| Q1. How to improve the purchasing process? Answer: ) Following are some of the best practices that are being followed by some supply chain managers‚ regarding their purchasing process; Improve your vendor relationships: o Avoid cozy or adversarial relationships with suppliers. Ball tickets and free lunches are great as long as your supplier is bringing great
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Supply Chain and Value Chain Supply chain is a network of distribution and facilities options that performs the function of procurement of materials‚ conversion of these materials into intermediate and finished goods and the supply of these finished goods to the ultimate consumers‚ for e.g. for a single product‚ supply chain consists of flow of raw material from vendors‚ transformation into finished goods i.e. interflow of materials‚ transportation to distribution centers and supply activities for
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logistics. It’s an area that embraces purchasing and supplier management‚ materials management and manufacturing‚ inventory management and warehousing‚ distribution and transport‚ and customer service. With all this said I do believe that the corporate world can benefit from anticipatory logistics. First there must be a definition of what "anticipatory" logistics really is. Just like some might interrupt "logistics" and "Supply Chain Management (SCM)" as being the same‚ some communities have different
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Chapter 11 Communication and Information Technology True/False Questions UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION 1. If a manager clearly and articulately verbalizes instructions to a subordinate‚ communication can be said to have taken place. (False; moderate; p. 293; AACSB: Communication) 2. In the study of management‚ communication generally refers to interpersonal communication. (False; moderate; p. 293; AACSB: Communication) 3. When work groups tease a member who’s working too hard or producing
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case is written by the authors of your textbook‚ Purchasing and Supply Chain Management‚ but may have been edited for our use in this course. This is a TEAM assignment. Read and discuss this mini-case and answer the 5 questions at the end of the case. In this manner‚ you will develop a negotiation plan for the buyer. The very best way to approach this team case is to work on all aspects (each question) of this case together. If you simply divide up the questions and assemble individual answers‚ you
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of the Company4 I. Procurement‚ Distribution & Logistics Management..6 3.1 Contracts Management………………………………………………….7 3.2 Supply Chain Management……………………………………………8 3.3 Procurement………………………………………..8 3.1.1 Production and General (P&G)……………….…9 3.1.2 Drilling and Logistics (D&L)……………………….9 3.1.3 Projects and Engineering (P&E)………………10 II. Inventory Management……………………………………………..……………….11 4.1 Catalogue and Inventory……………………………………………11
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Chapter 2 Job Order Costing TRUE/FALSE 1. Cost accounting systems are used to supply cost data information on costs incurred by a manufacturing process or department. ANS: T 2. A manufacturer may employ a job order cost system for some of its products and a process cost system for others. ANS: T 3. A job order cost accounting system provides for a separate record of the cost of each particular quantity of product that
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Concept of Supply Chain Management Originating and developing in the manufacturing industry‚ Supply Chain Management (SCM) synthesizes to some extent the core concepts of Just-In-Time delivery (JIT)‚ Logistics Management‚ Total Quality Management (TQM)‚ Business Process Redesign (BPR)‚ etc. According to Christopher (1992)‚ the supply chain is “the network of organizations that are involved‚ through upstream and downstream linkages‚ in the different processes and activities that produce value in
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Chapter 4: Multiple Choice Questions 1. Forecasts a. become more accurate with longer time horizons b. are rarely perfect c. are more accurate for individual items than for groups of items d. all of the above e. none of the above One purpose of short-range forecasts is to determine a. production planning b. inventory budgets c. research and development plans d. facility location e. job assignments Forecasts are usually classified by time horizon into three categories a. short-range‚ medium-range
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Supply Chain Management Case Study Report: Sport Obermeyer Q #1. Where would you place production? Although the article argues that they intended to place about half of its all production to China‚ I would personally shift more than half of its production toward Hong Kong if you are talking about the current market. I’m not quite sure if it’s about population of skiers/snowborders‚ but apprently a number of ski resorts went out of business in the past decade and we are faced with the
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