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Just-in-time
What is JIT?
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Mass production
What is the techniques employed by U.S. manufacturers during the 1950s and 1960s to reduce costs and improve productivity?
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What are 4 qualities, Supply Chain Management is relying on to be effective?
High level of trust
Cooperation Collaboration honest, accurate communication |
What is a synonym of JIT?
Lean Production System or Toyota Production System
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What is greenwashing?
Making environmental claims for products that are exaggerated or misleading.
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Entreprise Resource Planning
What is ERP?
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Computer technologies and MRP software
What is it that made it possible for companies to further reduce inventory costs while improving internal communication of the need for purchasing parts and supplies in the 1960s and 1970s?
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What are 2 possible results of reducing the bullwhip effect?
Lower costs, better quality
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What is right-shoring?
It is the combination of on-shore, near-shore and far -shore operations into a single, flexible, low-cost approach to supply chain management.
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What is the bullwhip effect?
Supply chain is lacking on accurate forecasting, therefore using a large safety stock and consequently running into production problems.
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The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
What is CSCMP?
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Just-in-time (JIT) and Total quality management (TQM)
What is in the 1980s, the 2 strategies used to offer lower-cost, higher-quality products along with higher levels of customer service?
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What are the 4 main supply chain management elements?
Supply, Operations, Logistics, Integration
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What are the advantages of a large number of regional or local warehouse?
Deliver product quickly therefore better customer service.
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What is the business process reengineering?
The radical rethinking and redesigning of business processes to reduce waste and increase performance.
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Material Requirement Planning
What is MRP?
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The competition in the U.S. intensified...
What is the cause of paying closer attention to the processes, materials and components they used in manufacturing their products in the U.S. in the 1990s?
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What are 5 objectifs of effective Supply Chain Management?
Bringing products and services to customers
Lower purchasing and inventory cost Better product quality Higher level of customer services More sales |
What are the advantages of a firm having a few highly dispersed warehouses?
Saving money on the inbound transportation costs from factories,
The warehouse construction and operation costs. |
What is perfect order fulfillment?
It is an order arriving on time, complete and damage free.
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The fourth-party logistics provider
What is 4PL?
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1915
What is the year Arch W. Shaw of the Harvard Business School wrote the textbook: "Some Problems in Market Distribution" considered by many to be the first on SCM?
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What is a fourth-party logistics provider?
A company hired to manage all of the firm’s logistics and supply chain management capabilities
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What are the risks and advantages of operating on a global scale?
Advantages; larger market, economies of scale in purchasing and production, lower labor costs, new product ideas from a foreign suppliers and employees.
Risks: fluctuating exchange rates, warehousing and purchasing and selling prices operating exposure |
What is a Six Sigma Quality?
It is a total quality management strategy to insure continued quality compliance among suppliers and with internal production facilities.
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