Questions and Answers of Supply Chain Management A Logistics

What is the functional aggregation paradigm and why is it important?
Compare and contrast the three stages of functional aggregation.
What is meant by the term "structural compression"? How does this term affect logistics?
What is a horizontal company and how would this type of company be organized?What are the strengths of this type of organization structure?
Describe a situation where empowerment has been used. What are the benefits and drawbacks to empowerment in the situation?
Describe why teams are being formed more frequently in business today. What are some of the special considerations required for a team to be successful?
Defend a position on the following question: Does radical organization change require disintegration of existing structures?
Describe four reasons why collaborative relationships fail. How can these failures be avoided?
Compare and contrast the various metrics for product availability. Why is the order fill rate considered the most stringent metric?
Why is it important that a firm measure customer perception as a regular part of performance measurement?
Why is flexible budgeting a more valuable tool for logistics managers than fixed dollar budgeting?
Do you believe that activity-based costing represents an equitable basis for allocating indirect expenses?
Suppose you have been asked by a firm to assess the impact on return on assets of outsourcing transportation. Currently the firm uses a private truck fleet and is considering a switch to a
Tom Lippet, sales representative for DuPont Engineering Polymers (DEP), felt uneasy as he drove to his appointment at Gard Automotive Manufacturing (GARD). In the past, sales deals with CARD had
In your words, what is the locational impact of inventory? How does it differ for transit inventories and safety stocks?
In Table 15-5, why does customer service speed of performance increase faster for customers located greater distances from a warehouse facility? What is the implication of this relationship for
What is the difference between minimum total cost and short-range profit maximization policies in system design?
In what ways can customer service performance be improved by incorporating flexible distribution operations into a logistical system design'?
What is sensitivity analysis, and what is its role in systems design and analysis?
Both internal and external review assessments must consider a number of measures. What are they and why are they important?
What is the key objective in freight lane analysis?
What is the main advantage of the typical optimization technique in comparison to simulation?
At what point in the typical analysis does the technique give way to the managerial review and evaluation process?
How does the cost of canying inventory impact the traditional earnings statement of the enterprise?
What advantage does DRP have over a fair share method of inventory deployment?
Describe the five modes of transportation, identifying the most significant characteristic of each.
Why is motor carrier freight transportation the most preferred method of product shipment?
Why is it important for a logistics manager to have a degree of understanding of transportation regulatory history?
Why have railroad miles declined during a period of national growth?
Discuss the fundamental difference between TOFC and COFC. Why was double stacking considered a major innovation in multimodal transportation?
Explain the value proposition offered by freight forwarding. Provide an example that illustrates why shippers would be attracted to using the services of a freight forwarder as contrasted to
Compare and contrast variable, fixed, and joint costs.
Compare and contrast cost-of-service with value-of-service as alternative ratemaking strategies.
Discuss the concept of net pricing. What advantage does net pricing provide to carriers and shippers?
Describe the difference between a rate and a rating. How do they relate to classification?
What is the role of the freight bill and the bill of lading in a transportation transaction?
What is the basic concept of multivendor consolidation? How do lSPs help achieve such consolidation?
Compare and contrast reactive and proactive consolidation. Provide an example of each.
Four aspects of transportation operations management were identified as:(1) equipment scheduling, (2) load planning, (3) routing, and (4) carrier administration. Identify a commercial transportation
Provide a definition and an example of strategic storage from a logistical system you are familiar with.
How do warehouses perform assortment?
What role can a warehouse play in postponement strategies?
What is the concept of market presence, and how does it relate to the functionality of warehousing?
Provide an illustration that highlights the differences between consumer and industrial packaging.
What is the primary purpose of bar coding in packaging? 1s the role of bar coding different in materials handling?
What trade-offs are involved in the use of returnable racks?
Until recently, why have automated handling systems failed to meet their expected potential? What changed to encourage automation in the 1980s?
Compare and contrast order selection and unit load automation.
What type of products and logistics applications are most suitable to ASIRS handling?
Compare and contrast economic, market, and relevancy value.
Illustrate the differences in product/service creation, presentation, and positioning.
Explain the folIowing statement: "The methodology is systems analysis and the theoretical framework is the systems concept."
Why is variance reduction important to logistical integration? Illustrate in terms of logistical operations.
What is the meaning of the phrase cradle-to-cradle logistics? Discuss the operational differences of original versus reverse logistics.
What creates power in the context of supply chain collaboration? Why do many observers feel power is shifting forward or closer to end consumers in many supply chain arrangements?
Demonstrate your understanding of the relationship between logistical capabilities and competencies by tracing the evolution of logistical work to universal competencies. Does this logic have any
Compare and contrast exportlimport operations to local presence. What are the logistics ramifications of each stage of international development?
Compare and contrast the role of ERP systems and planning systems in enhancing firm performance and competitiveness.
Compare and contrast the role of ERP systems and logistics execution systems.
Compare and contrast the role of supply chain ERP systems and advanced planning and scheduling systems in enhancing firm and supply chain competitiveness.
How can smaller firms remain competitive in the exchange or logistics information?
Discuss and compare the role that ED1 and the Internet will play in facilitating communication between supply chain partners.
Compare and contrast the role of ED1 and the Internet for logistics and supply chain information exchange.
Describe and contrast the role of RFDC and RFID for logistics and supply chain applications.
Discuss the relative benefits of software purchase, use of third-party providers, and use of application service providers.
Compare and contrast the benefits and risks of firm level, industry level, and cross-industry trade portals.
Discuss the relative differences between contact and noncontact scanning.
Discuss the rationalization for ERP implementation by firms involved in supply chain management.
Discuss the major challenges a firm should expect when implementing an integrated ERP system, including financial, supply chain, service, and human resource applications.
Discuss how the planning coordination and operation tlow differs for MTO and MTS firms.
Compare and contrast the role of planning coordination and operations in improving firm competitiveness.
Compare and contrast the drivers and the role of the MRP and the DRP systems.
Discuss why it is important to coordinate the arrival of procurement shipments with the dispatching of customer shipments.
Discuss the driver and role of the inventory deployment and management system.
Discuss the rationale and risks associated with using a common forecast to drive the firm's planning coordination flow.
Discuss the role of the CRM system in enhancing the firm's competitiveness.
Discuss how advanced WMS functionality will change the role of the distribution center in the supply chain.
Discuss the major supply chain APS applications with particular focus on the role and anticipated benefits for each application.
Discuss overall information flow and the major role of each APS system component.
Describe the major rationale and anticipated benefits for implementing advanced planning and scheduling.
Discuss the major considerations that a firm must address when implementing APS.
Compare and contrast the role of the forecast support system, forecast technique, and forecast process.
Discuss how error accountability can be a major factor in improving forecast performance.
Compare and contrast a performance cycle node and a link. Give an example of each.
How does the "quest for quality" affect logistical operations? Does the concept of total quality have relevancy when applied to logistics?
What is the logic of designing echeloned logistical structures? Can echeloned and direct structures be combined?
What is meant by availability in logistics customer service? Provide examples of the different ways to monitor a firm's performance in availability.
Compare and contrast speed, consistency, and flexibility as operational performance activities. In some situations, is one activity more critical than others?
Why is perfect order service so difficult to achieve?
Which of the gaps in Figure 3- 1 do you think represents the major problem for most firms? How can a company attempt to eliminate the knowledge gap? The communications gap?
How could a company use the four-stage process of cost-effectiveness, market access, market extension, and market creation to gain competitive superiority?
Why is specialization so critical to distribution efficiency?
Given the principle of minimum transactions, explain why it is possible to have too many participants in a distribution channel.
What is the primary logic behind potential separation of marketing and logistics channel structure?
How does the risk related to inventory compare among manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers?
Why wouldn't a manufacturer desire to always have intensive distribution coverage?
How could the matrix approach to design be applied to logistics activities?
Distinguish between the four types of relational collaborative arrangements.Provide an example of each.
What do you believe will be the impact of the Internet on market distribution by 2010?
What is a shipper's responsibility when terms of purchase are F.O.B. origin?F.O.B. destination? Why would a shipper prefer one over the other?

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