Midterm Exam Flashcards

1
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What is supply Chain

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Is a connected network of individual,organization,resources,activities and technology involved in the manufacturing and sale of a product or services

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2
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Is the process of acquiring materials,components,and services from another firm

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Purchasing

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3
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Supply chain components

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1.Suppliers
2.Manufacturers
3.Distributors
4.Logistics service providers
5.Retailers
6.Consumers

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4
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The five Supply chain drivers

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1.Production
2.Inventory
3.Location
4.Transportation
5.Information

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5
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4 types of SC operstions

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1.plan
2.source
3.make
4.deliver

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6
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Decisions of the supply chain management are independent upon estimates defining which goods are required,what quantity and when these products are required.

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Forecasting

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7
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This refers to the total demand for goods on the market.

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Supply

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8
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This refers to the amount of product available.

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Demand

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9
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Refers to the product features

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Product characteristics

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10
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Refers to the actions of product suppliers

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Competitive environment

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11
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It is a group of strategies that are used to control inventroy levels in various supply chain organizations.

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Inventory management

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12
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Three kinds of inventory plan

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1.cycle inventory
2.safety inventory
3.seasonal inventory

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13
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It is the acquisition procedure used by an organisation to obtain the required products and services.

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Procurement

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14
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Five procurements activities

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1.purchasing
2.comsumption management
3.vendor selection
4.contract negotiation
5.contract management

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15
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Are the means of obtaining the funds a business needs.

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Credits and collections

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16
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The four Rules of order management

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1.enter the order once and only once

2.automate order routing

3.make order status visible

4.use integrated order management systems

17
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The participants in SC

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1.Producers
-companies producing commodity

2.Distributors
-are companies that take stock of producers in bulk and provide customers with a package of related products lines.

3.Retailers
-store products and distribute them in limited amounts to the general public.

4.Customers
-they buy products

5.Service providers
-some companies provide services to manufacturers,dealers,suppliers and consumers.

18
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The six mobile technology in SCM

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1.warehouse management system
2.retail distributions systems
3.shop floor systems
4.shelf management
5.consumer service systems
6.mobile point of sales (MPOS)

19
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Is used to track ,schedule and report on the progress of work in a manufacturing plant

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Shop floor systems

20
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Made up of portable device that links to the wireless local area network (LAN)

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Mobile point of sales (MPOS)

21
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The five strategic supply chain process

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1.Product development
2.Customers
3.Manufacturing
4.Suppliers
5.Logistics

22
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Is the systematic and the strategic coordination management for supplying goods and products required by the end customer

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Supply chain management

23
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The use of prices can affect demand over time in businesses and whole supply chain

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Product pricing planning

24
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This happen when, in expectation of potential demand ,an organization or supplu chain with a certain profitable capacity plans to manufacturers and store goods

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Safety inventory

25
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The inventroy is necessary for fulfilling commodity requirements during the interval between ordering for the product

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Cycle inventory

26
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The volatality in a supply chain must be compensated.

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Seasonal inventory

27
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Capture the order as similar as possible to the original source remotely.

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Enter the order once and only once

28
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Send orders immediately to convinient delivery point.

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Automate order routing

29
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Allow consumers and service agents to immediately view the details on the order status if they choose to

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Make order status visible

30
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To protect data integrity,associate order management systems electronically with other similar systems

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Use integrated order management systems