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The initial stage of the supply chain process is the _____________.

A. Sourcing Stage

B. Organizing Stage

C. Planning stage

D. Directing Stage

The term supply chain management was first coined by ______.


A. Frankel & Paulraj

B. Peter Drucker

C. Keith Oliver

D. Philip Kotler

In supply chain management, after planning, the next step involves


______________.
A. Developing

B. Building a strong relationship with suppliers

C. Sourcing

D. All of the above

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In Supply Chain Management, ATP stands for _________.
A. Acquire Track & Perform

B. Available To Promise

C. Active Transport Protocol

D. Access To Point

The purpose of supply chain management is to_______.


A. increase the production level

B. manage and integrate supply and demand management

C. enhance the quality of a product and services


D. provide satisfaction to the customer

________is the primary activity of supply chain management.


A. Demand Management

B. Supply Planning i.e matching assets with demand

C. Analytics Workbench

D. All of the above

Another important purpose of supply chain management is to


___________.
A. make inventory readily available

B. delight customers and suppliers

C. create warehouses at various locations

D. to promote supply chain process

________is mainly deals with all activities associated with the flow
and transformation and information of goods from the stage of raw
material to the end user i.e. consumption.
A. Production Line

B. Supply Chain

C. Inventory management

D. Marketing Channel

In supply chain management, Inspection, scrap and repair are


examples of ________.
A. Societal Costs

B. External Costs

C. Costs of dissatisfaction

D. Internal Costs
____________ is a Japanese term meaning continuous improvement.
A. JIT

B. Kaizen

C. TQM

D. Taguchi Map

EOQ stands for ____


A. Electronic Obtained quantity

B. Electronic Ordered Quantity

C. Economic Order Quality

D. Economic Order Quantity

Organisations or companies manage their supply chains through


_______.
A. Transportation modes

B. The internet

C. Information

D. Skilled Operators

The concept and philosophy of supply chain management evolved or


emerged in _______
A. The 1960s

B. The 1970s

C. The 1980s

D. The 1990s

Full form of MRP in operations and SCM is ___________


A. Material Return Process

B. Material Requirement Planning

C. Machinery Repairing Planning

D. Material Retention Planning

The concept of supply chain management originated in


________________ discipline.
A. Production Management

B. Logistics Management

C. Marketing Management

D. Operations Management

In operations & supply chain management, Kaizen is a Japanese term


meaning __________.
A. Change for the better

B. Continuous Performance

C. Top-level quality

D. Use of Kaizala app

According to Frankel, Bolumole, Eltantawy, Paulraj& Gundlach,


(2008), these are the four functions identified as foundational –
operations, logistics, supply management, __________.
A. Marketing

B. Production

C. Materials

D. Procurement
Positive long-term relationships between supply chain participants
refer to ______

A. Supply chain management

B. Partnerships

C. Co-operations

D. Co-alliances

Supply chain management is the management of the ____________.


A. Storage Raw Materials

B. Flow of goods and services

C. Fulfillment of order

D. Satisfaction of customer

______ is not a part of flows involved in supply chain management.


A. Information Flow

B. Title Flow

C. Physical Flow

D. Virtual Flow

___________ involve the transformation, movement, and storage of


goods and materials.
A. Virtual Flow

B. Physical Flow

C. Title Flow

D. Information Flow
A supply chain is a sequence of firms that perform activities
required to ______
A. to facilitate wholesalers inventory selections

B. to create synergy in their training programs

C. to find products that are similar

D. to create and deliver goods to consumers

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