MSc (Eng) in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management (IELM6046) 1st Semester – 2013/2014 Year Session 1 – Room LE9 – 7:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. Introduction & Objectives of Supply Management (September 3‚ 2013) (Class B) Dr. Stephen W. K. Ng (stephenng@ipshk.org) 1 MSc. in IELM – Supply Management (IELM 6046) – 2013‐2014 Copyright @ QuST 2013 Prof. Stephen W. K. Ng – HKU When we wake up in the morning
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Introduction to Procurement Quiz # 1 True/False (1 mark per question) 1. Competition today is no longer between firms; it is between the supply chains of those firms. True False 2. There is a definitive and prescriptive set of supply chain measures that applies to all supply chains. True False 3. The knowledge and skills demanded of today’s supply professional is the same as before. True False 4. The key to the success of any company is the quality of its employees. True False 5. In quality control
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Sikkim Manipal University Subject: Management Process and Organisational Behaviour Subject code: MB0038 Book ID B1621 Question Paper Code: Time: 3 hours PART A – 1 MARK QUESTIONS Answer all questions. Each question carries 1 mark 50 * 1= 50 Marks Max.Marks:140 1. An organisation is a __________ system of people who are structured and meet specified goals. a. Geographical b. Social c. Private d. Specified 2. Building a vision involves the joint efforts of the owner and ____________ of the organisation
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Although planning involves determining how the various supply chain processes (sourcing‚ making‚ delivering‚ and returning) will be met‚ planning itself is not considered a supply chain process. False Delivering is not considered in supply chain analysis when outside carriers are contracted to move products to customers. False Service innovations can be patented. False Investors pay close attention to efficiency and productivity measures like net income per employee because they are interested
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The case study is about a manufacturing and engineering firm that has been doing very well in terms sales but has a serious challenge of escalating freight costs. The case study reveals that the root cause of the problem is insufficient inventories and lack of planning and fragmented purchasing process. The case study will provide a detailed analysis of the basic inventory problems confronting the firm. The case study will also highlight management of forecasting‚ purchasing‚ inventories and Production
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Chapter 3 Supply Management: An Organization Spanning Activity ...../..... Questions 1. As a philosophy‚ SM spans functional boundaries and company borders. .....: ..... 2. Two sources of materials are internal production and external sources‚ where external sources are increasingly being used over internal production. .....: ..... 3. In assuming greater strategic responsibility‚ the activities of supply managers increasingly span organizational boundaries.
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management 14 (2008) 170– 179 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pursup Cooperating and competing in supply networks: Making sense of a triadic sourcing strategy Anna Dubois  Peter Fredriksson 1 Division of Industrial Marketing‚ Department of Technology Management and Economics‚ Chalmers University of Technology‚ S-412 96 Gothenburg‚ Sweden a
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Define the term customer relationship management. What has caused this definition to change over the past twenty years? Customer relationship management is also known as CRM which is widely used in companies to reduce costs and increase profitability by increasing customer satisfaction. The overall goals are to find‚ attract‚ and win new clients‚ retain those the company already has and reduce the costs of marketing and client service. I came across an article and found that CRM became more popular
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Three Best Practices INF 336 Date Three Best Practices Purchasing and supply management is a very important aspect of business. IN the following I will be discussing the article “MRO sourcing goes global. Purchasing” which discusses the maintenance‚ repair and operations of goods and services for companies with worldwide operations. Many companies that have worldwide operations are taking different tact’s and are equally successful. I will be indentifying three best practices
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institutions‚ and society make choices under conditions of scarcity. D. the efficient use of scarce resources paid for at the minimum level of cost to consumers and businesses. Answer Key: C Question 2 of 19 5.0 Points Which of the following is not a central focus of the "economic perspective"? A. Scarcity and choice. B. The scientific method. C. Purposeful behavior. D. Marginal analysis. Answer Key: B Question 3 of 19 5.0 Points The
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