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1. What is the most important factor that must exist for forming effective tradi

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Question

1. What is the most important factor that must exist for forming effective trading relationships?

A) Trust B) Access to financial resources C) Knowledge of travel requirements to access trading partner site D) Familiarity with local sports at trading partner site E) Ability to enjoy local foods of trading partner site

2. _______ Packaging holds the product itself.

A) Transit B) Primary C) Case-lot D) Protection E) Unit-load

3. _____ is the process of moving inventory from the point of consumption to the point of origin in supply chains for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

A) Distribution B) Purchasing C) Reverse logistics D) Inventory management E) Packaging

4. The basic philosophy behind which of the following inventory systems is to economize on inventory holding costs by having materials arrive at a manufacturing plant at the right time to enter the production process and not before?

A) Six Sigma B) CMM level 5 C)TQM D)JIT E) ISO 9000

5. In the context of achieving operational integration and collaboration within a global supply chain, which of the following operational objective refers to a global firm's ability to satisfy customers requirements across global supply chain functions in a timely manner?

A) Responsiveness B) Life-cycle support C) Variance reduction D) Quality E) Inventory reduction

Explanation / Answer

Ans:

1) Option A

Trust

For effective trading relationships the major important factor is trust between the parties.

2) Option B

Primary

Primary packaging will help in first envelops of the products and holds it.

3) Option C

Reverse logistics

It is the process through products are moved from point of consumption to the point of origin inorder to ensure reuse or for proper disposal.

4) Option D

JIT

Just-in-time is a strategy for management of invertory in which materials are received from suppliers to production plant at the right time to when needed for production process and not before. This will increase efficiency and decrease waste and holding cost.

5) Option A

Responsiveness

Responsiveness is the firms ability to satisfy customers requirements in a timely manner.Hence the firms operational objective is achieved through responsiveness.