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     Question 1

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    Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be
    used to reach the performance level dictated by the supply chain strategy?
    Selected  
    Answer: Competitive
    strategy
    Answers:  
    Supply chain
    structure
    Customer strategy
    Competitive
    strategy
    Supply chain
    strategy
     Question 2
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    ________ typically measures the cost of bringing product into a facility as a
    percentage of sales or cost of goods sold (COGS).
    Selected  [None Given]
    Answer:
    Answers:  
    Average inbound transportation cost
    Average incoming shipment size
    Average inbound transportation cost per
    shipment
    Average outbound transportation cost
     Question 6
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    Transforming forecasts into plans of activity to satisfy the projected
    demand is known as
    Selected  
    Answer:
    forecasting.
    Answers: supply chain
    coordination.
    forecasting.
    revenue
    management.
     
    aggregate planning.
     Question 8
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    The set of business processes required to purchase goods and services is
    known as
    Selected  
    Answer:
    cycle inventory.
    Answers: safety
    inventory.
     
    sourcing.
    cycle inventory.
    seasonal
    inventory.
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    Which of the following would be a characteristic of a facility with little
    excess capacity?
    Selected  
    Answer:
    Requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network
    Answers: Requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network
    Costs money and therefore can decrease efficiency
     
    Will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces
    Allows a facility to be very flexible and to respond to wide
    swings in the demands placed on it
     Question 12
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    Seasonal inventory is inventory that is built up to counter predictable
    variability in demand.
    Selected  Fals
    Answer: e
    Answers:  Tru
    e
    False

     Question 3
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    ________ identifies the difference between the planned
    production/inventories and the actual values.
    Selected  
    Answer: Forecast error
    Answers:  
    Variance from
    plan
    Forecast error
    Supply quality
    Supplier
    reliability
     Question 9
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    Cash to case (C2C) is the duration of time from when cash enters the
    process as cost to when it returns as collected revenue. Best in class
    performance on this metric is a C2C that is almost zero.
    Selected  Tru
    Answer: e
    Answers: True
     Fals
    e

    The two major types of facilities are


    Selected  
    Answer: production sites and distribution
    sites.
    Answers:  
    production sites and storage
    sites.
    retail sites and distribution sites.

    production sites and distribution


    sites.
    distribution sites and storage
    sites.
    Which of the following is a characteristic of a facility with excess capacity?
    Selected  
    Answer:
    Would be considered a high utilization facility
    Answers:  
    Will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than
    one with a lot of unused capacity
    Would be considered a high utilization facility

    Would be very inflexible and respond to wide swings in the


    demands placed on it
    Will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuations
    Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be
    used to reach the performance level dictated by the supply chain strategy?
    Selected  
    Answer: Supply chain
    strategy
    Answers: Competitive
    strategy
     
    Supply chain
    structure
    Supply chain
    strategy
    Customer strategy

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