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Supply chain management must demonstrate how improved value contributes to improvements in financial performance. What are three major ways supply chain management does this?

Increasing top-line revenue, facilitating exchanges at lower prices, and improving customer service.
Increasing profitability, provides best-practice customer service to each customer, utilizing technology to make products ubiquitous.
Improving asset turns, increasing top-line revenues, and increasing profitability through cost reductions and efficiencies
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Supply chain management must demonstrate how improved value contributes to improvements in financial performance. What are three major ways supply chain management does this?
A. Increasing top-line revenue, facilitating exchanges at lower prices, and improving customer service.

B. Increasing profitability, provides best-practice customer service to each customer, utilizing technology to make products ubiquitous.

C. Improving asset turns, increasing top-line revenues, and increasing profitability through cost reductions and efficiencies

D. Improving customer service, reducing working capital, and creating looser credit terms so customers have longer to pay for their purchases.

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Supply chain management refers to a relatively new business phenomenon:

The management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver superior customer value at less cost to the supply chain as a whole.

Which of the following is not an element of the integrated supply chain for General Mills' Honey Nut Cheerios?

Dairy Cow Farmers

The "Great Divide" in the supply chain occurs between

demand-focused activities and supply-focused activities

A firm is a recognized cost leader but has a strategic goal to become a cost and service leader. What is one initiative that could be planned and implemented to achieve this goal?

Offer customized services to key customers

Which economic utilities are associated with supply chain management?

Form, Time and Place

Which economic reason is NOT a reason for students to buy textbooks on Amazon.com?

Form

Supply chain management

extends the linking and coordination of materials management, manufacturing management and distribution upstream to suppliers and downstream to customers.

Logistics/supply chain management is closely tied with marketing as it typically fills which "P"?

Place

The separation between demand-focused activities and supply-focused activities is sometimes referred to as

The Great Divide

Two kinds of customers walk into the Grizzly Fly-Fishing Shop: college freshmen taking a first-time class and high-end professional executives with fishing experience. In order to deliver the most value to each of these customers, John (the store owner) should:

focus on creating supply chains that deliver the specific form, time and place utility that each customer segment is looking for, at a price that each segment is willing to pay.

Among the following examples, which refers most closely to the place utility that supply chains provide?

An Australian grocery store provides food in remote towns

A Wall Street Journal article reports on Delta's recent investment in luggage tracking, switching to baggage tags with radio-frequency ID chips embedded. This will allow the airline to accurately track customers' baggage in real time. Even though the new technology costs a great deal, Delta could save on fewer luggage claims and deliveries. What does this example imply?

Companies need to evaluate cost-to-serve versus perceived benefits

Firms have been talking about "the Great Divide" as one of their biggest challenges. Among the following approaches, which would NOT help a business deal with the great divide?

Creating a production-oriented focus across the supply chain

One way to think about the proper role of the supply chain in the firm is the following:

Delivering on the promise made to customers

Which of the following utility does General Mills provide when it uses food ingredients to make Honey Nut Cheerios?

Form

You've finally graduated and are in the job market. In an interview with Widget Production Company, you start discussing supply chain management with the hiring manager. He tells you that at WPC, logistics and supply chain management basically mean the same thing. This should indicate to you that:

WPC probably does not have a clear conception of supply chain management, because SCM is about systematic integration across multiple functions, including purchasing, manufacturing and logistics.

It is said today that marketing is responsible for identifying profitable demand and creating products to incent customers to buy, while supply chain management's role is to:

satisfy demand by putting the product in customers' hands at the right time, right place, right quantity and right price

In the Fiji water example, what key time and place challenge does Fiji bear compared to Dasani?

Fiji only has one source, while Dasani has many

Supply chain management must demonstrate how improved value contributes to improvements in financial performance. What are three major ways supply chain management does this?

Improving asset turns, increasing top-line revenues, and increasing profitability through cost reductions and efficiencies

Which emerging megatrends will greatly challenge supply chain managers?

Disruptive technology, talent requirements and social changes

On the demand creation side, _____________ is concerned with determining and shaping long term customer need, and innovating offerings to satisfy those needs

Marketing

Downstream, the priority is to deliver the form, time and ________ for a specific customer order.​

Place

Should all customers receive the same level of customer service?

No

What negative can result from large lot, long lead time operations?

The items are in place and at times customers don't want them

In relation to the overall supply chain, ______ places a priority on cost savings while _______ places a priority on doing whatever is necessary to deliver form, time and place as promised on a specific order.

Upstream, downstream

If your company is trying to determine what customers want, the best source of information is:

customers

What is a very popular framework where supply chain processes are portrayed as involving planning, sourcing, making and delivering?

SCOR model

The UT College of Business Administration creates a list of classes offered each semester. However, the options do not always meet student want and needs. This is an example of

The Great Divide

According to the concept of Market Driven Supply Chain, directly before you define customer service objectives, you first should:

Segment customers

A first-time buyer purchasing school supplies at Wal-Mart can expect this level of customer service:

Basic Service

Ismail's wife recently purchased a new pair of hiking boots. She initially chose the company because of price and availability. Through the purchase and fulfilment process she was also impressed with the level of communication and assistance she received. All of these factors combined to provide a high level of:

Customer value

Customer service standards should be set based upon

An accurate understanding of actual customer needs

Internally generated customer service and quality metrics accurately reflect a customer perspective. Do you agree with this statement?

I disagree: Customer service metrics should be jointly defined by the supplier and the customer

Companies lose money on a significant percentage of active customers because

They cannot identify the actual costs of selling to individual customers

Establishing a segmented customer service policy involves all of the following EXCEPT

Establishing a standardized customer service policy for all customers

What part of the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model involves turning the raw material into a finished product?

Make

Which part in supply chain misalignment is focused on "up time" and has no visibility of customer service or inventory metrics?

Make

Which part in supply chain misalignment is focused on the short term planning horizon and is measured by purchase price variance?

Source

Changes in the business _______ and ________ help shift the focus of functional goals in the departments of a business (finance, marketing, etc.) to total value creation for the enterprise

Reward system and culture

Which of the following supply chain functions should be focused on customer service because of its timely delivering of products to consumers:

logistics

At which step in the process can a supply chain manager improve their resource footprint through reducing waste, rework, and scrappage?

Make

Which of the following is willing to do things for the customer that may lose money for the firm?

Logistics

High performing companies are able to bend the chain to enable alignment between ___________ and delivery.

Manufacturing and Purchasing

Supply chains that consistently deliver the strongest business results have fully integrated end-to-end organization with common ________.

Metrics

Supply chains that consistently deliver the strongest business results have effective IT and work processes that enable superior results by providing _____________ teams the proper tools and information.

Multifunctional

The Supply Chain value proposition framework represents the interactions between

Revenues, costs and assets

The Acme Company reports the following data:
Sales 80,000
Gross Margin 8,000
Operating Margin 3,000
Current Assets 300,000
Total Assets 450,000
What is Acme Company's Operating Income percentage?

3.8%

In 2017, Apple Computer reported the following results for the 4th quarter of operations:
Sales $46,852 million
Gross Margin $17,813 million
Net Margin $ 9,014 million
Current Assets $128,645 million
Total Assets $375,319 million
Calculate Apple's Return on Assets for the 4th quarter of 2017

2.4%

In 2017, Apple Computer reported the following results for the 4th quarter of operations:
Sales $46,852 million
Gross Margin $17,813 million
Net Margin $ 9,014 million
Current Assets $128,645 million
Total Assets $375,319 million
Calculate Apple's Asset Turnover for the 4th quarter of 2017

12.5%

In 2017, Apple Computer reported the following results for the 4th quarter of operations:
Sales $46,852 million
Gross Margin $17,813 million
Net Margin $ 9,014 million
Current Assets $128,645 million
Total Assets $375,319 million
Calculate Apple's Return on Assets for the 4th quarter of 2017

2.4%

According to the E&Y survey of supply chain professionals, what is the priority of the supply chain organization?

improving service quality

Which of these is an example of a "tax haven"

a state in the US with low corporate taxes

Which of the following actions is most likely to have the largest impact on profitability

increase revenues

Discuss actions that a firm can take to improve revenues

Design products that a customer wants (understand customer needs).
Improve quality of products.
Price goods and services competitively, and to reflect value created.
Develop and cross-sell complementary products and services.
Improve product availability.
Effectively promote products and services.
Discount slow-moving goods.
Train salespeople on how to best sell products and services

Describe actions that the manufacturing organization can take to reduce product costs

Reduce process and product waste.
Increase machine reliability.
Train workers.
Invest in technology.
Reduce cycle time.
Reduce changeover costs

The Highline Company reports the following partial set of income statement data:
Sales 200,000
Depreciation & Amortization Expense 18,000
Gross Margin 68,000
Interest and Tax Expenses 4,000
Net Margin 15,000
Calculate Highline's EBITDA

37,000

Which of the following actions will most directly lead to more cash availability

Collect accounts receivable more quickly

How does controlling inventory levels impact the expenses of an organization

When a firm has inventory, it has expenses related to handling, storing, and tracking the inventory. It has expenses related to equipment and people to move the inventory. The firm has to secure the inventory, and often will insure the value of the inventory. With greater amounts of inventory, all of these expenses go up. Also, firms incur expenses related to inventory damage, obsolescence and theft. These are harder to control as the amount of inventory rises. Another impact is that when a firm's cash is tied up in inventory, it may have to borrow cash to meet other operating needs, so there is a cost of capital of having excess inventory.

Describe the benefits of keeping accounts receivable balances low

Uncollected accounts receivable creates many costs for a firm. The firm has to employ people (or a credit agency) to collect balances due. Unpaid balances may create poor relationships between the firm selling the goods and services and the customers owing money. Bad debt expense is likely to be greater as A/R/ balances rise. The firm may have to borrow funds until the customers pay

Asset Turnover is an indication of how productive _________________.

a company's assets are at generating revenue

The metric used as a proxy for a company's cash flow is ______________

EBITDA

Which of the following is NOT a primary purpose of a companies cash

Management bonuses

A reduction in a company's inventory investment will result in a ___________ in cash flow

increase

Which of the following areas are not impacted by Supply Chain:
A. Revenue Generation
B. Total Cost Management
C. Asset Utilization
D. All of the items above are impacted by Supply Chain

All of the items above are impacted by Supply Chain

Data visualization involves using software packages to better see trends and patterns in data

Overall cycle time from order to customer delivery

If a company chooses to explore how best to employ a crowdsourced model of labor/assets and chooses to benchmark Uber, which type of benchmarking are they using?

Process

If the goal is maintain steady levels of inventory at 1,000, what should supply chain planning ask the manufacturing facility to produce in Month +1?

Current Month Month +1
Starting Inventory 1,000
Production 250
Shipments 300
Ending Inventory 500

550 units

A scorecard that is balanced typically includes which types of measure?
A. Financial
B. Quality
C. Learning and improvement
D. Cycle time
E. All of the above

All of the above

Planning processes heavily utilized IT systems, but a planner is still vital to ensure a high quality plan

true

What planning approach is critically important for a planner to be successful in their role?

Exception based

The perfect order concept is best measured by the following

the order was received in good condition when expected

The process which takes the demand forecast and plans what material is required to be purchased from suppliers over upcoming periods is

Supply Planning

The process that determines how much inventory to carry and where to place it is

Logistics and Distribution Planning

If a company chooses to explore how best to employ a crowdsourced model of labor/assets and chooses to benchmark this process with similar processes at other companies, which type of benchmarking are they using?

Competitive

How does Zara use its supply chain capabilities to generate competitive advantage

Speeding cycle times of new fashions from design to store shelf to ensure the trendiest fashions

Supply chain management refers to:

the management of up and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver superior customer value at less cost to the supply chain as a whole.

Which of the following companies refers to itself as a "technology company merged with a supply chain"?

Amazon

How does supply chain management create value

Form, time, place, exchange

The "Great Divide" in supply chain management occurs between

demand-generating activities and demand-fulfilling activities

· What megatrend will greatly challenge supply chain managers?
A. Disruptive technology
B. Talent/skills requirements
C. Social changes
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

All of the above

Supply chain management refers to a relatively new business phenomenon of

the management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver superior customer value at less cost to the supply chain as a whole

What part of the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model involves turning the raw material into a finished product

Make

In relation to the overall supply chain, ______ place a priority on cost savings while _______ place a priority on doing whatever is necessary to deliver form, time, and place as promised on a specific order

upstream operations, downstream operations

· What negative outcomes can result from large lot-sized, long lead-time operations?
A. Customers don't want the items.
B. The items are in places and at times customers don't want them.
C. Unsold products are sold at reduced prices or scrapped altogether.
D. All of the above

All of the above

____________ the chain facilitates better strategic alignment between supply chain operations

Bending

What did Caterpillar do in 2013 that led to a better integration of its supply chain functions

Formed an integrated supply chain group to manage it's supply chain

Which of the following would be a metric for a senior level supply chain manager

Cash-to-cash cycle

What is a company's optimal service level

The point where the cost and revenue curves are farthest apart

In 2016, Apple Computer reported the following results for 4th Quarter of operation
sales/ COGS $46,852 mil.
Gross margin $17,813 mil.
Net Margin $9,014 mil.
Current Assets $128,645 mil.
Total Assets $375,319 mil.
What is Apple's Return on Assets for the 4th Quarter of 2016?

2.4%

According to an E&Y survey of supply chain professionals, what is the priority of the supply chain organization?

improving service quality

Which of these is an example of a "tax haven"

a country or jurisdiction with very low corporate taxes

Which of the following actions will most directly will lead to more cash availability

Collect account receivable more quickly

· Sales: $460,000
Accounts Receivable Balance: $40,000
Cost of Goods Sold: $300,000
Inventory Balance: $87,000
Accounts Payable Balance: $25,000
Calculate the following matrics:
A/R days
Inventory days
A/P days
Cash-to-Cash days
When making your calculations, please follow conventional rules for rounding up or down to arrive at your answer

Inventory days 106
A/P days 30
Cash-to-Cash Days 108

A firm reports the following data
Sales: $445,000
Accounts Receivable Balance: $50,000
Cost of Goods Sold: $280,000
Inventory Balance: $50,000
Accounts Payable Balance: $42,000
Calculate the following matrics:
A/R days
Inventory days
A/P days
Cash-to-Cash days

A/R 41
Inventory 65
A/P 55
Cash-to-cash 51

Which one of the types of planning was not introduced in this module

DatePlanning

Planning processes heavily utilized IT systems, but a planner is still vital to ensure a high quality plan

True

Which planning approach was discussed in this module

exception based

Supply chain measurements are often called all of the below except

critical paths

Supply chain measurement is important for all the reasons below except

To build the income statement

End-to-end supply chain measures are the most important type of supply chain metric

true

A scorecard that is balanced typically includes which type of measure.
A. Financial
B. Quality
C. Learning and Improvement
D. Cycle Time
E. All of the above

All of the above

Metrics provide a complete picture of supply chain performance.

False

What are the three types of benchmarking discussed

Competitive, Process, Internal

Data visualization involves using software packages to better see trends and patterns in data

True

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