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WorksheetsSUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING NMH
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 28mins
1. What is the primary goal of supply chain visibility?
To minimize transportation costs.
To enhance product customization.
o track inventory and resources and manage information effectively.
To optimize production capacity.
2. Simultaneous resource consideration aims to ________
Increase inventory levels to prevent stockouts.
Evaluate trade-offs between functional costs for overall performance.
Plan logistics and production sequentially.
Prioritize customer service over system cost.
3. Which of the following is a component of demand planning?
Determining transportation routes.
Managing production equipment constraints.
Integrating historical forecasts with external factors like promotions.
Creating long production runs to reduce setup costs.
4. In logistics planning, what is the main objective?
Minimize outbound transportation costs.
Optimize individual shipment costs.
Achieve overall freight expense reduction through integration.
Focus on international shipments only.
5. What does inventory deployment focus on in the long term?
Weekly and daily plans for specific customer requests.
Developing marketing strategies to attract new customers.
Reducing production constraints to optimize output.
Annual and quarterly plans to align marketing and financial objectives.
6. What is the primary objective of supplier evaluation?
Reducing operational costs
Identifying reliable supply chain partners
Enhancing internal communication
Increasing product diversification
7. Which of the following activities is part of supplier development?
Contract enforcement
Market analysis
Production assistance and training
Demand forecasting
8. When selecting suppliers, which factor is NOT typically considered?
Supplier competence
Strategic fit
Internal team conflicts
Quality performance
9.Supply chain visibility only involves tracking the physical location of inventory.
TRUE
FALSE
10.Sequential planning results in suboptimal and inferior capacity utilization.
TRUE
FALSE
11.Demand management integrates historical forecasts with information like promotions and pricing changes.
TRUE
FALSE
12.Logistics planning focuses solely on minimizing the cost of outbound freight.
TRUE
FALSE
13.Inventory deployment aligns sales, marketing, and financial goals to achieve enterprise objectives.
TRUE
FALSE
14.Long production runs typically decrease the requirement for working capital.
TRUE
FALSE
15.What is the primary objective of supplier evaluation?
Reducing operational costs
Identifying reliable supply chain partners
Enhancing internal communication
Increasing product diversification
