供应链管理 第三版 Unit3 习题与答案.docx

1、供应链管理 第三版 Unit3 习题与答案Chapter 3Supply Chain Drivers and ObstaclesTrue/False1.The major drivers of supply chain performance are facilities, inventory, transportation, and information.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Moderate2.The major drivers of supply chain performance are customers, facilities, inventory, t

2、ransportation, and information.Answer: FalseDifficulty: Moderate3.The two major types of facilities are production sites and storage sites.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Moderate4.The two major types of facilities are distribution sites and storage sites.Answer: FalseDifficulty: Moderate5.Inventory is an i

3、mportant supply chain driver because changing inventory policies can dramatically alter the supply chains efficiency and responsiveness.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Moderate6.Information is potentially the biggest driver of performance in the supply chain as it directly affects each of the other drivers.

4、Answer: TrueDifficulty: Easy7.Information 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: Easy8.A facility with little excess capacity will likely be more efficient per unit of product it prod

5、uces than one with a lot of unused capacity.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Easy9.A 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.Answer: FalseDifficulty: Easy10.The high utilization facility will have dif

6、ficulty responding to demand fluctuations.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Easy11.The high utilization facility will have no more difficulty responding to demand fluctuations than one with a lot of unused capacity.Answer: False Difficulty: Easy12.Stock keeping unit (SKU) storage is the warehousing methodolog

7、y that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Moderate13.Warehouse unit storage is the warehousing methodology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together.Answer: FalseDifficulty: Moderate14.The components

8、of inventory decisions include cycle inventory, safety inventory, seasonal inventory, and sourcing.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Easy15.The components of inventory decisions include capacity, cycle inventory, safety inventory, seasonal inventory, and sourcing.Answer: FalseDifficulty: Easy16.Cycle inventor

9、y is inventory that is built up to counter predictable variability in demand.Answer: FalseDifficulty: Easy17.Seasonal inventory is inventory that is built up to counter predictable variability in demand.Answer: TrueDifficulty: Moderate18.Companies using seasonal inventory will build up inventory in

10、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: Moderate19.Companies using seasonal inventory will maintain a level inventory increase rate of production for periods of high demand.Answer: Fals

11、eDifficulty: Easy20.A 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 21.Many obstacles, such as growing product variety and shorter life cycles

12、, have made it increasingly difficult for supply chains to achieve strategic fit.Answer: TrueDifficulty: ModerateMultiple Choice1.Which of the following is not a major driver of supply chain performance?a.Facilitiesb.Inventoryc.Transportationd.Informatione.All of the above are major drivers of suppl

13、y chain performance.Answer: eDifficulty: Easy2.Which of the following is not a major driver of supply chain performance?a.Customersb.Facilitiesc.Inventoryd.Transportatione.InformationAnswer: aDifficulty: Moderate3.The places in the supply chain network where product is stored, assembled, or fabricat

14、ed are known asa.facilities.b.inventory.c.transportation.d.information.e.customers.Answer: aDifficulty: Easy4.All raw materials, work in process, and finished goods within a supply chain are known asa.facilities.b.inventory.c.transportation.d.information.e.customers.Answer: bDifficulty: Easy5.Moving

15、 inventory from point to point in the supply is known asa.facilities.b.inventory.c.transportation.d.information.e.customers.Answer: cDifficulty: Easy6.The data and analysis concerning facilities, inventory, transportation, and customers throughout the supply chain is known asa.facilities.b.inventory

16、.c.transportation.d.information.e.customers.Answer: dDifficulty: Easy7.The two major types of facilities area.distribution sites and storage sites.b.production sites and distribution sites.c.production sites and storage sites.d.retail sites and distribution sites.e.distribution sites and inventory s

17、ites.Answer: cDifficulty: Moderate8.Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be established first?a.Customer strategy b.Supply chain strategyc.Supply chain structured.Competitive strategye.Replenishment strategyAnswer: dDifficulty: Moderate9.Which component of the supply c

18、hain decision-making framework would be established second?a.Customer strategy b.Supply chain strategyc.Supply chain structured.Competitive strategye.Replenishment strategyAnswer: bDifficulty: Moderate10.Which component of the supply chain decision-making framework would be used to reach the perform

19、ance level dictated by the supply chain strategy?a.Customer strategy b.Supply chain strategyc.Supply chain structured.Competitive strategye.Replenishment strategyAnswer: cDifficulty: Easy11.Which of the following is not a component of facilities decisions?a.Locationb.Capacityc.Operations methodology

20、d.Warehousing methodologye.All of the above are components of facilities decisions.Answer: eDifficulty: Moderate12.Which of the following is not a component of facilities decisions?a.Warehousing methodologyb.Forecasting methodologyc.Operations methodologyd.Capacitye.LocationAnswer: bDifficulty: Mode

21、rate13.Which of the following statements concerning decisions regarding location of facilities is false?a.Deciding where a company will locate its facilities constitutes a large part of the design of a supply chain.b.A basic trade-off here is whether to centralize to gain economies of scale or decen

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

23、 Moderate14.Which of the following is not an issue companies need to consider in facility location decisions?a.quality of workersb.product developmentc.proximity to customers and the rest of the networkd.cost of facilitye.tax effectsAnswer: bDifficulty: Moderate15.Which of the following is not an is

24、sue companies need to consider in facility location decisions?a.quality of workersb.availability of infrastructure c.proximity to customers and the rest of the networkd.cost of facilitye.All of the above are issues companies need to consider in facility location decisions.Answer: eDifficulty: Modera

25、te16.Excess capacity a.allows a facility to be very flexible and to respond to wide swings in the demands placed on it.b.costs money and therefore can decrease efficiency.c.requires proximity to customers and the rest of the network.d.both a and be.all of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: Moderate 17.Wh

26、ich of the following is a characteristic of a facility with excess capacity? a.will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacityb.would be very flexible and to respond to wide swings in the demands placed on itc.would be considered a high utilizatio

27、n facilityd.will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuationse.none of the aboveAnswer: aDifficulty: Easy18.A facility with little excess capacitya.will likely be more efficient per unit of product it produces than one with a lot of unused capacity.b.would be considered a high utilization facil

28、ity.c.will have difficulty responding to demand fluctuations.d.All of the above are true.e.None of the above are true.Answer: dDifficulty: Moderate19.Which of the following would be a characteristic of a facility with little excess capacity?a.allows a facility to be very flexible and to respond to w

29、ide swings in the demands placed on itb.costs money and therefore can decrease efficiencyc.requires proximity to customers and the rest of the networkd.will likely be more efficient per unit of product it producese.none of the aboveAnswer: dDifficulty: Moderate20.Which of the following is not a ware

30、housing methodology? a.Warehouse unit storageb.Stock keeping unit (SKU) storagec.Job lot storaged.Cross-docking e.All of the above are warehousing methodologies.Answer: aDifficulty: Moderate 21.The warehousing methodology that uses a traditional warehouse to store all of one type of product together

31、 isa.warehouse unit storage.b.stock keeping unit (SKU) storage.c.job lot storage.d.cross-docking.e.none of the aboveAnswer: bDifficulty: Moderate22.The 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 isa.warehouse unit storage.b.stock keeping unit (SKU) storage.c.job lot storage.d.cross-docking.e.none of the above Answer: cDifficulty: Moderate23.The following warehousing methodo