SCM 300 Exam 1 Davila asu UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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The effective and eflcient integration of the suppliers,
manufacturers, transportation organizations and the other
Supply Chain Management
parties responsible for collectively bringing final products
and services
· Branch responsible for obtaining materials, equipment,
products, and services with organizational regulations.
· Consists of finding suppliers, choosing the supplier that
procurement
offers the best value, negotiating terms of the purchase,
placing orders, and developing long-term relationships
with suppliers
· Branch responsible for developing the transportation
itinerary and finding the appropriate transportation and
storage partners to successfully navigate the flow of ma-
logistics terials from the point of origin to the final destination
· Logistics managers find trucking companies, package
the item, find distributors, organize documentation, rent
standardized containers
· Branch responsible for making business processes effec-
tive and eflcient. In essence, operations seek to help the
operations
organization create high quality products and/or services
using the fewest resources possible.
Oversee design, operations, and improvement of produc-
tion
· Companies want to make these items quickly, with as
operations-what they do
few workers and machines as possible, using the least
amount of energy, cheapest real estate, and right before
the customer needs them.
· Flow backward in the supply chain, away from the con-
reverse logistics sumer and back in the direction of manufacturers (up-
,stream)
, · Important segment of the logistics branch. Reminder of
how important it is to be accurate.
· When suppliers, manufacturers, transportation compa-
nies, warehouse and distribution centers, retailers, and
Global Supply Chain other supply chain partners span across multiple coun-
tries and/or continents, those are considered global sup-
ply chains.
advantages of global SCM proximity, labor costs, etc.
challenges of global SCM distance, culture, laws, time zones, etc.
· A company's direct suppliers
1st Tier Supplier · A firm that directly provides goods and/or services to a
company (left)
· Firm that provides goods and/or services to a company's
first-tier supplier (right)
2nd tier suppliers
· Weak 2nd tier suppliers creates problems for 1st tier
supplier
downstream supply chain · Direction that points toward the end consumer (right)
include: delivering goods from a manufacturer to a dis-
tributer, suppliers working to get parts prepared in time
Downstream activities for manufacturers, distributors developing relationships
with retailers so they can better understand the retailer's
supply chain needs
Upstream Supply Chain · Direction that points toward the suppliers (left)
: ensuring that empty boxes at the retail level are returned
Executives that works in upstream supply chain manage- to the distributor for reuse, developing relationships with
ment might be responsible for a company's 1st tier suppliers in order to better commu-
nicate the needs of the present and the future
In order for supply chains to function and develop, three
things must continuously flow
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The effective and eflcient integration of the suppliers,
manufacturers, transportation organizations and the other
Supply Chain Management
parties responsible for collectively bringing final products
and services
· Branch responsible for obtaining materials, equipment,
products, and services with organizational regulations.
· Consists of finding suppliers, choosing the supplier that
procurement
offers the best value, negotiating terms of the purchase,
placing orders, and developing long-term relationships
with suppliers
· Branch responsible for developing the transportation
itinerary and finding the appropriate transportation and
storage partners to successfully navigate the flow of ma-
logistics terials from the point of origin to the final destination
· Logistics managers find trucking companies, package
the item, find distributors, organize documentation, rent
standardized containers
· Branch responsible for making business processes effec-
tive and eflcient. In essence, operations seek to help the
operations
organization create high quality products and/or services
using the fewest resources possible.
Oversee design, operations, and improvement of produc-
tion
· Companies want to make these items quickly, with as
operations-what they do
few workers and machines as possible, using the least
amount of energy, cheapest real estate, and right before
the customer needs them.
· Flow backward in the supply chain, away from the con-
reverse logistics sumer and back in the direction of manufacturers (up-
,stream)
, · Important segment of the logistics branch. Reminder of
how important it is to be accurate.
· When suppliers, manufacturers, transportation compa-
nies, warehouse and distribution centers, retailers, and
Global Supply Chain other supply chain partners span across multiple coun-
tries and/or continents, those are considered global sup-
ply chains.
advantages of global SCM proximity, labor costs, etc.
challenges of global SCM distance, culture, laws, time zones, etc.
· A company's direct suppliers
1st Tier Supplier · A firm that directly provides goods and/or services to a
company (left)
· Firm that provides goods and/or services to a company's
first-tier supplier (right)
2nd tier suppliers
· Weak 2nd tier suppliers creates problems for 1st tier
supplier
downstream supply chain · Direction that points toward the end consumer (right)
include: delivering goods from a manufacturer to a dis-
tributer, suppliers working to get parts prepared in time
Downstream activities for manufacturers, distributors developing relationships
with retailers so they can better understand the retailer's
supply chain needs
Upstream Supply Chain · Direction that points toward the suppliers (left)
: ensuring that empty boxes at the retail level are returned
Executives that works in upstream supply chain manage- to the distributor for reuse, developing relationships with
ment might be responsible for a company's 1st tier suppliers in order to better commu-
nicate the needs of the present and the future
In order for supply chains to function and develop, three
things must continuously flow
