Supply Chain and Project Management

Question 1

Supply Chain and Project Management . Which of the following flowcharts divides process steps by the different parties that are responsible for each step?

• Scope flowchart
• Swim lane flowchart
• Channel flowchart
• Silo flowchart

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Question 2

What is (are) the length of the Critical Path(s)?

• 71
• 33
• 70
• 108
• 38
• 75
• 37

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Question 3

The SCOR Model is one of the more recognized methods for integrating supply chains and measuring trading partner performance. What are the five process categories of the SCOR Model?

• Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Receive
• Staff, Plan, Resource, Execute, Review
• Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Return
• Staff, Plan, Resource, Execute, Follow-Up. Supply Chain and Project Management

Question 4

Which of the following describes the relationship between service capacity and the cost of waiting?

• As service capacity increases, the cost of waiting increases
• As service capacity increases, the cost of waiting decreases
• Service capacity and the cost of waiting are not related
• As service capacity decreases, the cost of waiting decreases

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Question 5

In queuing theory, what does the term “balking” refer to?

• A customer who enters the queue but leaves before being served
• A customer who switches from one line to another to save time
• A customer who sees a long line and decides not to join the queue at all
• A server who takes a break while customers are waiting

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Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of a PUSH system?

• Production is triggered by actual customer orders
• Production is based on long-term forecasts and stored as inventory
• Work-in-process inventory is kept to a minimum
• It is a fundamental component of Lean manufacturing

Question 11

According to the Deeper Supplier Relationships case, Japanese companies like Toyota and Honda typically develop close-knit networks that are comprised of vendors that are both intelligent and innovative. According to the case, these supplier networks are referred to as:

• Centralized purchasing systems
• Supplier certification
• Kundun
• Lean vendors
• Keiretsu

Question 12

Use the givens provided below to find the EOQ. Choose the closest answer. Unit cost = $200 Present lot size = 350 Ordering cost = $400 Holding cost = $50 per unit Annual demand = 17,500

• 794
• 635
• 350
• 318
• 698
• 529

Question 13

Which of the following examples was used in the Module 3 lectures? Supply Chain and Project Management

• Google manufactures phones in Arizona
• Germany company, BMW, manufactures their cars for the US market in Mexico
• US company, John Deere, decided to put a manufacturing facility in Germany
• Taco trucks use line flow layouts
• Brain surgery using iPhones

Question 14

At Subway sandwiches, almost everyone orders a sandwich. The sandwiches are made relatively quickly. Nonetheless, each customer gets to pick which toppings they’d like on their sandwich. According to lecture, what type of manufacturing layout is being used at Subway sandwiches?

• Flexible flow layout
• Bottleneck layout
• Fixed position layout
• Line-flow layout
• Hybrid layout

Question 15

An assembly line is designed like this. WS #1 – ABC – 50 sec WS #2 – D – 45 sec WS #3 – FG – 80 sec WS #4 – H – 60 sec WS #5 – JKLM – 55 sec Which workstation is the bottleneck? No calculations are required for this question.

• WS #4
• WS #2
• WS #5
• WS #1
• WS #3

Question 16

Fill in the Blank – According to the eTextbook, a company’s ___ is the collection of downstream companies that help package, warehouse, and deliver products to the end customer.

• Logistics web
• Established channels of distribution
• Visibility network
• Established supplier base
• Value chain funnels

Question 17

According to the eTextbook, which one of the following statements about the layouts is TRUE?

• A fixed position layout would likely be used to create a big item like an airplane
• Line flow systems tend to be slow and labor intensive
• Line Flow systems would most likely be make-to-order systems
• The two types of line flow systems are assembly lines and flexible flow systems
• Hybrid layouts are a mix of assembly lines and continuous flow systems

Question 18

Use the givens provided below to solve this problem. Annual demand = 3000 Unit cost = $100 per unit Holding cost = $40 per unit per year Ordering cost = $1100 per order Present lot size = 300 This company will no longer use their present lot size. The company is switching to EOQ. Find the average inventory if the company uses the EOQ. Choose the closest answer.

• 272
• 136
• 203
• 339
• 78
• 226

Question 19

According to the eText, which of the following is NOT one of the 5 major modes of transportation?

• Pipeline
• Road
• Rail
• Warehouse
• Air

Question 20

According to SCM 300, the slowest workstation in an assembly line is called the:

• Streamline
• Takt
• Lag
• Line blog
• Bottleneck

Question 21

Use the precedence diagram above to find the minimum number of workstations if the cycle time is 79 seconds.

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 3.5
• 2.25