
Question 211: One of the drawbacks to using ISO 26000 is that it:...
Question 212: Which of the following are components of a perfect order? I....
Question 213: Inventory parameters established using analytic inventory te...
Question 214: Which of the following are advantages of a centralized procu...
Question 215: In the Customer Relationship Management arena, what does PSA...
Question 216: A firm has determined its cash-to-cash cycle time to be 60 d...
Question 217: In an advanced planning and scheduling (APS) system, which o...
Question 218: Which of the following measures best describes fill rate?...
Question 219: What is the primary role of marketing in supporting supply c...
Question 220: Cost reduction, improvement of company focus, and freeing as...
Question 221: With respect to a perfect order, which of the following are ...
Question 222: Which mode of long distance transportation would cost the le...
Question 223: The implementation of major enterprise-wide changes to elimi...
Question 224: Which of the following is the most important result when a c...
Question 225: Which of the following actions typically is most important w...
Question 226: All of the following are key supply chain management process...
Question 227: A retailer wants to partner with its suppliers to implement ...
Question 228: Which of the following actions typically would be the first ...
Question 229: Which of the following types of raw materials would be most ...
Question 230: A global manufacturing is implementing a remanufacturing pro...
Question 231: What is the primary benefit of using a central storage wareh...
Question 232: Risk management assessment tools are common techniques used ...
Question 233: When multiple warehouses are combined into one centralized w...
Question 234: A company most likely would consider moving a portion of its...
Question 235: Benchmarking a firm's performance against industry competito...
Question 236: Which of the following metrics would be most appropriate for...
Question 237: The demand side of a traditional warehouse management system...
Question 238: The strategy to implement supplier relationship management h...
Question 239: Which of the following is the most important result when a c...
Question 240: Which of the following tools a appropriate to overall organi...
Question 241: Which of the following distribution approaches for a low-vol...
Question 242: A formal currency review as an approach for managing supply ...
Question 243: What is the most common type of database?...
Question 244: What are the key supply chain activities that present the gr...
Question 245: Which type of network is the least expensive to setup?...
Question 246: A company recently implemented a new supplier rating system....
Question 247: A company currently produces a major component and is consid...
Question 248: A manufacturing company has several inexpensive items that a...
Question 249: A company would like to benchmark its inventory levels again...
Question 250: Which of the following elements is critical to successfully ...
Question 251: All of the following are components of the "threeVs" of supp...
Question 252: In terms of segmenting supply chain relationships and approa...
Question 253: The main benefit of a mass customization product design stra...
Question 254: Which of the following types of lead times is related most c...
Question 255: An operations manager wants to measure variability in the de...
Question 256: Which phase of the product life cycle would mostbenefit from...
Question 257: A firm has captured the following information for a product ...
Question 258: Which of the following customer relationship management acti...
Question 259: All of the following are examples of collaborative initiativ...
Question 260: Which of the following indicators is most appropriate to use...
Question 261: All of the following are suggestions for reducing the bullwh...
Question 262: The most likely benefit of implementing a collaborative tran...
Question 263: A firm wants to lose customers that don't value the unique p...
Question 264: Point-of-sale information fails to measure actual demand mos...
Question 265: Inventory parameters established using analytic inventory te...
Question 266: All of the following are predictable obstacles to building a...
Question 267: Which term best corresponds to the distribution side of the ...
Question 268: Which source would most likely be helpful in gauging custome...
Question 269: All of the following are management processes in the SCOR mo...
Question 270: All of the following are typical of functional products EXCE...
Question 271: A company has adequate average available capacity but does n...
Question 272: Which phase of the product life cycle is typically most prof...
Question 273: Supply chains delivering products or services are most able ...
Question 274: The most appropriate frequency for the sales and operations ...
Question 275: Which of the following terms emphasizes financial success an...
Question 276: Which of the following organizational design choices is an e...
Question 277: Shortly after implementation of a supplier quality-managemen...
Question 278: The Delphi forecasting method offers which of the following ...
Question 279: What does the "G" in the CAGE framework stand for?...
Question 280: A product design that can be produced to requirements even w...
Question 281: A company produces and distributes a family of soft drinks i...
Question 282: What impact does the proliferation of product and service op...
Question 283: Managing supply chain risks includes which of the following ...
Question 284: Which of the following is a document that itemizes in detail...
Question 285: Which of the following is the most serious challenge to coll...
Question 286: Which of the following actions is in accordance with the Ten...
Question 287: In an assemble-to-order manufacturing environment, the maste...
Question 288: A corporation must consider which of the following factors w...
Question 289: Which of the following are extended product factors? I. deal...
Question 290: Which of the following is true about a periodic review polic...
Question 291: A retailer that imports furniture from several manufactures ...
Question 292: The question below is based on the following flowchart: (Exh...
Question 293: A manufacturer of plastic components that are sold either di...
Question 294: A company that produces standardized products and sells them...
Question 295: Which type of model facilitates the study of system behavior...
Question 296: A company ships from its manufacturing facilities directly t...
Question 297: A company closely monitors supplier performance and notices ...
Question 298: A company plans to implement a new software application for ...
Question 299: A company that has consistently achieved a high level of on-...
Question 300: Which type of model is used to predict and optimize the perf...
Question 301: A firm is undertaking a revision of its financial metrics to...
Question 302: A company produces and distributes a family of soft drinks i...
Question 303: A distributor wants to run a promotion on an item that a man...
Question 304: Which of the following best corresponds to PLM?...
Question 305: Which of the following performance indicators can be used to...
Question 306: What does the "P" in CPFR stand for?...
Question 307: There has been a systematic effort within many industries to...
Question 308: A remanufacturer of equipment is most likely to have what ty...
Question 309: A company is considering relocating production to a lower-wa...
Question 310: Which of the following benefits of supplier relationship man...
Question 311: Which of the following actions by trading partners will like...
Question 312: A media company offers a majority of its movies through a sp...
Question 313: Which of the following types of raw materials would be most ...
Question 314: With respect to a perfect order, which of the following are ...
Question 315: Which of the following outcomes is an expected benefit of ef...
Question 316: What practice corresponds to stocking up in response to a pr...
Question 317: The most appropriate reason for a business to comply with th...
Question 318: Who should maintain overall managerial control over both the...