供应链管理SCM练习 (英文版)
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Supply Chain Management Exercise
True or False
1. A supply chain includes only the organizations directly involved in supplying components needed for manufacturing.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Moderate
2. A supply chain consists of all parties involved, directly or indirectly, in fulfilling a customer request.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Moderate
3. A supply chain could be more accurately described as a supply network or supply web. Answer: True
Difficulty: Moderate
4.The objective of every supply chain is to maximize the overall value generated.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
5.The objective of every supply chain is to maximize the value generated for the manufacturing component of the supply chain.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Moderate
6.All supply chain activities within a firm belong to one of three macro processes – CRM, ISCM and SRM.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
7.There is a close connection between the design and management of supply chain flows and the success of a supply chain.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
8. A company’s competitive strategy defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through its products and services.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
9.The value chain emphasizes the close relationship between all the functional strategies within
a company.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Moderate
10. A company’s product development strategy defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through its products and services.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Moderate
11. A company’s product development strategy specifies t he portfolio of new products that it will try to develop.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
12. A company’s supply chain strategy specifies how the market will be segmented and how the product will be positioned, priced, and promoted.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
13. A company’s supply chain strategy determines the nature of procurement and transportation of materials as well as the manufacture and distribution of the product.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
14.The degree of supply chain responsiveness should be consistent with the implied uncertainty. Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
15.The degree of supply chain responsiveness does not need to be consistent with the implied uncertainty.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Moderate
16.The two major types of facilities are distribution sites and storage sites.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Moderate
17.Inventory is an important supply chain driver because changing inventory policies can dramatically alter the supply chain’s efficiency and responsiveness.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Moderate
rmation is potentially the biggest driver of performance in the supply chain as it directly affects each of the other drivers.
Answer: True