01
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1 point
A retailer is choosing how to ship replenishment goods. Which approach best accounts for the trade-offs among transportation modes?
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8 Supply Chain Management Online Quiz Questions
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02
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1 point
In logistics, customer returns are part of the flows.
03
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1 point
A company serves customers across a wide region and wants to reduce delivery times while retaining alternatives if one facility is disrupted. Which supply chain design trade-off should it consider?
- A
One large center is always preferable because it eliminates transportation costs.
- B
Regional centers may improve delivery speed and provide alternatives during disruption, while adding facility or inventory costs.
- C
Regional centers always reduce both facility costs and inventory needs.
- D
The number and location of centers affect only the sourcing process.
04
True or false
1 point
True or false: If each organization in a supply chain reacts independently to small changes using only its own orders, demand signals can become amplified upstream.
- A
True
- B
False
05
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1 point
What is the term for inventory kept as a targeted buffer for a critical item?
06
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1 point
A manufacturer depends on a critical component that could stop production if its sole supplier is interrupted. Which sourcing arrangement most directly provides an alternative?
- A
Use only the lowest-priced supplier and avoid evaluating its reliability.
- B
Switch suppliers frequently without qualifying them in advance.
- C
Use a primary supplier for most volume and keep a qualified alternate source available.
- D
Select suppliers solely by their distance from the factory.
07
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1 point
A company is comparing suppliers for an important component. Which factors should it assess in addition to quoted price? Select all that apply.
- A
The supplier's quality performance
- B
The supplier's reliability and lead time
- C
The supplier's quoted price as the only decision factor
- D
The supplier's capacity to meet requirements
- E
Relevant financial, operational, and compliance risks
08
True or false
1 point
True or false: A factory's production plan can be made independently of expected orders and the availability of materials.
- A
True
- B
False
09
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1 point
Supply chain partners want to coordinate their decisions more effectively. Which practices support that goal? Select all that apply.
- A
Share timely information about sales, forecasts, inventory, capacity, and shipment status.
- B
Keep each organization's plans private and avoid discussing exceptions.
- C
Agree on plans and responsibilities across partners.
- D
Review exceptions together.
10
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1 point
In the SCOR framework, the listed processes include planning, ordering, sourcing, transforming, fulfilling, and .
11
Written response
1 point
What single term describes a supply chain's capacity to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruptions while continuing to serve customers?
12
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1 point
A manager must decide which items deserve resilience investment first. Which decision rule best reflects a risk-based approach?
- A
Apply the same resilience investment to every item, regardless of its importance.
- B
Prioritize only the items with the lowest purchase price.
- C
Consider item importance, disruption likelihood and consequences, and recovery time.
- D
Choose investments solely according to current inventory levels.
13
Open ended
1 point
A company finds that its sales, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics teams make plans that conflict with one another. Explain what those functions should do to improve coordination and give one example of how their plans depend on one another.
14
True or false
1 point
True or false: Logistics is the whole supply chain system, including network design, sourcing, and coordination.
- A
True
- B
False
15
Written response
1 point
What term names the planning and execution of the flow and storage of goods and related information?
16
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1 point
A company serves customers with urgent, unpredictable demand. Which distribution network design best fits that situation?
- A
Use one large center because predictable demand makes facility efficiency the main concern.
- B
Use several regional centers to improve responsiveness and provide alternatives if a location is disrupted.
- C
Choose locations solely by their distance from suppliers.
- D
Avoid holding inventory so the network can respond more quickly.
17
Written response
1 point
What term names the process of selecting and managing suppliers?
18
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1 point
A manufacturer depends on a critical component from one supplier. Which sourcing approach would reduce the risk of an interruption while maintaining a primary supply relationship?
- A
Move all purchases to whichever supplier currently quotes the lowest price.
- B
Keep the sole supplier and increase order sizes whenever possible.
- C
Use a primary supplier for most volume and maintain a qualified second source for interruptions.
- D
Select suppliers only by their location.
19
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1 point
A retailer faces an urgent stockout. The extra cost of air freight is lower than the expected cost of remaining out of stock. Which action best fits this situation?
- A
Use air freight if the cost of a stockout is greater than the extra freight expense.
- B
Use ocean freight because it is generally less expensive, regardless of urgency.
- C
Choose the mode with the greatest capacity even if it misses the delivery requirement.
- D
Avoid comparing delivery service with the total cost of fulfillment.
20
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1 point
Several companies in a supply chain experience increasingly unstable production schedules after small changes in orders. Which behavior is most likely contributing to this problem?
- A
Each organization holds the same inventory level at all times.
- B
Organizations rely only on their own orders and react independently to small changes.
- C
Suppliers have more capacity than factories need.
- D
Customers receive products from more than one facility.