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Illustrate the Success Mantra for effective supply-chain management?
What do you mean by Bullwhip effect in supply Chain, how it affects supply chain and how would you reduce it?
The term supply chain management does not have a universally agreed definition. Consider three different views of supply chain management. Provide your definition of supply chain management.
What criteria must an organization take into consideration for centralization or decentralization of the purchasing function?
Briefly describe each of the four principles of supply chain risk management and give the example of each one. Briefly describe in your own words what the three trends in supply chain risk mean.
Explain the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and business ethics in corporate strategy?
Differentiate between lean and agile supply chain strategies and identify the factors you would consider in choosing the most appropriate option.
The concept of a supply chain recommends a series of processes linked altogether. Describe.
Describe the concept of privity of contract and state the ways in which it can be mitigated.
Differentiate between the terms internal supply chains and external supply chains.
What is the Logistics Performance Index? How can it be used? Give an example.
Differentiate between ‘outsourcing’ and ‘offshoring’ and summarize the advantages and risks related with outsourcing distribution services.
Set out the measures which could be adopted to evaluate the performance of a supply chain.
Describe the three factors which must be established for an action of misrepresentation.
Describe what the bullwhip effect is and describe its causes.
Describe what you mean by supply chain management. How significant is SCM for modern business firms?
Define the term Aggregate Planning and its strategies to meet up demand and supply.
The station manager doesn’t want the average passenger at his station to have to wait in the turnstile line for more than 6 seconds, nor does he want more than 8 people in any queue at any ave
Explain the different metrics which are used to measure Supply Chain Performance.
Write brief notes on:Continuous Replenishment Program (CRP) and Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR).
How do transport companies benefit from technology like Global Positioning System (GPS)? With the help of GPS, could transport companies track their trucks on real time basis.
Describe the concept of Capability Maturity Model. What is its role in modern management decision making process?
What do you mean by “Collaborative” relationships, and how are they relevant to supply chain issues?
Explain the strengths and weaknesses of centralized and decentralized warehouses.
What do you mean by the term Uncertainty and Implied Uncertainty in demand. Explain the expected costs of Stockouts.