Question 1: Distinguish between possession, form, time, and place utility.
Question 2: Why do contemporary supply chains need to be fast and agile?
Question 3: Discuss some of the ways that inventory can be reduced in the supply chain.
Question 4: Distinguish between a fixed order quantity and fixed order interval system. Which one generally requires more safety stock? Why?
Question 5: What are implications of the JIT approach for supply chain management?
Question 6 : Why is transportation important to a firm's supply chain operations?
Question 7: Why is it important to know about the characteristics of a country's transportation infrastructure?
Question 8: Discuss the factors that influence the number of facilities that a firm chooses to operate.
Question 9 (: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to locating manufacturing, assembly, or distribution facilities in countries with relatively low wages.
Question 10 (: What quality-of-life considerations do you think are the most important for locational decisions? Why?
Question 11: Discuss the three basic demand forecasting models.
Question 12: List and discuss several demand forecasting issues.
Question 13: How do product characteristics influence packaging and materials handling considerations?
Question 14: Discuss some of the packaging requirements associated with hazardous cargo.
Question 15: What environmentally friendly packaging strategies might a firm adopt?
Question 16: What is procurement? What is its relevance to logistics?
Question 17: Discuss three potential procurement objectives.
Question 18: Discuss the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Question 19: Discuss some of the challenges associated with international logistics.
Question 20: What are the two primary purposes of export packing?
Question 21: Name the six general types of information management systems, and give one logistics application for each one that you've named.
Question 22: What is activity-based costing (ABC)? What are the five steps of the ABC process?
Question 23: Describe the two issues that managers face with respect to computer and data security.
Question 24: What are the differences between a centralized and a decentralized logistics department?
Question 25: Name the seven types of comprehensive logistics systems audits that should be performed. Which do you view as the most important? The least important? Why?
Questions 26: Define and describe the order cycle. Why is it considered an important aspect of customer service?
Questions 28: List the various methods of order transmittal and discuss relevant characteristics of each.
Questions 29: Discuss how transportation managers could be involved with other operations of the firm.
Questions 30: Explain the weight break concept.
Questions 31: Explain how a routing guide might be used by a transportation manager.
Question 32: Distinguish between warehouses and distribution centers.
Question 33: What is cross-docking? How might it affect warehousing design?
Question 34: What are the advantages and disadvantages of private warehousing?
Question 35: Discuss the trade-offs associated with order-picking versus stock-replenishing functions.
Question 36: How might the storage of hazardous materials affect the design of a warehousing facility?