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Master Your Supply Chain Knowledge
Test your expertise in supply chain management with our comprehensive quiz featuring 45 carefully curated questions. This quiz is designed to challenge your understanding of key concepts, practices, and statistics in the field.
- Discover insights into supplier integration
- Enhance your knowledge of inventory management
- Learn about effective supply chain execution
This refers to network optimization--for instance, assuring that the company has the right number of warehouses in the right places, or outsourcing functions where it makes more economic sense.
Fixed-capital efficiency
Distribution network optimization
The abundant advantages of supplier integration were again evident in a two-year study conducted by the Global Procurement and Supply Chain Initiative at Michigan State University. Drawing on responses received from around the globe, the study showed that companies that involved suppliers earlier on in the product design and - development process consistently outperformed those that did not.
Supplier integration
Service providers
This is the practice of receiving and processing goods for reshipping in the shortest time possible and with minimum handling and no storage.
Cross docking
Supplier integration
Determining the best location for each facility, setting the proper system configuration, and selecting the right carriers--brings immediate cost advantages of 20 to 30 percent.
Distribution network optimization
Continuous improvement
Metzhave recorded a number of impressive supply-chain accomplishments. How many percent is under on time deliveries?
40-percent increase
50-percent increase
Metzhave recorded a number of impressive supply-chain accomplishments. How many percent is under cumulative cycle time?
27-percent decrease
37-percent decrease
Increasing inventory turns, managing receivables and payables, minimizing days of supply in inventory, and accelerating the cash-to-cash cycle all are affected by supply chain execution.
Working capital reductions
Cost minimization
As Richard Thompson, a partner in Ernst & Young's supply chain practice, points out, supply chain management affects virtually every aspect of a company's business. “__________,” he says.
Everything is involved
Supply is something to be narrowed down
Drawing on responses received from around the globe, a study showed that companies that involved suppliers earlier on in the product design and -development process consistently outperformed those that did not. This was true across a range of supply-management metrics. The comparative improvement in purchased material costs alone was ______________.
15-percent
14-percent
_____________ should have a profound experience in organising the supply chain using a sound methodology in applying organizational change.
Service providers
Supplier integration
What does Kizen strategy imply?
Continuous improvement
Gross improvement
Total Quality Management is the responsibility of _______________.
Everyone in the organization
Distribution network optimization
Supply chain execution has an impact on inventory turns, receivables and payables management, decreasing days of supply in inv
Working capital reductions
Fixed-capital efficiency
This relates to network optimization, such as ensuring that the firm has the appropriate number of warehouses in the appropriate locations or outsourcing tasks where it is more cost effective.
Fixed-capital efficiency
Profitable growth
By facilitating the assembly of "perfect orders," supporting after-sales service, and getting involved in new product development, supply chain management helps to profitable growth. The solution may be found in the numbers at the bottom of the page.
Profitable growth
Cost minimization
It refers to a company's profitability after all expenditures have been subtracted from revenue.
Bottom-line
Upper-line
This mostly focuses on day-to-day operations, but it may also include strategic decisions on outsourcing and process design.
Cost minimization
Working capital reductions
Supply Chain creates value by enhacing revenues, tighter costs control, more effective asset utilization, and better customer services.
True
False
When a company uses good supply chain management, it gains a competitive edge in its sector by lowering the risks associated with selling products or services.
True
False
Determining the optimum placement for each business, configuring the system properly, and choosing the correct carriers all result in immediate cost savings.
True
False
Supply-chain inefficiencies may squander up to 25% of a company's operational expenditures, according to the experts at Kearney.
True
False
The companies studied by Metz have recorded a number of impressive supply-chain accomplishments, including: a 50-percent inventory reduction. a 40-percent increase in on-time deliveries. a 27-percent decrease in cumulative cycle time. A doubling of inventory turns coupled with a nine- fold reduction in out-of-stock rates. a 15-percent revenue increase.
False
True
According to Morehouse, a company needs to have only the right product for the market.
False
True
According to Morehouse, Supply Chain Management also can play key roles in increasing a company's market share by lowering down the price of products.
False
True
Information sharing, integration, and/or people are considered challenges in supplier integration.
True
False
The implementation of a SCM consulting project costs 15.000 Euro approximately and its duration is ________ months.
8
7
9
10
Provide the correct tip for a successful supply chain management implementation. The best system in the world can fail (and waste a lot of money) if staff don’t know how to use it properly, so make sure to have a robust, ongoing training programme as part of the process that starts as early as possible. Appoint some internal champions for the software to help with this – the more super-users there are, the more access staff will have to help and guidance.
Train your staff
Shop around
There are a lot of products on the market, but you need the right one for your business. While one solution might work for one company, it may be too complex, simple, or bespoke for another.
True
False
The linear supply chain has become a thing of the past for many organizations, replaced by a complex web of partners and activities that span time zones, cultures, and political landscapes. This is why a good SCM __________ is so important.
Tool
System
The right solutions help businesses manage their moving parts more effectively and efficiently. They break down silos and give teams access to essential information in ____________, fostering better collaboration and more informed decision making – something that’s become even more important during the pandemic.
Real-time
Developmental
The basis for most SCM implementations is to provide ________________ to the supply chain and its goal
Greater visibility
Proper structure
Provide the correct tip for a successful supply chain management implementation. This process can take time, but rushing into a decision can cost a business dearly in the long run. Likewise, putting in the time early on to assess your options can make all the difference down the road.
Shop around
Know what you need
The implementation of CSM software, which is based in the outcomes of the consulting work varies from 70.000 Euro (SMEs) to ______________ Euro (corporations) depending on the business size and complexity.
1 million
2.5 million
The ability to move goods and products around the world on a ___________ has grown significantly with globalization, inventions like containerization and barcoding, and the advent of artificial intelligence.
Mass scale
Systematic approach
They break down silos and give teams access to essential information in real-time, fostering better ____________ and more informed decision making – something that’s become even more important during the pandemic.
Collaboration
Communication
The implementation of a SCM consulting project costs 15.000 Euro approximately and its duration is 6 months.
False
True
12. The implementation of CSM software, which is based in the outcomes of the consulting work varies from 70.000 Euro (SMEs) to 1.5 million Euro (corporations) depending on the business size and complexity.
False
True
Provide the correct tip for a successful supply chain management implementation. This is true for every stage of the process, including before you’ve chosen a new system. Where possible, get senior management on board from the start to make sure they back the change, as well as key staff who will be most affected by the new system.
Communication
Understanding
14. Looked at from a cost standpoint, SCM’s true potential becomes evident. One recent study found that total supply-chain costs represent the majority share of operating expenses for most companies. In some industries, in fact, these costs can approach ______________ percent of the operating budget.
75
85
Provide the correct tip for a successful supply chain management implementation. Implementing a new system is a big undertaking so before getting started, it’s important to lay out a roadmap and define what success means for your business. Include objectives, milestones, key activity, and timelines, as well as a map of key stakeholders and what their roles in the process will be.
Make a realistic plan
Communication
Provide the correct tip for a successful supply chain management implementation. Work with key stakeholders to identify a thorough list of the issues likely to come up along the way. This can include staff not wanting to change software, incompatibility with the systems you or your partners already have, or potential disruptions in your supply chain activity as you change over.
Map the risks and considerations
Train your staff
Close to _____________ of the executives surveyed reported that the programs to improve the supply chain were among the top 10 percent of all companywide initiatives.
One-half
One-Third
The best system in the world can fail (and waste a lot of money) if staff don’t know how to use it properly, so make sure to have a robust, ongoing training program as part of the process that starts as early as possible. Appoint some internal champions for the software to help with this – the more super-users there are, the more access staff will have to help and guidance.
True
False
One recent study found that total supply-chain costs represent the majority share of operating expenses for most companies. In some industries, in fact, these costs can approach 70 percent of the operating budget.
True
False
Provide the correct tip for a successful supply chain management implementation. Before choosing new software, it’s important to work out what your business needs, both in the short and long-term. This might include conducting an audit of existing systems and processes, gathering information from staff and stakeholders, and of course, having a clear vision for the future of your business and your supply chain.
Know what you need
Make a realistic plan
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