SCM 300 EXAM 2 ASU DAVILA | LATEST 2025 GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH DEATAILED RATIONALES

SCM 300 EXAM 2 ASU DAVILA | LATEST 2025 GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH DEATAILED RATIONALES ISO 14000 - Correct Answer-● A series of certifications offered by the International Organization for Standardization in the area of sustainable business practices and management. ISO 14000 certification of your company can prove to other companies/potential supply chain partners as well as customers that your company is committed to sustainability at an organizational level. Different Phases of Humanitarian SCM - Correct Answer-● Securing Supply Chain Partners ● The Disaster ● The Arena of Disaster ● Aftermath ● Investment in Prevention ● According to SCM 300 what might constitute a SR firm? - Correct Answer-○ Legal and ethical practices, community/society, environmental sustainability ● Arguments for behaving in a SR manner - Correct Answer-○ Responsibility as a citizen, avoid legal issues, government regulation, and fines, public relations, business risk, increased profits Ties between SR and SCM - Correct Answer-○ Eliminate waste, proliferation of ethical business practices, improve the quality of lives 2 | P a g e Barriers to/arguments against companies acting in a SR manner - Correct Answer-○ Reduced profits, takes away focus from business, too much social power, problems are solved using Western values Legal and Ethical Supply Chains - Correct Answer-● Ethical issues that global supply chains confront. Humanitarian Supply Chains - Correct Answer-● Humanitarian challenges that can be aided by good SCM ○ Lots of stuff. ● Challenges to running efficient and effective humanitarian supply chains ○ Money and metrics, types of disasters, stakeholders, poor infrastructure, legal or cultural issues 1. Why does Zara prefer to own production assets? What types of products does Zara produce themselves? Which items do they outsource? - Correct Answer-It gives them more control over schedules and capacities. They produce the more complex items, while they outsource the more simple products, like sweaters. Why is the supply chain a logical place to look to when trying to "green up" a company? - Correct Answer- ○ Because the supply chain is always looking to eliminate waste ● Benefits of having a green supply chain - Correct Answer-○ Lower costs, lower taxes, better for the environment, etc. ● Define sustainable development/design. - Correct Answer-○ Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ● Basic definitions for the environmental terminology discussed in lecture - Correct Answer-○ Cradle to Grave - Designing products and services with only the useful life of the product/service and its materials in mind. Manufacture to disposal. ○ Cradle to Cradle - Ecologically intelligent design that considers not only the useful life of the product but also the recovery, disposal, and reuse of the materials and components that make up the product. ● IMPORTANT: What are some options for companies seeking to become green? Consider measurement, design, and other issues. Be able to discuss how that program can help companies develop a more 3 | P a g e successful and sustainable supply chain. - Correct Answer-Waste elimination (consider disassembly), triple bottom line thinking. Reduce, reuse, recycle From which parts of the world is coffee sourced? Why is that a concern for Starbucks? - Correct AnswerMost of the world's coffee comes from Latin America, the Pacific Rim, and East Africa. This is a concern because most of the coffee comes from developing countries - there is a risk of supply shortage due to instability. 1. Describe their supply chain: suppliers, processors... - Correct Answer-Farms to processors, to suppliers, to Starbucks 1. What is CAFÉ practices and what is its purpose? What are the benefits to Starbucks? - Correct Answer-a. Way to ensure a sustainable supply of high quality coffee beans. It helped Starbucks to ensure they were receiving high quality coffee, helped them to establish a relationship with the coffee farmers, provided them with new marketing opportunities, allowed their supply chain to be more visible, and helped create corporate social responsibility. 1. How does a company join CAFÉ practices(requirements)? What are the benefits once they join? - Correct Answer-a. Coffee quality and economic transparency must be met first. Suppliers are graded on coffee growing. The more points a grower receives, the more money they can get, and it is more likely Starbucks will keep them as a supplier. Benefits included that the coffee growing and processing practices contributed positively to the conservation of soil, water, energy, and biological diversity, and had a minimal impact on the environment. CAFÉ practices also encouraged farmers and others to make sure that workers' wages met or exceeded the minimum required by law. 1. What are some of the challenges Starbucks faced in implementing CAFÉ practices? - Correct Answer-a. Some of the suppliers had poor information systems, which made it difficult for transparency along the supply chain. Also, when new practices were updated, it may be difficult to communicate them with suppliers and farmers. They also had to deal with auditors going to remote regions to audit the coffee farmers. 4 Retailing Options - Correct Answer-Brick and Mortar Online Bricks and Clicks Clicks and Calls ISO 14000 - Correct Answer-● A series of certifications offered by the International Organization for Standardization in the area of sustainable business practices and management. ISO 14000 certification of your company can prove to other companies/potential supply chain partners as well as customers that your company is committed to sustainability at an organizational level. Different Phases of Humanitarian SCM - Correct Answer-● Securing Supply Chain Partners ● The Disaster ● The Arena of Disaster ● Aftermath ● Investment in Prevention ● According to SCM 300 what might constitute a SR firm? - Correct Answer-○ Legal and ethical practices, community/society, environmental sustainability ● Arguments for behaving in a SR manner - Correct Answer-○ Responsibility as a citizen, avoid legal issues, government regulation, and fines, public relations, business risk, increased profits Ties between SR and SCM - Correct Answer-○ Eliminate waste, proliferation of ethical business practices, improve the quality of lives 2 | P a g e Barriers to/arguments against companies acting in a SR manner - Correct Answer-○ Reduced profits, takes away focus from business, too much social power, problems are solved using Western values Legal and Ethical Supply Chains - Correct Answer-● Ethical issues that global supply chains confront. Humanitarian Supply Chains - Correct Answer-● Humanitarian challenges that can be aided by good SCM ○ Lots of stuff. ● Challenges to running efficient and effective humanitarian supply chains ○ Money and metrics, types of disasters, stakeholders, poor infrastructure, legal or cultural issues 1. Why does Zara prefer to own production assets? What types of products does Zara produce themselves? Which items do they outsource? - Correct Answer-It gives them more control over schedules and capacities. They produce the more complex items, while they outsource the more simple products, like sweaters. Why is the supply chain a logical place to look to when trying to "green up" a company? - Correct Answer- ○ Because the supply chain is always looking to eliminate waste ● Benefits of having a green supply chain - Correct Answer-○ Lower costs, lower taxes, better for the environment, etc. ● Define sustainable development/design. - Correct Answer-○ Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ● Basic definitions for the environmental terminology discussed in lecture - Correct Answer-○ Cradle to Grave - Designing products and services with only the useful life of the product/service and its materials in mind. Manufacture to disposal. ○ Cradle to Cradle - Ecologically intelligent design that considers not only the useful life of the product but also the recovery, disposal, and reuse of the materials and components that make up the product. ● IMPORTANT: What are some options for companies seeking to become green? Consider measurement, design, and other issues. Be able to discuss how that program can help companies develop a more 3 | P a g e successful and sustainable supply chain. - Correct Answer-Waste elimination (consider disassembly), triple bottom line thinking. Reduce, reuse, recycle From which parts of the world is coffee sourced? Why is that a concern for Starbucks? - Correct AnswerMost of the world's coffee comes from Latin America, the Pacific Rim, and East Africa. This is a concern because most of the coffee comes from developing countries - there is a risk of supply shortage due to instability. 1. Describe their supply chain: suppliers, processors... - Correct Answer-Farms to processors, to suppliers, to Starbucks 1. What is CAFÉ practices and what is its purpose? What are the benefits to Starbucks? - Correct Answer-a. Way to ensure a sustainable supply of high quality coffee beans. It helped Starbucks to ensure they were receiving high quality coffee, helped them to establish a relationship with the coffee farmers, provided them with new marketing opportunities, allowed their supply chain to be more visible, and helped create corporate social responsibility. 1. How does a company join CAFÉ practices(requirements)? What are the benefits once they join? - Correct Answer-a. Coffee quality and economic transparency must be met first. Suppliers are graded on coffee growing. The more points a grower receives, the more money they can get, and it is more likely Starbucks will keep them as a supplier. Benefits included that the coffee growing and processing practices contributed positively to the conservation of soil, water, energy, and biological diversity, and had a minimal impact on the environment. CAFÉ practices also encouraged farmers and others to make sure that workers' wages met or exceeded the minimum required by law. 1. What are some of the challenges Starbucks faced in implementing CAFÉ practices? - Correct Answer-a. Some of the suppliers had poor information systems, which made it difficult for transparency along the supply chain. Also, when new practices were updated, it may be difficult to communicate them with suppliers and farmers. They also had to deal with auditors going to remote regions to audit the coffee farmers. 4 Retailing Options - Correct Answer-Brick and Mortar Online Bricks and Clicks Clicks and Calls