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1、Chapter 3 Supply Chain Drivers and ObstaclesTrue/False 1. The major drivers of supply chain performance are facilities, inventory, transportation, and information. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 2. The major drivers of supply chain performance are customers, facilities, inventory, transportation,
2、 and information. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate 3. The two major types of facilities are production sites and storage sites. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 4. The two major types of facilities are distribution sites and storage sites. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate 5. Inventory is an imp
3、ortant supply chain driver because changing inventory policies can dramatically alter the supply chains efficiency and responsiveness.Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 6. Information is potentially the biggest driver of performance in the supply chain as it directly affects each of the other drivers
4、. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy 7. Information is potentially the biggest driver of performance in the supply chain even though it has little impact on each of the other drivers. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 8. A facility with little excess capacity will likely be more efficient per unit of produc
5、t it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy 9. A facility with little excess capacity will likely be no more or less efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - -
6、 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 10. The high utilization facility will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuations. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy 11. The high utilization facility will have no more difficulty responding to demand fluctuations than
7、 one with a lot of unused capacity. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 12. Stock keeping unit (SKU) storage is the warehousing methodology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 13. Warehouse unit storage is the warehousing metho
8、dology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate 14. The components of inventory decisions include cycle inventory, safety inventory, seasonal inventory, and sourcing. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy 15. The components of invento
9、ry decisions include capacity, cycle inventory, safety inventory, seasonal inventory, and sourcing. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 16. Cycle inventory is inventory that is built up to counter predictable variability in demand. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 17. Seasonal inventory is inventory that i
10、s built up to counter predictable variability in demand. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 18. Companies using seasonal inventory will build up inventory in periods of low demand and store it for periods of high demand when they will not have the capacity to produce all that is demanded. Answer: Tru
11、e Difficulty: Moderate 19. Companies using seasonal inventory will maintain a level inventory increase rate of production for periods of high demand. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 20. A comp
12、anys ability to find a balance b etween responsiveness and efficiency that best matches the needs of the customer it is targeting is the key to achieving strategic fit. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 21. Many obstacles, such as growing product variety and shorter life cycles, have made it increas
13、ingly difficult for supply chains to achieve strategic fit. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Multiple Choice 1. Which of the following is not a major driver of supply chain performance? a. Facilities b. Inventory c. Transportation d. Information e. All of the above are major drivers of supply chain
14、 performance. Answer: e Difficulty: Easy 2. Which of the following is not a major driver of supply chain performance? a. Customers b. Facilities c. Inventory d. Transportation e. Information Answer: a Difficulty: Moderate 3. The places in the supply chain network where product is stored, assembled,
15、or fabricated are known as a. facilities. b. inventory. c. transportation. d. information. e. customers. Answer: a Difficulty: Easy 4. All raw materials, work in process, and finished goods within a supply chain are known as a. facilities. b. inventory. c. transportation. 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - -
16、- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - d. information. e. customers. Answer: b Difficulty: Easy 5. Moving inventory from point to point in the supply is known as a. facilities. b. inventory. c. transportation. d. information. e. customers. Answer: c Difficu
17、lty: Easy 6. The data and analysis concerning facilities, inventory, transportation, and customers throughout the supply chain is known as a. facilities. b. inventory. c. transportation. d. information. e. customers. Answer: d Difficulty: Easy 7. The two major types of facilities are a. distribution
18、 sites and storage sites. b. production sites and distribution sites. c. production sites and storage sites. d. retail sites and distribution sites. e. distribution sites and inventory sites. Answer: c Difficulty: Moderate 8. Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be est
19、ablished first? a. Customer strategy b. Supply chain strategy c. Supply chain structure d. Competitive strategy e. Replenishment strategy Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 9. Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be established second? a. Customer strategy b. Supply chain
20、strategy c. Supply chain structure d. Competitive strategy e. Replenishment strategy Answer: b 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - Difficulty: Moderate 10. Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be
21、used to reach the performance level dictated by the supply chain strategy? a. Customer strategy b. Supply chain strategy c. Supply chain structure d. Competitive strategy e. Replenishment strategy Answer: c Difficulty: Easy 11. Which of the following is not a component of facilities decisions? a. Lo
22、cation b. Capacity c. Operations methodology d. Warehousing methodology e. All of the above are components of facilities decisions. Answer: e Difficulty: Moderate 12. Which of the following is not a component of facilities decisions? a. Warehousing methodology b. Forecasting methodology c. Operation
23、s methodology d. Capacity e. Location Answer: b Difficulty: Moderate 13. Which of the following statements concerning decisions regarding location of facilities is false? a. Deciding where a company will locate its facilities constitutes a large part of the design of a supply chain. b. A basic trade
24、-off here is whether to centralize to gain economies of scale or decentralize to become more responsive by being closer to the customer. c. Companies must also consider a host of issues related to the various characteristics of the local area in which the facility may be situated. d. All of these st
25、atements are true. e. None of these statements are true. Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 14. Which of the following is not an issue companies need to consider in facility location decisions? a. quality of workers b. product development c. proximity to customers and the rest of the network d. cost of
26、facility e. tax effects 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - Answer: b Difficulty: Moderate 15. Which of the following is not an issue companies need to consider in facility location decisions? a. quality of workers b. availabil
27、ity of infrastructure c. proximity to customers and the rest of the network d. cost of facility e. All of the above are issues companies need to consider in facility location decisions. Answer: e Difficulty: Moderate 16. Excess capacity a. allows a facility to be very flexible and to respond to wide
28、 swings in the demands placed on it. b. costs money and therefore can decrease efficiency. c. requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network. d. both a and b e. all of the above Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 17. Which of the following is a characteristic of a facility with excess capac
29、ity? a. will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity b. would be very flexible and to respond to wide swings in the demands placed on it c. would be considered a high utilization facility d. will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuation
30、s e. none of the above Answer: a Difficulty: Easy 18. A facility with little excess capacity a. will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity. b. would be considered a high utilization facility. c. will have difficulty responding to demand fluct
31、uations. d. All of the above are true. e. None of the above are true. Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 19. Which of the following would be a characteristic of a facility with little excess capacity? a. allows a facility to be very flexible and to respond to wide swings in the demands placed on it b. c
32、osts money and therefore can decrease efficiency c. requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network d. will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 6 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - e. none of the
33、 above Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 20. Which of the following is not a warehousing methodology? a. Warehouse unit storage b. Stock keeping unit (SKU) storage c. Job lot storage d. Cross-docking e. All of the above are warehousing methodologies. Answer: a Difficulty: Moderate 21. The warehousing m
34、ethodology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together is a. warehouse unit storage. b. stock keeping unit (SKU) storage. c. job lot storage. d. cross-docking. e. none of the above Answer: b Difficulty: Moderate 22. The warehousing methodology in which all the diff
35、erent types of products needed to perform a particular job or satisfy a particular type of customer are stored together is a. warehouse unit storage. b. stock keeping unit (SKU) storage. c. job lot storage. d. cross-docking. e. none of the above Answer: c Difficulty: Moderate 23. The following wareh
36、ousing methodology is one in which goods are not actually warehoused in a facility. Instead, trucks from suppliers, each carrying a different type of product, deliver goods to a facility. There the inventory is broken into smaller lots and quickly loaded onto store-bound trucks that carry a variety
37、of products, some from each of the supplier trucks. a. warehouse unit storage b. stock keeping unit (SKU) storage c. job lot storage d. cross-docking e. none of the above Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 24. All of the following are components of inventory decisions excepta. cycle inventory. b. safety
38、 inventory. c. seasonal inventory. d. sourcing. 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 7 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - e. All of the above are components of inventory decisions. Answer: e Difficulty: Easy 25. All of the following are components of inventory deci
39、sions excepta. capacity. b. cycle inventory. c. safety inventory. d. seasonal inventory. e. sourcing. Answer: a Difficulty: Easy 26. The average amount of inventory used to satisfy demand between receipt of supplier shipments is referred to as a. cycle inventory. b. safety inventory. c. seasonal inv
40、entory. d. sourcing. e. none of the above Answer: a Difficulty: Moderate 27. The inventory that is built up to counter predictable variability in demand is called a. cycle inventory. b. safety inventory. c. seasonal inventory. d. sourcing. e. none of the above Answer: c Difficulty: Moderate 28. The
41、inventory held in case demand exceeds expectation in order to counter uncertainty is called a. cycle inventory. b. safety inventory. c. seasonal inventory. d. sourcing. e. none of the above Answer: b Difficulty: Moderate 29. The set of business processes required to purchase goods and services is kn
42、own as a. cycle inventory. b. safety inventory. c. seasonal inventory. d. sourcing. e. none of the above Answer: d Difficulty: Easy 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 8 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 30. Cycle inventory decisions involve a. how much to order
43、for replenishment. b. how often to place orders. c. a basic trade-off between the cost of holding larger lots of inventory and the cost of ordering product frequently. d. all of the above e. a and b only Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 31. Cycle inventory is used because a. the world is perfectly pre
44、dictable. b. demand is uncertain and may exceed expectations. c. it involves making a trade-off between the costs of having too much inventory and the costs of losing sales due to not having enough inventory. d. it focuses on processes that are external to the firm. e. it focuses on processes that a
45、re internal to the firm. Answer: b Difficulty: Moderate 32. Seasonal inventory should be used when a. a company can rapidly change the rate of its production system at a very low cost. b. changing the rate of production is expensive (e.g., when workers must be hired or fired). c. adjusting to a peri
46、od of low demand without incurring large costs. d. the world is perfectly predictable. e. production rate is flexible. Answer: a Difficulty: Hard 33. Sourcing involves a. deciding the tasks that will be outsourced and those that will be per-formed within the firm. b. deciding whether to source from
47、a single supplier or a portfolio of suppliers. c. identifying the set of criterion that will be used to select suppliers and measure their performance. d. selecting suppliers and negotiating contracts with them. e. all of the above Answer: e Difficulty: Easy 34. Which of the following are key compon
48、ents of transportation decisions when designing and operating a supply chain? a. Mode of transportation b. Route and network selection c. In-house or outsource d. all of the above e. none of the above 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 9 页，共 15 页 - - - -
49、- - - - - Answer: d Difficulty: Moderate 35. Which of the following are key components of transportation decisions when designing and operating a supply chain? a. Software selection b. Mode of transportation c. Source selection d. Warehouse selection e. none of the above Answer: b Difficulty: Easy 3
50、6. Which of the following are key components of information that must be analyzed to increase efficiency and improve effectiveness in a supply chain? a. Push versus pull b. Coordination and information sharing c. Forecasting and aggregate planning d. Pricing and revenue management e. all of the abov