Intro to scm

Forward integration is a business strategy where a company expands its control over the supply chain by acquiring or controlling entities further down the chain, closer to the end customer

• Forward Integration

• Backward Integration

A car manufacturer buys a tire company: Instead of relying on external tire suppliers, the car company acquires a tire manufacturer to ensure a steady supply and potentially control costs.

• Vertical Integration-Foward Integration

• Vertical Integration-Backward Integration

• Horizontal Integration-Foward Integration

• Horizontal Integration-Backward Integration

In this Supply chain farmer is a....

• Usptream -2nd tier

• Downstream -2nd tier

• Usptream -1st tier

• Manufacturer

Indicate the types of flows in Supply Chain

• Product

• Information

• Finance

• All three of them

Supply chain Surplus (value) = .........................– Supply Chain Cost

• Customer Value

• Customer satisfaction

• Customer Demand

• None

Supply chain strategy or design phase decides...

• How to structure the supply chain over the next several years

• Decisions over next quarter or year

• Daily or weekly operational decisions

• Decisions over day to day task

Process in a supply chain executed in response to a customer order...

• Push Process

• Pull Process

Process in a supply chain executed in anticipation to a customer order...

• Push Process

• Pull Process

The supply chain cycle that occurs between Manufacturer and Supplier is called

• Production cycle

• Procurement cycle

• Replenishment cycle

• Customer order cycle

Which of the following is SCM macro process

• SRM

• ERP

• MRP

• None of these