MGMT 480
A great servicescape and facility layout can usually overcome a poor location decision.
FALSE
A supply chain is broader in scope than the value chain, and encompasses all pre- and post-production activity
FALSE
A supply chain must be either a push or a pull system.
FALSE
Accurate forecasts are more critical to a pull system.
FALSE
Distribution centers are warehouses that act as intermediaries between suppliers and factories.
FALSE
If a multisite organization has a stable customer benefit package and many identical and standardized facilities, then a responsive supply chain is the best design.
FALSE
In designing an efficient supply chain, an organization would need high levels of inventory stored in many small distribution centers.
FALSE
In the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, the "Make" step involves managing orders, transportation, and distribution to provide goods and services.
FALSE
In the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, the "Plan" step involves identifying and selecting suppliers.
FALSE
Large order sizes and frequent price changes will reduce the bullwhip effect in a supply chain.
FALSE
The basic purpose of a supply chain is to coordinate communication among employees and customers in order to maximize customer satisfaction.
FALSE
The center-of-gravity method determines the best X and Y coordinates (location) for multiple facilities by finding a central location and then assigning the facilities around the periphery of that location.
FALSE
Wal-Mart uses a push supply chain.
FALSE
Water transportation is vital to the efficiency of most consumer-goods supply chains.
FALSE
An automobile company that installs satellite radio at the dealership instead of at the factory is applying a postponement strategy.
TRUE
Both economic and noneconomic factors should play an important role in location decisions in supply and value chains.
TRUE
Contract manufacturers can provide the benefit of lower total costs resulting from economies of scale
TRUE
For Dell Inc., the push-pull boundary is very early in the supply chain, where suppliers store inventory for frequent deliveries.
TRUE
Orders are passed upstream in a supply chain, while materials and finished goods are sent downstream in a supply chain.
TRUE
Supply chains often must be redesigned when a firm's product lines and markets change or expand.
TRUE
The bullwhip effect could be reduced if all members of the supply chain would use demand data from the point of the supply chain closest to the customer.
TRUE
The bullwhip effect results from order amplification in the supply chain.
TRUE
The center-of-gravity model minimizes the weighted distance between the facility to be located and its supply and demand points.
TRUE
The facility location decision must attempt to minimize the combined cost of producing the good or service and delivering them to customers.
TRUE
With vendor-managed inventory, a manufacturer monitors and managers inventory for a customer.
TRUE