OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
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⫸ TRUE Answer: Most organizations function as part of a larger supply
chain.
⫸ TRUE Answer: The supply chain is a network of manufacturers and
service providers that work together to convert and move goods from the
raw materials stage to the end user.
⫸ FALSE Answer: To participate in a supply chain, a firm must
actually handle the physical goods at some point.
⫸ TRUE Answer: Information and materials are two examples of inputs
to the transformation process.
⫸ TRUE Answer: The transformation process can be used to describe
the production of intangible services.
,⫸ FALSE Answer: Inputs to the transformation process are tangible,
but the outputs may be tangible or intangible.
⫸ TRUE Answer: In general, operations management activities are
information and decision intensive.
⫸ FALSE Answer: Of the three flows linking organizations in a supply
chain, information and monetary flows always move upstream and
physical flows always move downstream.
⫸ FALSE Answer: A second-tier supplier is downstream from a first-
tier supplier in the supply chain.
⫸ TRUE Answer: Most of the participants in a supply chain are both
suppliers and customers.
⫸ TRUE Answer: Electronic commerce refers to the use of information
technology solutions to automate business transactions.
⫸ FALSE Answer: The drive for efficiency has decreased the level of
globalization in the world economy over the last twenty years.
⫸ FALSE Answer: E-commerce is the component of a supply chain that
is the most susceptible to breakdown.
, ⫸ FALSE Answer: To avoid supply chain problems, firms must manage
relationships with their downstream suppliers as well as their upstream
customers.
⫸ FALSE Answer: The association for operations management is
AOM.
⫸ TRUE Answer: The Purchasing function of a supply chain would
count Engineering, Finance, and Marketing among its key
interfunctional participants.
⫸ FALSE Answer: The Logistics function of supply chain would
include Marketing and Engineering as its key interorganizational
participants.
⫸ Answer: B) the operations funtion. Answer: The collection of people,
technology, and systems within an organization that has primary
responsibility for providing the organization's products or services is
called:
A) the supply chain.
B) the operations function.
C) the evoked set.
D) relationship management.
MANAGEMENT THE CORE 6TH EDITION
JACOBS CHASE TEST BANK ALL CHAPTERS
100% ORIGINAL VERIFIED A+
CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ TRUE Answer: Most organizations function as part of a larger supply
chain.
⫸ TRUE Answer: The supply chain is a network of manufacturers and
service providers that work together to convert and move goods from the
raw materials stage to the end user.
⫸ FALSE Answer: To participate in a supply chain, a firm must
actually handle the physical goods at some point.
⫸ TRUE Answer: Information and materials are two examples of inputs
to the transformation process.
⫸ TRUE Answer: The transformation process can be used to describe
the production of intangible services.
,⫸ FALSE Answer: Inputs to the transformation process are tangible,
but the outputs may be tangible or intangible.
⫸ TRUE Answer: In general, operations management activities are
information and decision intensive.
⫸ FALSE Answer: Of the three flows linking organizations in a supply
chain, information and monetary flows always move upstream and
physical flows always move downstream.
⫸ FALSE Answer: A second-tier supplier is downstream from a first-
tier supplier in the supply chain.
⫸ TRUE Answer: Most of the participants in a supply chain are both
suppliers and customers.
⫸ TRUE Answer: Electronic commerce refers to the use of information
technology solutions to automate business transactions.
⫸ FALSE Answer: The drive for efficiency has decreased the level of
globalization in the world economy over the last twenty years.
⫸ FALSE Answer: E-commerce is the component of a supply chain that
is the most susceptible to breakdown.
, ⫸ FALSE Answer: To avoid supply chain problems, firms must manage
relationships with their downstream suppliers as well as their upstream
customers.
⫸ FALSE Answer: The association for operations management is
AOM.
⫸ TRUE Answer: The Purchasing function of a supply chain would
count Engineering, Finance, and Marketing among its key
interfunctional participants.
⫸ FALSE Answer: The Logistics function of supply chain would
include Marketing and Engineering as its key interorganizational
participants.
⫸ Answer: B) the operations funtion. Answer: The collection of people,
technology, and systems within an organization that has primary
responsibility for providing the organization's products or services is
called:
A) the supply chain.
B) the operations function.
C) the evoked set.
D) relationship management.
