SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED RESOURCE

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
RESOURCE

●● prcurement
Answer: the branch of the supply chain responsible for acquiring
materials, equipment, products and services


●● operations
Answer: the branch of the supply chain responsible for making business
processes effective and efficient


●● logistics
Answer: responsible for developing the transportation itinerary and
finding the appropriate transportation and storage parties to successfully
navigate the flows of materials from the point of origin to the final
destination


●● reverse logistics
Answer: the branch of the supply chain responsible for movement of
products and packaging that flow backward in the supply chain

, ●● global supply chain management
Answer: when suppliers, manufacturers, transportation companies,
warehouse and distribution centers, retailers, and other supply chain
partners span across multiple countries or continents


●● 1st tier supplier
Answer: a company's direct supplier


●● 2nd tier supplier
Answer: a firm that provides goods and services to a company's first-tier
supplier


●● downstream supply chain
Answer: in a supply chain, the direction that points toward the end
consumer


●● upstream supply chain
Answer: in a supply chain, the direction that points toward the supplier


●● SCM flows
Answer: materials, money, and information must continuously flow in
order for supply chains to function and develop