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1
Supply-chain strategy concepts are applicable to what types of companies?
A)Manufacturing
B)Service
C)Restaurants
D)Airlines
E)All of the above of companies

Reference: 0801
Consider the following data from a company annual report:

Sales1,000,000
Cost of Goods Sold800,000
Raw Materials Inventory100,000
Finished Goods Inventory75,000
Work-in-Process25,000

2
Refer To: 0801
The inventory turnover for this company is:
A)4.0
B)8.0
C)10.67
D)32
E)2.0
3
Refer To: 0801
Lower values of inventory turn are considered better for a company.
A)True
B)False
4
Which of the following product promotional activities would probably help make the supply chain more efficient?
A)Price promotions that expire on a specific date
B)An "everyday" low price strategy where prices are not dependent on quantity delivered with a specific order
C)Special packaging for a specific event that occurs one time each year
D)A 2 for 1 price promotion
E)All of the above
5
The phenomenon of magnification of demand variability as we move from the customer to the producer in the supply-chain is referred to as the:
A)Postponement effect
B)Elasticity of demand
C)Bullwhip effect
D)Price deflator
E)Just-in-time approach
6
According to Hau Lee, which of the following types of products need to be delivered with efficient supply-chains?
A)Custom products
B)Innovative products
C)Grocery products
D)High technology products
E)Responsive products
F)All of the above
7
Supply-chain response relates to the following:
A)How quickly a customer order can be filled
B)How quickly a company can react to a new competing product
C)How inexpensive the product is
D)A and B
E)All of the above
8
The idea of the Value Density calculation is:
A)Finding a carrier that can handle the weight
B)Matching the weight of the product with an appropriate carrier
C)Determining how a product should be shipped considering its weight and value
D)Finding the minimum cost carrier
E)Finding the fastest carrier for a product
9
What factors do companies need to consider when sourcing product?
A)Material costs
B)Transportation cost
C)Production costs
D)Outsourcing costs
E)All of the above
10
An important strategy for localizing a product in the context of supply-chain design is the following:
A)Postponing the task of differentiating a product until the last point in the supply network
B)Minimizing reengineering cost
C)Very high volume sales
D)Minimizing inventory cost
E)Low direct labor cost







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