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1) The primary and secondary strategic or operating objectives of
your company are:
Growth
Profitability
Cost Containment
Service /
Quality
2) Your supply chain is managed with the Primary Object of:
Supporting
Growth
Minimizing
Costs
Improving
Service
Improving
Quality
3. Your supply chain most resembles:
Functional
areas reporting to a senior operations manager (traditional silo organization)
Centralized
group in the organization at the corporate level
Decentralized
management at the business unit level
Geographic
organization (by region)
Project
teams responsible for implementing initiatives with no direct authority
Cross
functional organization (i.e. the supply chain group supports multiple
products/divisions)
Integrated
enterprise (supply chain processes and systems are in place and there are
high levels of communication)
Some
combination of the above
None of the
above
4. You evaluate supply chain performance according to:
Inventory
turnover
Cycle time
Direct costs
Fulfillment
rates
Perfect order
Service
Product quality
Process quality
5. The supply chain initiative that, over the last 18 months, has
had the most impact in accomplishing your strategic objectives was:
Infotech-ERP
Infotech-other
Process redesign
Customer relations
Supplier relations
Cost reductions
Consolidation
Outsourcing
6. Which of the following functions were the least successful in
your supply chain initiative?
Infotech-ERP
Infotech-other
Process redesign
Customer relations
Supplier relations
Cost reductions
Consolidation
Outsourcing
7. In five years, the primary role(s) of your supply chain will be:
To reduce costs
To improve
service
To enable
flexibility
To
enable speed to market
A strategic
weapon
A competitive
requirement
Mostly outsourced
Entirely
outsourced
Don't know
8. How would you characterize your firm's business strategy:
Differentiation
(through customer value added)
Low-cost provider
Niche strategy
Market follower
First to market
Other
9. What is your average percentage deviation between actual and planned
sales:
Less than 5%
5% to 10%
11% to 15%
16% to 20%
21% to 30%
31% to 40%
41% to 50%
More than 50%
10. To what degree does your company engage in the following practices?
Quick response
time
Partner
programs with vendors
Vendor
managed inventory programs
Automatic
replenishment based on point of sale data
Continuous
replenishment program
Collaborative
forecasting with vendors
Automatic
replenishment based on warehouse withdrawals
Other
inventory management programs
11. Which of the following supply chain activities are outsourced
(either completely or in part)?
Production
Transportation
Warehousing
Transportation
Management
Customer Service
Order Management
Distribution
Center Operations
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