SIA 101 - SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND ARCHITECURE 1

SIA 101 - SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND ARCHITECURE 1

by Nina Perena

Supply chain management (SCM) 

- Process of working with suppliers and other partners in the supply chain to improve procedures for delivering products and services

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​SCM COORDINATES

1. Procuring materials

2. Transforming materials into intermediate and finished products or services 

3. Distributing finished products or services to customers 

In manufacturing firm, information in an SCM system flows between the following areas:

• Product flow

• Information flow

• Finances flow

Multiple Choice

What are the different coordinates of SCM

• Procuring materials

• Transforming materials into intermediate and finished products or services 

• Distributing finished products or services to customers 

• ALL of the CHOICES

​​Four key decisions in supply chain management: 

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1. Location

2. Inventory

3. Production

4. Transportation

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​Vendors offer comprehensive solutions:

• SAP

• Oracle

• JDA Software 

• Manhattan associates

​Dell Computer’s Supply Chain

​Modified its supply chain from a “push” to a “pull” manufacturing process 

• Also known as “built to order (BTO)”

• Main sales channel is direct sales to customers 

• Dell has been able to reduce costs by eliminating intermediaries and shortening delivery time 

Multiple Choice

A business' supply chain includes __________________

• all companies involved in the upstream flow

• all companies involved in the downstream flow

• all processes from raw materials to consumption

• All of the Above

Multiple Choice

The beginning stages of creation of a company's product or service is called _________________

• Upstream Flow

• Downstream Flow

• Electron Flow

• Flo Rida

Multiple Choice

The end processes where a company takes a finished product to the consumer is called __________________

• Upstream Flow

• Ebb and Flow

• Downstream Flow

• Go with the Flow

Multiple Choice

The first stage of the supply chain management flow is called _________

• Manufacture

• Raw Materials

• Season 1

• Suppliers

Multiple Choice

The second stage of the supply chain management flow is called _________

• Manufacture

• Raw Materials

• Season 1

• Suppliers

Multiple Choice

The middle stage of the supply chain management flow is called _________

• Manufacture

• Raw Materials

• Product Bridge

• Suppliers

Multiple Choice

The fourth stage of the supply chain management flow is called _________

• Warehouse

• Retail

• Distribution

• Consumer

Multiple Choice

The final stage of the supply chain management flow is called _________

• Consumer

• Customer

• Destruction

• Recycling

Multiple Choice

The beginning stage of the Supply Chain is also called the ________________

• Point of Concern

• Point of Origin

• Point of the Lesson

• Point of Comsumption

Multiple Choice

The ending stage of the supply chain is also known as the ________________________

• Point of Contention

• Point of Origin

• Point of Conclusion

• Point of Consumption