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This set of Supply Chain Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Supply Chain Management Set 10
Q1 | The number of stages that the goods and services flow through
- Add to the complexity of SCM.
- Relaxes the complexity of SCM.
- Brings no change in complexity of SCM.
- Ensures better quality.
Q2 | The warehousing function that combines the logistical flow of several smallshipments to a specific market area is
- Break bulk function.
- Operational function.
- Stockpiling function.
- Consolidation function.
Q3 | Cash on delivery method is normally used for
- Bulk cargo with immediate market.
- Slow moving items.
- Small but valuable items sent by post.
- Exports to countries with balance of payments problems.
Q4 | An appropriate strategy to achieve timely, accurate, paperless information flow is:
- integrate this activity into all supply chain planning.
- efficient store assortments.
- revision of organization processes supported by information systems.
- efficient replacement.
Q5 | An appropriate strategy to maximize efficiency of promotions is:
- revision of organization processes supported by information systems.
- efficient store assortments..
- integrate this activity into all supply chain planning.
- efficient replacement.
Q6 | An appropriate strategy to optimize for time and cost in the ordering process is:
- efficient store assortments.
- revision of organization processes supported by information systems.
- integrate this activity into all supply chain planning.
- efficient replacement.
Q7 | An appropriate strategy to optimize the productivity of retail space and inventoryis:
- efficient store assortments.
- revision of organization processes supported by information systems.
- integrate this activity into all supply chain planning.
- efficient replacement.
Q8 | The upstream supply chain is:
- exclusively inside an organization.
- involved with procurement of material from suppliers.
- the distribution of products or delivery of services to customers.
- both the first and third answer above.
Q9 | The downstream supply chain is:
- exclusively inside an organization.
- involved with procurement of material from suppliers.
- the distribution of products or delivery of services to customers.
- both the first and third answer above.
Q10 | The correct sequence of an organizations supply chain from a systems perspectiveis:
- transformation process, delivery to customers, acquisition of resources.
- transformation process, acquisition of resources, delivery to customers.
- acquisition of resources, transformation process, delivery to customers.
- delivery to customers, acquisition of resources, transformation process.
Q11 | ______ offers the opportunity to buy direct from the supplier with reduced costsand shorter cycle.
- Reintermediation
- Countermediation
- Contramediation
- Disintermediation