Q. As guidance to managing a global distribution, seven action points have been suggested. Do these include:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
They are all incorrect
Enterprise Systems MCQs and Notes
Q. Key to re-structuring the supply chain is the need to examine the types of relationships between partners such as suppliers and distributors. Researchers have found that low cost is the main driver in managing supply partnerships and a restructuring will often require companies to:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All of the above
Q. To manage e-supply chains effectively, benefits need to be developed into a performance management framework. Sambasivan and colleagues (2009) produced such a framework, identifying categories of measures and provided examples of metrics for each. Which of the following fits this framework?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Production level metric - range of products and services, effectiveness of scheduling techniques, capacity utilisation
Q. What was the rationale behind introducing the Global Data Synchronisation Network in 2005?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
To create standards for sharing information about products
Q. What does a company's information system need to deliver to different parties who need to access the supply chain information of an organisation, whether they be employees, suppliers, logistics service providers or customers?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Supply chain visibility
Q. The typical benefits of e-supply chain management gained by a B2B company are quite comprehensive. Which of the following is false though?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Increased costs through outsourcing
Q. Using digital communication to improve supply chain efficiency is dependent on effective exchange and sharing of information. The challenges of achieving standardized data formats and data exchange have given rise to the study of the optimisation of the:
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Information supply chain
Q. What does the following definition refer to: an organisation which uses communications technology to allow it to operate without clearly define physical boundaries between different functions?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Virtual organisation
Q. Improvements in the value chain can be implemented by following Kjellsdotter and Jonsson's iterative planning cycle. Which of the following does not form part of the cycle?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Creating a consensus forecast
Q. A value chain analysis provides an analytical framework for an organisation to examine individual activities and determine value added at each stage. The principles can also be applied to an organisation's external value stream analysis which considers how the whole production and delivery process can be made more efficient. The activities can be categorized into those:
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
All of the below