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Unit 1 - Week 1 Supply Chain Management : Practices

and Competitiveness

Course
outline Week 1 Assessment
Week 1 Supply Due date: 2019-09-15, 23:59 IST.
Chain Assignment submitted on 2019-
Management : 09-14, 22:41 IST
Practices and
Competitiveness 1) A supply chain is a sequence of firms that perform activities required 1 point

W1.I. Supply to find products that are similar

Chain to facilitate wholesalers inventory selections
Management -
to source raw materials, create goods and deliver them to consumers.
Intro Video
(unit? to support the acquisition of raw materials
unit=1&lesson=2)
2) Strategic sourcing is a function of --------------. 1 point
W1.M1.A
Supply Chains Marketing management
- Video (unit?
Operations Management
unit=1&lesson=4)
Supply chain management
W1.M1.B.
Technology management
Integrated
Supply Chain 3) Every product has its own supply chain, though certain suppliers are linked to multiple 1 point
Management - products
Video (unit?
unit=1&lesson=5) True
W1.M1.C False
Supply Chain -
Goals and

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Strategies - 4) A function that links all the activities that is associated with flow of goods from the raw 1 point
Video (unit? materials to end customers
unit=1&lesson=6)
Operations management
W1.M1.e-text
(unit? Supply Chain management
unit=1&lesson=7) Distribution management
W1.M2.A. Transportation and logistics
Business
environment
5) Amul’s strategy of linking farmers to local cooperative milk collection societies is an 1 point
and example
Competitiveness
- Video (unit? Upstream supply chain
unit=1&lesson=8) Internal supply chain
W1.M2.B Downstream supply chain
Strategic SCM Extended supply chain
-Video (unit?
unit=1&lesson=9) 6) Reserve logistics is an activity that ensures ------------- 1 point

W1.M2.C. Productivity
Drivers and
Challenges of
Quick response
Supply Chain - Reuse and recycling of products
Video (unit?
Quality standards
unit=1&lesson=10)
7) Each link in a supply chain do not adds time, costs, and customer service 1 point
W1.M2.e-text
(unit?
True
unit=1&lesson=11)
False
W1.C.SCM
Conclusion 8) Customer surplus is ----------------- 1 point
Video (unit?
unit=1&lesson=12) Customer dis satisfaction
Benefit / Cost
Self-Learning
Module 1 Cost of flow of products
(unit? Customer value – supply chain cost
unit=1&lesson=86)
9) Agile supply chain model is an example of 1 point
Self-Learning
Module 2
Efficient supply chain
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=87) Efficiency oriented supply chain
Responsive supply chain
Quiz : Week 1
Assessment Continuous supply chain
(assessment?
10)Benchmarking best practices and adapting to them does not lead to sustainable supply 1 point
name=88)
chains
Week 2 SCM
Models and True
Strategies False

11)Resources availability and allocation that affects the supply chain of a construction 1 point
Week 3 Co-
industry is an indicator of
ordination and
Sustainability
Economics
Regulatory
Week 4 -
Demand Social

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Forecasting and Technological

Planning
12)Which of the business term that describes the impact environmental economics on 1 point
Week 5 – replenishing natural resources, renewable energy and carbon footprints leading to a need for
Inventory resource substitution and processes in supply chains of housing sectors?
Management in
Supply Chain
Environmental
Week 6 – Regulatory
Financial Social
Evaluation,
Technological
Pricing and
Revenue 13)Supply chain process interact with the business environment and the confidence that the 1 point
Management in process would work during crisis is the key to bring in change
Supply Chain
True
Week 7 – False
Performance,
Control, Risk 14)Customer satisfaction in relation to price paid is termed as -------------- 1 point
Management
and Seamless Customer value
Supply Chains Supply chain surplus
Benefit
Week 8 – Supply
Cost
Chain
Globalization 15)Empowered employees and incorporating suggestions from supplier to customer into 1 point
and Service process result in cost reduction and quality improvement is due to which of the V4L supply chain
Supply Chains processes of Toyota

Week 9 -
Manufacturing Velocity
Process Engagement
Integration,
Learning
Matching
Supply Chain Variety
and Products,
16)Detailing at individual product levels does not help to think of customer satisfaction and 1 point
Business Model
the related cost at individual customer level
for Outsourcing
True
False

17)Which of these is not a customer and market force that accelerates the supply function ? 1 point

Power shift to customers

Environmental friendly customers
Reduced manufacturing cycle time
Demand for value in products

18)Machine non-availability is a likely disruption which can cause -------------- 1 point

Process uncertainty
Supply uncertainty
Demand uncertainty
Supply chain flexibility

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19)Which of these is a logistical driver in supply chain? 1 point

Information
Sourcing
Pricing
Transportation

20)Block chain is not a technology that enables supply chain performance -------------- 1 point

True
False

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