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IBM - Chapter 5 - IB202C

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many key strategic objects are involved in production and supply chain management functions ?

a)

4

b)

1

c)

3

d)

2

2.

. _____ is concerned with the creation of a good ( tangible or intangible) or service.

a)

Supply chain management

b)

Production

c)

Logistics

d)

Purchasing

3.

Which are not intangible goods ?

a)

Recharge into Lien Quan mobile game to buy new skins.

b)

Download Spotify to listen to music.

c)

Buy Spotify Premium to block ads .

d)

Download Telegram for hunting for discount codes on Shopee.

4.

Which level of sigma, a production process would be 99.99966 percent accurate, creating just 3.4 defects per million units ?

a)

7

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

5.

Two main factor in Make - buy decisions

a)

Cost & product capacity

b)

Brand preferences & inventory planning

c)

Quality control & having control

d)

Lack of expertises & multisource policy

6.

What problem you have to consider in multisource policies

a)

Having a high cost

b)

Your product cannot hit the standard

c)

Having restrictions on which firms or companies it can source raw materials and component parts

d)

Cannot produce high volumes

7.

Why specialized investment is a reason for make decision

a)

It cannot buy from other suppliers

b)

The firm will worry that it will be dependent on its partner because only they can produce its product, leading to a loss of bargaining power and vice versa

c)

Your products only can made from the specific partner

d)

Outsourced company can only sell it to you

8.

Which of the following factors is part of buy decisions

a)

Quality control, excess capacity

b)

Limited suppliers, small volumes

c)
  1. Lack of expertise, nonessential item

d)

Industry drivers, having control

9.

How many strategic roles are assigned to a foreign factory that managers need to think about?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

10.

Which is not a problem in the country where the factory is located that the multinational company faces?

a)

Poor product quality

b)

Low turnover of employees

c)

Shoddy workmanship

d)

 Low productivity

11.

An outpost factory can be seen as…

a)

An intelligence-gathering unit

b)

A manufacturing facility with the lowest possible cost

c)

A stand-alone factory that often competes with the global firm’s home factories

d)

A product distributor

12.

The flexibility of the technology has

a)

Flexible Manufacturing and Fixed Costs

b)

Product Features and Mass Customization

c)

Flexible Manufacturing and Mass Customization

d)

Product Features and Fixed Costs

13.

Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting locating Production Facilities?

a)

Country factors

b)

Technological factors

c)

Production factors

d)

Strategic factors

14.

What is the goal of reverse logistic?

a)

Optimize the after-market operation or make it more efficient.

b)

Store large amounts of inventory.

c)

To create values by timing and positioning inventory.

d)

Accurate and safe packing, handling, and transport management.

15.

Successful production and supply chain management depends on a timely supply of high-quality material and information inputs, for which___

a)

Purchasing and logistics are critical functions.

b)

Production and logistics are critical functions.

c)

Customer and service are critical functions.

d)

Customer and purchasing are critical functions.

16.

On-time delivery is an aspect of a company's performance for:

a)

Availability

b)

Malfunction Recovery Speed

c)

Operational Performance

d)

On-time pick-up

17.

In a market where customizing products to meet the needs of local consumers is increasingly demanded, it will lead to…

a)

The higher the profit due to the decrease in production costs

b)

The production capacity of the factories is decreasing day by day

c)

Managers decided not to set up factories in that area

d)

The capacity of factories in that area is further promoted

18.

US carmaker Ford has factories that involve the relocation of the manufacturing process in Mexico and then the finished products will be sold in the US. Which of the following is the strategic role that those factories hold?

a)

Offshore factory

b)

Contributor factory

c)

Source factory

d)

Lead factory

19.

Company A does not have any people with knowledge of product manufacturing, so it chooses to import company B's products. What is the factor in the buy decision?

a)

Lack expertise

b)

Small volumes

c)

Brand preference

d)

Inventory planning

20.

Which of these factors would be considered when making a location decision at the region/community level?

a)

government rules, attitudes, stability, incentives

b)

cultural and economic issues

c)

proximity to raw materials and customers

d)

environmental impact issues

21.

The term mass customization has been coined to describe the ability of companies to use flexible manufacturing technology to reconcile two goals that:

a)

High cost and product standardization.

b)

Low cost and product standardization.

c)

Low cost and product customization.

d)

High cost and product customization.

22.

Information systems allow the firm:

a)

Design of component parts

b)

Locating component parts

c)

Editing component parts

d)

Remove component parts

23.

Why must production and supply chain management be able to respond quickly to shifts in customer demand ?

a)

In the current Internet and Industry 4.0 era, business have to act fast to keep up with the competition

b)

Demands for local responsiveness create pressures to decentralize production activities to the major national or regional markets.

c)

Who responds to the changing needs of customers has more advantages

d)

The needs of customers should be put first, and must change for survival.

24.

The fill rate is categorized as which type of supply chain performance metric:Delivery

a)

Customers service

b)

Cost

c)

Quality

d)

Delivery

25.

The Martin Corporation is considering manufacturing the cabinets from beginning to end in the U.S. and then exporting them to Italy and France. What is the downside of this decision?

a)

Lower design capability to build standardized cabinets for the new markets

b)

Higher shipping costs to send the cabinets to the new markets

c)

Quality will be lower because they will not be able to control the manufacturing process

d)

The risk of not being able to compete is high because they will have to invest in new facilities

26.

India's ability to buy gold at a deeply reduced price after the G7 countries issued a ban on gold exports to Russia. From what factor in buy decision does India derive this indirect benefit?

a)

Inventory item

b)

Compensation

c)

Small volumes

d)

Supplier competences

27.

Apple's iPhone sells well in the global market. Although the price is quite high, the new designs and this special self-released operating system make the quality of the iPhone stand out. Which element of make decision is shown here?

a)

Proprietary technology and limited supplier

b)

Proprietary technology and quality control

c)

Having control and excess capacity

d)

Having control and quality control

28.

If the fixed costs of an industry are___, it is more advantageous to produce in a specific location, whereas if the fixed costs are ___, it is more beneficial to produce in multiple locations around the world.

a)

High/Low

b)

High/High

c)

Low/High

d)

Low/Low

29.

Which are the factors that affect the transportation cost?

a)

Distance, transport mode, size of load, oil price.

b)

Transport mode, size of land, distance, oil price.

c)

Transport mode, size of land, distance, oil price, load character

d)

Load characteristics, oil price, distance, transport mode, size of load.

30.

Company A specializes in the production of jewelry items. Their jewelry has a particularly eye-catching design, many companies have come to them to hire them to design similar products. What factor does company A achieve when it manufactures its own product?

a)

Accumulate dynamic abilities

b)

Quality Control

c)

Having control

d)

Specialized investment