SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (SCDL)

Subject: Strategic supply chain management

Sample Questions:
Section I: Subjective Questions

1. Explain inventory velocity & yield management?

2. What are the roles for managing logistics relationships?

3. What is meant by strategic sourcing?

4. What’s the meaning of FCA? In SCM

5. What is ECR in SCM? Explain in brief.

6. What is a collaboration agreement?

7. What are key supply chain processes?

8. Explain Concept of CPFR in Supply Chain management?

Section II: Objective Questions

Multiple Choice Single Response

1. When it comes to suppliers, the often used word is

1] procurement
2] sourcing
3] strategic
4] customer service
2. SRM systems help in
1] lowering concept costs
2] lowering communication costs
3] lowering relationship costs
4] lowering business costs

3. A typical strategic sourcing project begins with

1] an opportunity assessment
2] an profitability assessment
3] an SC assessment
4] an apportionment
4. One of the examples of sourcing objectives is
1] standardization of product
2] standardization of market
3] standardization of customer
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4] standardization of requirements

5. Regarding SCM, more customized marketing practices in mature markets is due to

1] disintegration of mass marketing
2] integration of mass marketing
3] integration of marketing
4] disproportionate markets

6. To support day-to-day supplier management across supplier life-cycle, companies

need
1] system capabilities
2] employee capabilities
3] infrastructure capabilities
4] business capabilities
7. The process of CRM begins with
1] company profile
2] customers collecting
3] customized analysis
4] company collecting information about customers

8. One of the important requirements of information flow facility structure is

1] administrative requirements
2] warehousing requirements
3] distribution requirements
4] operational requirements

9. Letter of Credit is issued in the name of the

1] buyer
2] seller
3] facilitators
4] freight forwarders

10. In system integration, ERP stands for

1] efficient resource planning
2] effective resource planning
3] enterprise resource planning
4] enterprise reactive planning

Multiple Choice Multiple Response

11. Enhancing customer responsiveness will entail which two factors?

1] profit minimization
2] product process reengineering
3] business process reengineering
4] re-evaluating supply chain relationship
12. In SCM, strategic relationships can deliver
1] impressive returns
2] impressive returns to suppliers
3] competitive advantage to companies
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4] competitive advantage for companies and suppliers

13. Identification of waste in SC especially relates to these two.

1] time
2] product
3] process
4] inventory

14. Roll-up capability enables visibility of overall relationship factors such as

1] profit sharing
2] product
3] performance
4] resource allocation

15. Cycle time metrics consist of these two.

1] credit conversion cycle
2] cash conversion cycle
3] days sales outstanding
4] days profit outstanding

16. Location decisions must provide opportunity to operations department for

maintaining the right amount of
1] internal supplier contact
2] internal customer contact
3] external employee contact
4] external customer contact

17. CPFR analysis task includes

1] general management
2] exception management
3] profitability assessment
4] performance assessment

18. Global SC management contains two key segments which are

1] demand planning
2] product planning
3] supplier performance
4] customer performance

Fill in the Blanks

19. One of the major information that an effective logistics audit brings out is: BLANK.
1] distribution requirements
2] pricing mechanism
3] customer requirements
4] finding markets

20. CPFR has its origin in: BLANK.

1] ECR
2] VMI
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3] GSI
4] EDI
21. In global SCM, CIP is primarily used for: BLANK.
1] ocean transport
2] multimodal transport
3] air transport
4] surface transport

22. Walls of insulated containers are insulated with: BLANK.

1] Polyurethane foam
2] Polyester foam
3] Polyether foam
4] Polymorphic foam

23. Pre-emptive strategies comprises redundancy and: BLANK.

1] product modularity
2] flexibility
3] variability
4] vulnerability

24. Collaborative CRM systems are increasingly using :BLANK for providing services
to customers
1] telephone
2] internet
3] website
4] teleconferencing
25. Walls of Insulated containers are insulated with :BLANK
1] Polyurethane foam
2] Polyester foam
3] Polyethen foam
4] Polymorphic foam

26. Risk management strategies comprises SC flexibility and :BLANK

1] own business floors
2] SC cost
3] SC environment
4] SC plans

27. The Break-even model refers fixed costs and: BLANK.

1] incidental costs
2] capital costs
3] specific costs
4] variable costs

28. Policies and: BLANK are the elements of right infrastructure.

1] taxes
2] rules
3] exceptions
4] procedures
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State True or False

29. Strategic supply chain management is a minor leverage used by winning companies
the world over.

30. Return on Investment and Return on Assets are not same.

31. For profitable CRM application, data mining is a must.

32. Tracking results of the strategic sourcing process on a continuous basis ensures
sourcing strategies remain effective.
33. A logistics audit does not help the team to understand the current status of the
logistics network.

34. Each &every member of the internal SC cannot contribute with creativity on the job

35. CRM is a methodology.

36. Enterprise Marketing Automation is a component of Analytical CRM.

37. Global SC management is the management of network of interconnected

businesses.

38. Electronic mail provides medium for communication throughout the globe.

Match the Following

39. 1] Auto Hub 1] Pune

2] Readymade garments industry 2] Coimbatore
3] Outpost factory 3] Secondary role as a Server factory
4] Tariff 4] Import duty

5] Chennai

6] Madurai

40. 1] Auto hub 1] Pune

2] Readymade garments industry 2] Coimbatore
3] Outpost factory 3] Secondary role as a server factory
4] Tariff 4] Import duty

5] Chennai

6] Madurai

41. 1] DEQ 1] Delivered Ex Quay

2] RLV 2] Recommended Load Value
3] Tare mass 3] Unladden weight
4] Refrigerated containers 4] Perishable goods
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5] Delivered exclusive quantity

6] Registered Line Vessel

42. 1] CDS 1] Central Depository System

2] EDI 2] Standard formats
3] FIFO 3] Inventory system
4] TCP 4] Internet Protocol Suite

5] Conditionally Developed System

6] Customized formats