1. What are some recent trends in supply chain management?
2. What are the elements of supply chain management?
3. What are the strategic, tactical, and operations responsibilities in supply chain management?
4. What is the bullwhip effect, and why does it occur? How can it be overcome?
5. Explain the increasing importance of the procurement function.
6. What is meant by the term inventory velocity and why is this important? What is information veloc- ity, and why is it important?
7. Explain strategic partnering.
8. What impact has e-business had on supply chain management?
9. What are some of the advantages of e-business?
10. What is a supply chain?