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CHAPTERR!1R!TESTR!QUESTIONS

True-False

1. TheR!lastR!decadeR!ofR!theR!twentiethR!centuryR!wasR!aR!periodR!ofR!rapidR!changeR!forR!organizations,R!esp
eciallyR!businesses.
ANSWER:R!True

2. AR!keyR!elementR!inR!Wal-
Mart'sR!abilityR!toR!discountR!brandR!nameR!productsR!wasR!anR!understandingR!ofR!theR!criticalityR!ofR!eff
iciencyR!inR!itsR!logisticsR!andR!supplyR!chainR!system.
ANSWER:R!True

3. GlobalizationR!hasR!hadR!littleR!effectR!onR!consumers.
ANSWER:R!False

4. SupplyR!andR!demandR!hasR!becomeR!lessR!volatileR!asR!managersR!becomeR!moreR!adeptR!atR!controlli
ngR!theR!elements.
ANSWER:R!False

5. OutsourcingR!isR!aR!fairlyR!newR!concept.
ANSWER:R!False

6. SABR!shouldR!examineR!theirR!off-
shoreR!purchasingR!policy,R!evenR!thoughR!theR!productsR!areR!sourcedR!fromR!theR!U.S.
ANSWER:R!True

7. TheR!worldR!economyR!stillR!favorsR!theR!UnitedR!StatesR!andR!EuropeanR!countries,R!evenR!thoughR!Chi
naR!andR!IndiaR!canR!participateR!inR!theR!globalR!economyR!muchR!moreR!readily.
ANSWER:R!False


8. TheR!U.S.R!transportationR!systemR!wasR!deregulatedR!inR!theR!1930sR!andR!1940sR!inR!responseR!toR!eco
nomicR!conditionsR!andR!WorldR!WarR!2.
ANSWER:R!False
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9. EvenR!thoughR!thereR!areR!referencesR!toR!supplyR!chainR!managementR!inR!theR!1980s,R!SCMR!didR!notR!capt
ureR!theR!attentionR!ofR!senior-levelR!managementR!untilR!theR!1990s.
ANSWER:R!True

10. SupplyR!chainR!managersR!noR!longerR!needR!toR!worryR!aboutR!suboptimizationR!inR!lightR!ofR!today'sR!technolo
gy.
ANSWER:R!False




MultipleR!Choice

11. MostR!retailersR!areR!essentiallyR!supplyR!chainR!companiesR!since
a. theyR!dominateR!theR!consumerR!market.
b. ownR!theirR!warehousesR!andR!trucks.
c. theyR!buyR!productsR!producedR!byR!others.
d. engageR!inR!off-shoreR!sourcing.

ANSWER:R!c

12. WhichR!ofR!theR!belowR!isR!notR!oneR!ofR!theR!externalR!forcesR!drivingR!theR!rateR!ofR!changeR!andR!sha
pingR!ourR!economicR!andR!politicalR!landscape?
a. GovernmentR!policy
b. Technology
c. EnvironmentalR!concerns
d. Globalization

ANSWER:R!c

13. OutsourcingR!involves
a. movingR!companyR!facilitiesR!awayR!fromR!theR!homeR!office.
b. hiringR!foreignR!nationalsR!toR!manageR!partsR!ofR!theR!business.

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c. obtainingR!materials,R!parts,R!andR!productsR!fromR!otherR!companies.




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