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APICS CSCP EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSAs you plan a manufactured product supply chain, what is considered the most crucial
element? - Answers-Component suppliers. Without the base components required for
the product, the rest of the suppl chain cannot operate as designed.
The owner of a coal mine need power for the machinery that he uses to extract the coal.
What is this and example of? - Answers-Doubling back. When a raw material supplier
ends up using a component that they produce in their own operations, it is an example
of the supply chain doubling back to serve itself. In this instance, the coal might be used
to run power generators that can then be used to power the basic mining equipment
used to gather coal.
In a value creation supply chain, what are the most valuable activities - Answers-
Activities that trascend a single entity. Provide positive impact to no only a single
organization, but the chain as a whole.
When a supply chain operates externally, connecting business and organizations rather
than departments, one leading entity often emerges. What is the name of this entity? -
Answers-Nucleus firm. The firm that directs and organized the supply chain is usually
known as a nucleus firm or channer master.
The SCOR supply chain process model includes three basic entities. Which of these
can be found to the right of your company in this model? - Answers-Customers.....
Suppliers can be found to the left.
How many management process are included in the SCOR supply chain model? -
Answers-5 different processes. These are planning, sourcing, making, delivery, and
returns.
The SCOR model is limited and does not account for every single business process.
How many tiers in each direction does the model extend from the central company? -
Answers-Accounts for 2 tiers in each direction from the central company. This includes 2
customer tiers and 2 supply tiers.
Is sales and marketing part of the SCOR model? - Answers-No
Which of the following does the scor model assume is needed to build the model? Fixed
costs, training, growth, regulation - Answers-Training. The model assumptions are:
Training, product service quality, information technology, and administration.
Managing supply chain encompases more than simply increasing speeds and cutting
costs. Whats the primary difference between overseeing process and managing silos? -
Answers-Innovation and bringin entities together. Overseeing a process requires the
ability to bring various people and concepts together in new ways. It requires interaction
between different groups to bring benefit to each in the best way possible.
,Which figure is associated with vertical integration? (company/owner) - Answers-Henry
Ford is the model for vertical integration. His action in bringin as many elements as
possible under the control of his company meets the primary aims of vertical integration.
A company operates in both Europe and NA. Which is the most likely way the company
would operate in these regions? - Answers-Focus on primary tasks, outsourcing of non-
primary tasks
For most supply chain models, what approach is assumed? - Answers-lateral or
horizontal integration. This is the most effective model due to globalization.
Keiretsu Networks - Answers--A middle ground between few suppliers and vertical
integration
-Supplier becomes part of the company coalition
A company has decided to split one of its divisio into tis own company. What is the
benefit? - Answers-Increased focus and expertise for both companies. This can lead to
development of better and more attractive products for customers that fit with the core
values of each individual company.
Which is not essential element of product supply chain model? Material extraction,
material transformation into product, selling to the user, reverse chains. - Answers-
Reverse chain. Reverse transaction is not an essential element of supply chain product
model.
Stakeholders - Answers-all who can be affected by the decision made in a supply chain.
This may encompass the public, goverment, trade associations, and univerisities.
How can the goverment impact supply chain function? - Answers-Levying taxes,
creation of infrastructure, and regulation.
What is the best way to view the nature of a supply chain? ... A series of ..... - Answers-a
series of processes that are linked together. Each process can be carried out by a
different entity, the success or failure of the supply chain model depends on the process
that allows information, material, and cash to flow most seamlessly.
What WAS the primary focus of some of the earlies supply chain models? - Answers-
Cutting costs. However, as business became more connected, the focus became value
creation, rather than trimming expenses. This makes the chain more stable.
What has contributed the most to the development of lateral supply chains? Access to
chas, new materials, outsorced hires, communication technologies - Answers-
Communication technologies. Allows strategic partnerships to be formed.
,Big draw back from lateral supply chain? - Answers-inability to see the larger supply
chain process as a whole.
A company does not have clearly defined goals or lings to outside busines, appart from
occasional transactions. What stage of supply chain management evolution does this
best correspond to? - Answers-Multiple dysfunction. A central firm does not have goals
or definitions hat are created in a clear and concrete manner. Do not have meaningful
external ties to other department or organizations.
In a semifunctional enterprise, a company may begin to develop initiatives to increase
efficiency and quality control. What is still lacking at this stage of supplu chain
management evolution? - Answers-Decision making partnerships between departments.
Company X has begun to integrate its own internal processes and resources with its
partners in the supply chain. What is the name of this stage of supply chain evolution? -
Answers-Extended Enterprise. This usually begins with a single partnership between
entities in the chain and can extend until all partners are meaningful networked.
Company has begun to bring departments together in planning for major product
releases. Which stage of supply chain management evolution dies this approach best
describe? - Answers-Integrated enterprise. When the company starts to dismantle
traditional silos that exist in departments and organizations. They are on their way to
lateral integration of the supply chain as a whole.
A semifunctional enterprise may implement plans to increase the function of various
departments. Which of the following would best describe the actions of a semi-
functional enterprise? Partnerships with distribution channels, building additional
warehouses to house inventory, finding ways to reduce inventory, - Answers-Find ways
to reduce inventory. In most cases these initiatives are independent from each other
and still exist only internally within the organization.
When a company is doing well and makes more money by moving along the supply
chain management evolution scare, what is the bes posible economic decision? -
Answers-Reserve some money to improve products and processes. This can be
beneficial over the long term , as opposed to decision that will make short term impact
such as pass savings to the customers, or gains to stakeholders.
A semifunctional enterprise may implement plans to increase the function of various
departments. Which of the following would best describe the actions of a semifunctional
enterprise? - Answers-Find ways to reduce inventory. A semifunctional enterprise has
begun to increase training, decrease inventory held in its own warehouses, plan new
strategies to increase effectiveness, and/or begun to train in more effective ways. In
most cases, however, these initiatives are independent from each other and still exist
only internally within the organization.
, 42. Any given product may require multiple components. What is the name for the
complete list of items necessary to create a single finished product? - Answers-EXP:
The bill of materials shows the entirety of the components that are necessary to create
one finished product. Material requirements planning software may be implemented to
create the bill of materials.
An integrated enterprise is nearly through the supply chain management evolution.
What is the core focus of this stage? - Answers-Business Processes. In the third stage
of supply chain management evolution, a company begins to think in terms of business
processes, rather than individual pieces and departments. This stage marks integration
of various departments, but does not yet include integration of partnerships outside of
the organization in meaningful ways.
Integrated enterprises arose primarily in the 1980s and 1990s. What other development
occurred around the same time that may have affected this part of the evolution of
supply chain management? - Answers-Availability of Personal computers. The
availability, improvement, and affordability of personal computers paved the way for
integrated enterprises to arise. Because they made communication much faster,
personal computers made it more possible than ever before to create good streams of
communication between departments in a company.
Automation has been a key component in integrated planning for businesses. In what
decade did material requirements planning make it possible to automatically create a bill
of materials? - Answers-1950's. MRP was able to automate the bill of materials as early
as the 1950s. This was a key step in a flow that would eventually allow the various
departments in a company to access the same data instantly.
Integration requires the departments of an organization to be able to communicate
quickly and effectively. Which of the following is the correct term for the collaborative
process described here? - Answers-CPFR. Is the process that replaced traditional
production planning. It stands for collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment.
Jeff wants to cut down on the number of warehouses held by his company. For the best
possible supply chain results, which other entity should he consider in planning for this
decision?
A. Transportation
B. Retail
C. Sales and marketing
D. Tech support - Answers-Transportation and warehousing decisions are best
performed together. When a warehouse is closed down, it may affect transportation
logistics negatively, so the best gains are found when the two departments work
together to create and change plans.
Extended enterprise is the final stage of supply chain management evolution. What is
the best description of the core feature of this stage?
A. Creating relationships with logistic suppliers
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