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Papet ID [IE507]
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M.Tech. (Sem. - 2nd)

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (IE - 507)
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instruction to Candidates:
1) Attempt any Five questions.
2) All questions carry equal marks.

Ql) (a) What are some strategic, planning and operational decisions that must
be made by an apparel retailer? .

(b) What do you mean by pull view of supply chain process? Explain with
an example.
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Q2) How would you relate competitive strategy and supply chain strategy of a
firm?Also explainfollowing in this regqrd. .
(a) Understanding Customer and Supply Chain Uncertainty
(b) Achieving strategic fit.

Q3) (a) How could an auto manuf~cturer use transportation to increase the
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- efficiency of its supply chain?

(b) What do you mean by Aggregate Planning for effective supply chain
management? How we can use linear programming for solving such
problem? .

Q4) What are IT enabled supply chains? Explain in details how IT can be effectively
used for developing efficient supply chains? What are the drawbacks of supply
chains having very low level of information exchange?

Q5) (a) The manager"at a supermarket would like to decrease the lot size without'
increasing the costs he incur. What actions can be take to achieve the
objective? -.

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 (b) How does a contract with buy backs allow a manufacturer to jncrea~
their profits as well as supply chain profits?

Q6) What factors lead to batching of orders within the supply chain? How does
this'impactcoordination?What actions can minimiselarge batches and improve
coordination? Explain the term "Bull Whip Effect". .

Q7) (a) What are "Knowledge Intensive Supply Chains"? Explain with the help
of an example. .

(b) hxplain the imp~rtance of social interactio~s and linking of functional

units in a supply chain.

Q8) (a) What do you mean by "Tierisation of Suppliers"? Why is this important.
for manufacturers? Explain how Tierisation effects the supply chains.
(b) Explain the concept-of "Reverse Logistics" in details.

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