Chapter 11 example #37510

The cost to produce the goods or services sold for a given period is referred to as

Which of the following statements is NOT​ true?

Inventory turnover is equal to

A fried chicken​ fast-food chain that acquired feed mills and poultry farms has performed which of the​ following?

Which of the following describes using one supplier for a component and a second supplier for another​ component, where each supplier acts as a backup for the​ other?

Which of the following devices represents an opportunity for technology to improve security of container​ shipments?

Local optimization is a​ supply-chain complication best described​ as:

What is the practice of keeping a product generic as long as possible before​ customizing?

In queuing​ problems, which of the following probability distributions is typically used to describe the time to perform the​ service?

The common measures of a queuing​ system's performance​ include:

The shopper who says to​ himself, "I've waited too long in this line. I​ don't really need to buy this product​ today," and leaves the store is an illustration of which element of arrival​ behavior?

Which of the following industries has the highest supply chain cost as a percentage of​ sales?

A response strategy requires suppliers be selected based primarily on

Which of the following statements is NOT one of the differentiation strategy​ decisions?

Prior to embarking on supply chain​ design, operations managers must first consider

What is transferring a​ firm's activities that have traditionally been internal to external​ suppliers?

Which of the following statements is NOT one of the response strategy​ decisions?

The advantage of having few suppliers is to

The advantage of having many potential suppliers is their willingness to

What is developing the ability to produce goods or services previously purchased or actually buying a supplier or a​ distributor?

Which of the following strategies is part​ collaboration, part purchasing from few​ suppliers, and part vertical​ integration?

Which of the following could reduce distribution​ risk?

Which of the following mitigation tactics could reduce economic​ risk?

Which of the following mitigation tactics is NOT designed to reduce the risk of information loss or​ distortion?

Which of the following statements is true regarding​ cross-sourcing?

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the bullwhip​ effect?

What is a​ long-term purchase commitment to a supplier for items that are to be delivered against​ short-term releases to​ ship?

A lawnmower assembly plant uses a variety of​ nuts, bolts,​ screws, and other fasteners in its operation. Its supplier delivers these items directly to the point of use on the assembly line and ensures that there are always sufficient quantities of fasteners to maintain the production schedule. This is an example of

The​ do-it-yourselfer plucked a gallon can of base paint from the shelf of the local hardware store and handed it to​ Keith, the cheerful clerk at the paint counter. Their eyes met briefly and the​ do-it-yourselfer silently handed over sample​ 150C-1, Musical​ Mist, to the clerk. It was impractical to keep several gallons of every possible color on the shelves at the hardware​ store, so the paint manufacturer had created clever workaround. The workaround was a​ computer-based system that added predetermined quantities of pigments to a gallon can of base paint depending on the desired​ shade, in this​ case, Musical Mist. The hardware store now needed to stock only the base​ paint, this​ machine, and a small supply of paint pigments in order to create the thousands of colors in its catalog. This scenario is a prime example of

Which of the following is the first stage of supplier​ selection?

Which negotiation strategy bases price on a​ published, auction, or index​ price?

With regard to the​ cost-based price model negotiation​ strategy, which of the following is​ true?

Which of the following is NOT one of the benefits accrued from a centralized purchasing​ function?

Trucking

Airfreight

Supply chain managers outsource logistics to meet three​ goals:

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding channel​ assembly?

Three criteria for designing distribution networks to meet customer expectations​ are:

Which of the following statements is NOT generally an implication stemming from an increase in the number of​ facilities?

When determining the optimal number of​ facilities, logistics-related costs do NOT usually include which of the following​ costs?

Which of the following statements is NOT​ true?

Which of the following statements is NOT​ true?

Which of the following is NOT true about reverse logistics as compared to foward​ logistics?

What is a supply chain designed to optimize both forward and reverse​ flows?

Which organization has developed principles and standards to be used as guidelines for ethical​ behavior?

Three common measures of supply chain performance​ are:

a supply chain ends with

which of the following best describes vertical integration

what event in 2011 caused manufacturers in several industries worldwide to wait 6 months or longer to see their supply chains working normally again

Which of the following is NOT a remedy for the bullwhip effect

which of the following is TRUE regarding the bullwhip effect measure?

which of the following statements is NOT true about the factor weighting techniques

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

faster shipping usually means

which of the following statements is NOT true

efficiency in a warehouse is primarily improved by

given a set of items needing to be stored in a warehouse in which the number of daily trips and blocks of storage space needed are both known for all items, the item with which of the following should be placed furthest from the dock