SCM 300 DAVILA ASU UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Business Process
Answer: - any activity that takes an input, adds value, and provides an
output
- a cell of the supply chain
- "recipe"
- make it as detailed as possible so there is nothing that can be unclear
●● Things to think about with changing business processes
Answer: - who will it affect
- how will it affect them
- will the customers dislike the change?
●● Good intentions
Answer: - goal oriented
- stakeholders considered
- outputs are desired
●● Reproducible Results
,Answer: - Documented and easily understood; adaptable
●● Measurable and manageable
Answer: - Entire system considered
- easy to identify problems
- accountability, good metrics
●● Bad Business Processes
Answer: - ambiguity
- Misalignment
- misscommunication
●● Ambiguity
Answer: - goals are not clearly understood
- laziness, hubris, lack of info
●● Misalignment
Answer: - goals and actions not in alignment
●● Miscommunication
Answer: - employees do not understood goals, processes
, ●● Operational Considerations
Answer: - Testing
- potential failure points in process
- server capacity
●● Departmental Concerns
Answer: Marketing - Customer, suppliers, product line, forecasting
Finance - prj feasibility, ROI
Accounting & IT - cost and Data mgt
●● Automation benefits
Answer: - lower cycle time
- checks and balances
- anonymity
●● Being a good consultant
Answer: - Data collection/Analysis
- Be Creative
- Have a long-term view
- Understand group/team dynamics
- Understand Business Imperatives
- Develop solutions and reccomendations
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Business Process
Answer: - any activity that takes an input, adds value, and provides an
output
- a cell of the supply chain
- "recipe"
- make it as detailed as possible so there is nothing that can be unclear
●● Things to think about with changing business processes
Answer: - who will it affect
- how will it affect them
- will the customers dislike the change?
●● Good intentions
Answer: - goal oriented
- stakeholders considered
- outputs are desired
●● Reproducible Results
,Answer: - Documented and easily understood; adaptable
●● Measurable and manageable
Answer: - Entire system considered
- easy to identify problems
- accountability, good metrics
●● Bad Business Processes
Answer: - ambiguity
- Misalignment
- misscommunication
●● Ambiguity
Answer: - goals are not clearly understood
- laziness, hubris, lack of info
●● Misalignment
Answer: - goals and actions not in alignment
●● Miscommunication
Answer: - employees do not understood goals, processes
, ●● Operational Considerations
Answer: - Testing
- potential failure points in process
- server capacity
●● Departmental Concerns
Answer: Marketing - Customer, suppliers, product line, forecasting
Finance - prj feasibility, ROI
Accounting & IT - cost and Data mgt
●● Automation benefits
Answer: - lower cycle time
- checks and balances
- anonymity
●● Being a good consultant
Answer: - Data collection/Analysis
- Be Creative
- Have a long-term view
- Understand group/team dynamics
- Understand Business Imperatives
- Develop solutions and reccomendations