Name:

Student ID:
EAST WEST UNIVERSITY
OPM 522: Supply Chain Management (Sec 1)
Mid Term Exam (Summer 2020)
Marks: 60 Time: 1 hr

Q. 1. Even though customer demand is quiet stable, production plan varies a lot –
why?

Q. 2. How can you distinguish “capacity allocation” from “market and supply
allocation”?

Q. 3. What is the problem of “sequential optimization”? How can you relate this to
“local optimization”?

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 Name:
Student ID:
EAST WEST UNIVERSITY
OPM 522: Supply Chain Management (Sec 1)
Mid Term Exam (Summer 2020)
Marks: 60 Time: 1 hr

Q. 4. “Service level” can be an example of implied demand uncertainty – how?

Provide example.

Q. 5. How can “low prod cost” from manufacturing can be conflicting with “low price”
from customer perspective? How can you resolve this problem?

Q. 6. “Drop shipping” provides a good customer experience – however for a particular

situation, the experience is not good – when?

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 Name:
Student ID:
EAST WEST UNIVERSITY
OPM 522: Supply Chain Management (Sec 1)
Mid Term Exam (Summer 2020)
Marks: 60 Time: 1 hr

Q. 7. Why “season end markdown” is zero for low implied uncertain product?

Q. 8. How can you distinguish “credit/cash transfer” from “Account

payable/receivables” – provide appropriate example to show.

Q. 9. How “multiple products and customer segments” affects the supply chain
performance? Provide example.

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 Name:
Student ID:
EAST WEST UNIVERSITY
OPM 522: Supply Chain Management (Sec 1)
Mid Term Exam (Summer 2020)
Marks: 60 Time: 1 hr

Q. 10. Transportation costs first reduce and then again increase with increased
number of facilities – why?

Q. 11. How can you distinguish “make-to-order” from “make-to-stock” in terms of

customer responsiveness?

Q. 12. Inventory cost is higher but transportation cost is lower for “local storage at
consumer pickup” compared to all other options.

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