MSSC CLA Practice 1 ()

MSSC CLA Practice 1 () This involves the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origins and the point of consumption in order to meet the customer requirements. - ANS-Supply Chain Logistics Converts raw materials into manufactured products and range small to large. - ANSProduction facilities Material expediters who deliver materials to manufactures, retailers, and consumers. - ANS-transportation Examples are mines and farms that extract materials needed to produce an product - ANS-Raw material providers Places where materials are stored for future use or through which materials are passed on to transporters - ANS-warehouse/DC's In terms of materials, the __________ is a network of connected facilities, transportation lanes, and information systems. - ANS-supply chain All materials currently being worked on is called? - ANS-work in process The __________ is the "movement, storage, control and protection of materials and products throughout the process of their manufacture, distribution, consumption, and disposal." - ANS-material handling logistics Finished products ready for storage or shipment is called? - ANS-finished goods inventory The force driving a product through its life cycle is? - ANS-customer Global Supply Life Cycle order of precedence - ANS-customers, raw materials, manufacturing, warehouses/distribution centers, and transportation __________ is consisting of materials ready for use in production. - ANS-raw materials inventory A customer can be a supplier to another customer so the total chain can have any number of supplier/customer relationships? - ANS-True The first step in a typical warehouse/DC operation is - ANS-receiving Products that are in the process of being transported from a supplier to a customer is: - ANS- Continues...