SCMN 3710 Midterm Exam Questions And
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Channel structure management includes decisions regarding the use of outsourcing,
channel inventories, ____________, and channel structure. - Answer✔information systems
Another driving influence for supply chain reexamination has been the desire of organizations
to change their supply chain focus from a __________to an "investment" center. -
Answer✔cost center
There are four major categories that provide a useful way for examining logistics and supply
chain performance: They are: time, ______, cost, and supporting metrics. - Answer✔quality
There are two parts to the order management process. The first is _______________ and the
second is _________________________. - Answer✔influencing how the customer orders,
managing the order after it is received
As the level of substitutability for a product increases, its stockout costs to the manufacturer: -
Answer✔increase
The SCOR model provides suggested metrics - Answer✔across multiple dimensions for each of
the five Level One processes.
This type of forecast error measure is the only one to show if a stock out or overage occurred -
Answer✔CFE (bias)
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Exponential smoothing - Answer✔Is one of the most commonly used techniques.
The term functional silos refers to - Answer✔Lack of coordination between departments
Demand for transportation at the microeconomic level is ___ while the demand for
transportation at the macroeconomic level is ___? - Answer✔Elastic, inelastic
The optimization model is based on - Answer✔precise mathematical procedures.
The grid technique is used to determine a fixed facility location that represents the least-cost
center for moving incoming materials and outbound product within a geographic grid. This least
cost center is also referred to as - Answer✔a center of gravity
As the dollar value of a product decreases, its transportation cost - Answer✔Decreases
The value that is added to goods through a manufacturing or assembly process is: -
Answer✔Form utility
What are fixed spatial points where goods stop for storage or processing? - Answer✔nodes
As suggested, the aging populations in these countries will result in __________ health care
costs and/but __________ in the size of the working population or labor pool. -
Answer✔increased, a reduction
Which one of the countries below is not part of NAFTA - Answer✔Argentina
__________, __________ and __________ are the top three recipients of exports from the
United States, in that order. - Answer✔Canada, Mexico and China
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