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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