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1、供应链管理 第三版 Unit3 习题与答案供应链管理 第三版 Unit3 习题与答案供应链管理 第三版 Unit3 习题与答案供应链管理 第三版 Unit3 习题与答案编制仅供参考审核批准生效日期地址： 电话：传真: 邮编:Chapter 3Supply Chain Drivers and ObstaclesTrue/FalseThe major drivers of supply chain performance are facilities, inventory, transportation, and information.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Modera

2、teThe major drivers of supply chain performance are customers, facilities, inventory, transportation, and information.Answer: FalseDifficulty: ModerateThe two major types of facilities are production sites and storage sites.Answer: TrueDifficulty: ModerateThe two major types of facilities are distri

3、bution sites and storage sites.Answer: FalseDifficulty: ModerateInventory is an important supply chain driver because changing inventory policies can dramatically alter the supply chains efficiency and responsiveness.Answer: TrueDifficulty: ModerateInformation is potentially the biggest driver of pe

4、rformance in the supply chain as it directly affects each of the other drivers.Answer: TrueDifficulty: EasyInformation is potentially the biggest driver of performance in the supply chain even though it has little impact on each of the other drivers.Answer: FalseDifficulty: EasyA facility with littl

5、e excess capacity will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity.Answer: TrueDifficulty: EasyA facility with little excess capacity will likely be no more or less efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity.An

6、swer: FalseDifficulty: EasyThe high utilization facility will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuations.Answer: TrueDifficulty: EasyThe high utilization facility will have no more difficulty responding to demand fluctuations than one with a lot of unused capacity.Answer: False Difficulty: Ea

7、syStock keeping unit (SKU) storage is the warehousing methodology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together.Answer: TrueDifficulty: ModerateWarehouse unit storage is the warehousing methodology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product

8、 together.Answer: FalseDifficulty: ModerateThe components of inventory decisions include cycle inventory, safety inventory, seasonal inventory, and sourcing.Answer: TrueDifficulty: EasyThe components of inventory decisions include capacity, cycle inventory, safety inventory, seasonal inventory, and

9、sourcing.Answer: FalseDifficulty: EasyCycle inventory is inventory that is built up to counter predictable variability in demand.Answer: FalseDifficulty: EasySeasonal inventory is inventory that is built up to counter predictable variability in demand.Answer: TrueDifficulty: ModerateCompanies using

10、seasonal inventory will build up inventory in periods of low demand and store it for periods of high demand when they will not have the capacity to produce all that is demanded.Answer: TrueDifficulty: ModerateCompanies using seasonal inventory will maintain a level inventory increase rate of product

11、ion for periods of high demand.Answer: FalseDifficulty: EasyA companys ability to find a balance between responsiveness and efficiency that best matches the needs of the customer it is targeting is the key to achieving strategic fit.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Moderate Many obstacles, such as growing pr

12、oduct variety and shorter life cycles, have made it increasingly difficult for supply chains to achieve strategic fit.Answer: TrueDifficulty: ModerateMultiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not a major driver of supply chain performance?FacilitiesInventoryTransportationInformationAll of the above a

13、re major drivers of supply chain performance.Answer: eDifficulty: EasyWhich of the following is not a major driver of supply chain performance?CustomersFacilitiesInventoryTransportationInformationAnswer: aDifficulty: ModerateThe places in the supply chain network where product is stored, assembled,

14、or fabricated are known rmation.customers.Answer: aDifficulty: EasyAll raw materials, work in process, and finished goods within a supply chain are known rmation.customers.Answer: bDifficulty: EasyMoving inventory from point to point in the supply is known rmation.customers.Answer: cDifficulty: Easy

15、The data and analysis concerning facilities, inventory, transportation, and customers throughout the supply chain is known rmation.customers.Answer: dDifficulty: EasyThe two major types of facilities aredistribution sites and storage duction sites and distribution duction sites and storage sites.ret

16、ail sites and distribution sites.distribution sites and inventory sites.Answer: cDifficulty: ModerateWhich component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be established first?Customer strategy Supply chain strategySupply chain structureCompetitive strategyReplenishment strategyAnswer:

17、 dDifficulty: ModerateWhich component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be established second?Customer strategy Supply chain strategySupply chain structureCompetitive strategyReplenishment strategyAnswer: bDifficulty: ModerateWhich component of the supply chain decision-making fram

18、ework would be used to reach the performance level dictated by the supply chain strategy?Customer strategy Supply chain strategySupply chain structureCompetitive strategyReplenishment strategyAnswer: cDifficulty: EasyWhich of the following is not a component of facilities decisions?LocationCapacityO

19、perations methodologyWarehousing methodologyAll of the above are components of facilities decisions.Answer: eDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following is not a component of facilities decisions?Warehousing methodologyForecasting methodologyOperations methodologyCapacityLocationAnswer: bDifficulty:

20、ModerateWhich of the following statements concerning decisions regarding location of facilities is false?Deciding where a company will locate its facilities constitutes a large part of the design of a supply chain.A basic trade-off here is whether to centralize to gain economies of scale or decentra

21、lize to become more responsive by being closer to the customer.Companies must also consider a host of issues related to the various characteristics of the local area in which the facility may be situated.All of these statements are true.None of these statements are true.Answer: dDifficulty: Moderate

22、Which of the following is not an issue companies need to consider in facility location decisions?quality of workersproduct developmentproximity to customers and the rest of the networkcost of facilitytax effectsAnswer: bDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following is not an issue companies need to con

23、sider in facility location decisions?quality of workersavailability of infrastructure proximity to customers and the rest of the networkcost of facilityAll of the above are issues companies need to consider in facility location decisions.Answer: eDifficulty: ModerateExcess capacity allows a facility

24、 to be very flexible and to respond to wide swings in the demands placed on it.costs money and therefore can decrease efficiency.requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network.both a and ball of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: Moderate Which of the following is a characteristic of a facil

25、ity with excess capacity will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacitywould be very flexible and to respond to wide swings in the demands placed on itwould be considered a high utilization facilitywill have difficulty responding to demand fluctu

26、ationsnone of the aboveAnswer: aDifficulty: EasyA facility with little excess capacitywill likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity.would be considered a high utilization facility.will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuations.All of the

27、 above are true.None of the above are true.Answer: dDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following would be a characteristic of a facility with little excess capacity?allows a facility to be very flexible and to respond to wide swings in the demands placed on itcosts money and therefore can decrease eff

28、iciencyrequires proximity to customers and the rest of the networkwill likely be more efficient per unit of product it producesnone of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following is not a warehousing methodology Warehouse unit storageStock keeping unit (SKU) storageJob lot storageCr

29、oss-docking All of the above are warehousing methodologies.Answer: aDifficulty: Moderate The warehousing methodology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together iswarehouse unit storage.stock keeping unit (SKU) storage.job lot storage.cross-docking.none of the abov

30、eAnswer: bDifficulty: ModerateThe warehousing methodology in which all the different types of products needed to perform a particular job or satisfy a particular type of customer are stored together iswarehouse unit storage.stock keeping unit (SKU) storage.job lot storage.cross-docking.none of the a

31、boveAnswer: cDifficulty: ModerateThe following warehousing methodology is one in which goods are not actually warehoused in a facility. Instead, trucks from suppliers, each carrying a different type of product, deliver goods to a facility. There the inventory is broken into smaller lots and quickly

32、loaded onto store-bound trucks that carry a variety of products, some from each of the supplier trucks.warehouse unit storagestock keeping unit (SKU) storagejob lot storagecross-dockingnone of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: ModerateAll of the following are components of inventory decisions exceptcycl

33、e inventory.safety inventory.seasonal inventory.sourcing.All of the above are components of inventory decisions.Answer: eDifficulty: EasyAll of the following are components of inventory decisions exceptcapacity.cycle inventory.safety inventory.seasonal inventory.sourcing.Answer: aDifficulty: EasyThe

34、 average amount of inventory used to satisfy demand between receipt of supplier shipments is referred to ascycle inventory.safety inventory.seasonal inventory.sourcing.none of the aboveAnswer: aDifficulty: ModerateThe inventory that is built up to counter predictable variability in demand is calledc

35、ycle inventory.safety inventory.seasonal inventory.sourcing.none of the aboveAnswer: cDifficulty: ModerateThe inventory held in case demand exceeds expectation in order to counter uncertainty is calledcycle inventory.safety inventory.seasonal inventory.sourcing.none of the aboveAnswer: bDifficulty:

36、ModerateThe set of business processes required to purchase goods and services is known ascycle inventory.safety inventory.seasonal inventory.sourcing.none of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: EasyCycle inventory decisions involvehow much to order for replenishment. how often to place orders.a basic trad

37、e-off between the cost of holding larger lots of inventory and the cost of ordering product frequently.all of the abovea and b onlyAnswer: dDifficulty: ModerateCycle inventory is used becausethe world is perfectly predictable.demand is uncertain and may exceed expectations.it involves making a trade

38、-off between the costs of having too much inventory and the costs of losing sales due to not having enough inventory.it focuses on processes that are external to the firm.it focuses on processes that are internal to the firm.Answer: bDifficulty: ModerateSeasonal inventory should be used whena compan

39、y can rapidly change the rate of its production system at a very low cost.changing the rate of production is expensive ., when workers must be hired or fired).adjusting to a period of low demand without incurring large costs.the world is perfectly duction rate is flexible.Answer: aDifficulty: HardSo

40、urcing involvesdeciding the tasks that will be outsourced and those that will be per-formed within the firm.deciding whether to source from a single supplier or a portfolio of suppliers.identifying the set of criterion that will be used to select suppliers and measure their performance.selecting sup

41、pliers and negotiating contracts with them.all of the aboveAnswer: eDifficulty: EasyWhich of the following are key components of transportation decisions when designing and operating a supply chain?Mode of transportationRoute and network selectionIn-house or outsourceall of the abovenone of the abov

42、eAnswer: dDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following are key components of transportation decisions when designing and operating a supply chain?Software selectionMode of transportationSource selectionWarehouse selectionnone of the aboveAnswer: bDifficulty: EasyWhich of the following are key componen

43、ts of information that must be analyzed to increase efficiency and improve effectiveness in a supply chain?Push versus pullCoordination and information sharingForecasting and aggregate planningPricing and revenue managementall of the aboveAnswer: eDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following are key c

44、omponents of information that must be analyzed to increase efficiency and improve effectiveness in a supply chain?Software selectionSource selectionWarehouse selectionForecasting and aggregate planningnone of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: ModerateWhen all the different stages of a supply chain work

45、toward the objective of maximizing total supply chain profitability, rather than each stage devoting itself to its own profitability without considering total supply chain profit, it is known assupply chain coordination.forecasting.aggregate planning.revenue management.pricing.Answer: aDifficulty: E

46、asyThe art and science of making projections about what future demand and conditions will be issupply chain coordination.forecasting.aggregate planning.revenue management.pricing.Answer: bDifficulty: EasyTransforming forecasts into plans of activity to satisfy the projected demand is known assupply

47、chain coordination.forecasting.aggregate planning.revenue management.pricing.Answer: cDifficulty: EasyThe process by which a firm decides how much to charge customers for its goods and services issupply chain coordination.forecasting.aggregate planning.revenue management.pricing.Answer: eDifficulty:

48、 EasyThe use of differential pricing over time or customer segments to maximize profits from a limited set of supply chain assets issupply chain coordination.forecasting.aggregate planning.revenue management.pricing.Answer: dDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following are technologies that share and

49、analyze information in the supply chain?Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)InternetEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Supply Chain Management (SCM) softwareall of the aboveAnswer: eDifficulty: EasyWhich of the following are technologies that share and analyze information in the supply chain?InternetEnt

50、erprise Data Planning (EDP)Electronic Resource Interchange (ERI)Chain Management (CM) softwarenone of the aboveAnswer: aDifficulty: ModerateWhich of the following are obstacles to achieving strategic fit?Increasing variety of productsDecreasing product lifecyclesIncreasingly demanding customersFragm

51、entation of supply chain ownershipall of the aboveAnswer: eDifficulty: EasyWhich of the following are obstacles to achieving strategic fit?Difficulty executing new strategiesGlobalizationIncreasingly demanding customersFragmentation of supply chain ownershipall of the aboveAnswer: eDifficulty: Moder

52、ateWhich of the following is not an obstacle to achieving strategic fit?Increasing variety of productsDecreasing product lifecyclesIncreasingly demanding customersConsolidation of supply chain ownershipnone of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: ModerateEssay/ProblemsList and define the four major drivers

53、 of supply chain performance.Answer: Facilities are the places in the supply chain network where product is stored, assembled, or fabricated. The two major types of facilities are production sites and storage sites.Inventory is all raw materials, work in process, and finished goods within a supply c

54、hain. Inventory is an important supply chain driver because changing inventory policies can dramatically alter the supply chains efficiency and responsiveness.Transportation entails moving inventory from point to point in the supply chain. Transportation can take the form of many combinations of mod

55、es and routes.Information consists of data and analysis concerning facilities, inventory, transportation, and customers throughout the supply chain. Information is potentially the biggest driver of performance in the supply chain as it directly affects each of the other drivers.Difficulty: ModerateE

56、xplain the supply chain decision-making framework and the role of the four major drivers.Answer: The goal of a supply chain strategy is to strike the balance between responsiveness and efficiency, resulting in a strategic fit with the competitive strategy. To reach this goal, a company uses the four

57、 supply chain drivers discussed earlier. For each of the individual drivers, supply chain managers must make a trade-off between efficiency and responsiveness. The combined impact of these four drivers then determines the responsiveness and efficiency of the entire supply chain.Most companies begin

58、with a competitive strategy and then decide what their supply chain strategy ought to be. The supply chain strategy determines how the supply chain should perform with respect to efficiency and responsiveness. The supply chain must then use the supply chain drivers to reach the performance level the

59、 supply chain strategy dictates.Difficulty: ModerateExplain the basic trade-off between responsiveness and efficiency for each of the major drivers of supply chain performance.Answer: The fundamental trade-off when making facilities decisions is between the cost of the number, location, and type of

60、facilities (efficiency) and the level of responsiveness that these facilities provide the companys customers.The fundamental trade-off when making inventory decisions is between responsiveness and efficiency. Increasing inventory will generally make the supply chain more responsive to the customer.