Study Guide

Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 10e (Krajewski et al.)
Chapter 10 Supply Chain Design

1) The purpose of supply chain management is to synchronize a firm's processes with those of its suppliers and customers.
Answer: TRUE
Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
Keywords: supply chain management

2) Supply chain management tries to match the flow of materials, services and information with demand.
Answer: TRUE
Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
Keywords: supply chain management

3) The purpose of supply chain design is to shape a firm's supply chain to meet the competitive priorities of its operations strategies.
Answer: TRUE
Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Moderate
Keywords: supply chain design

4) Supply chain design for a service provider is driven primarily by the need to control the materials it consumes as it delivers its various services.
Answer: FALSE
Reference: Supply Chains for Services and Manufacturing
Difficulty: Moderate
Keywords: supply chain design

5) The fundamental purpose of supply chain design for a manufacturer is to control inventories by managing the flow of materials.
Answer: TRUE
Reference: Supply Chains for Services and Manufacturing
Difficulty: Moderate
Keywords: supply chain design

6) While it is important to manufacturing firms, little can be done to improve supply chain strategy in most service organizations.
Answer: FALSE
Reference: Supply Chains for Services and Manufacturing
Difficulty: Moderate
Keywords: supply chain strategy

7) The finished goods of one firm may actually be the raw materials for another firm.
Answer: TRUE
Reference: Supply Chains for Services and Manufacturing
Difficulty: Moderate
Keywords: finished good, raw material
8) The weeks of supply measure will improve if the weekly sales decrease.
Answer: FALSE
Reference: Measures of Supply Chain Performance
Difficulty: Easy
Keywords: weeks of supply

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