Ms-55 question bank (7)
Ms-55 question bank
MS 55 JUNE 2015
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Term-End Examination
June, 2015
MS-55 : LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
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1. (a) "SCM is viewed as a system that links an enterprise with its customers and suppliers"-Elaborate!
(b) Discuss the strategies included in Efficient Consumer Response (ECR).
2. (a) Briefly describe the main factors that contribute towards Bullwhip effect in the
Supply Chain.
(b) Explain the parallels between Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and Supply
Chain Management (SCM).
3. (a) Under which information categories a Supply Chain can be categorized ? Give
examples of information contained in them.
(b) What do you understand by DRP II ? How is it different from DRP ?
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4. (a) Discuss the ethical aspects of Customer Profitability analysis.
(b) Describe the perspective based measurement system to measure the performance of the supply chain.
5. (a) What is Fleet Sizing ? How can it be regulated and minimized ?
(b) Discuss the interdependence of location decisions and distribution decisions. How
does this affect the efficiency of the supply chain ?
Ms-55 December, 2009 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Ms-55 : Logistics and Supply Chain Management
1(a) Define value. Use Porter's value chain to explain how logistics helps organizations in deriving competitive advantage ?
(b) What do you understand by Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) ? State some of the strategies that are followed in implementation of ECR.
2a) Explain the concept of Push based supply chain and Pull based supply chain. What is a push-pull strategy ?
(b) Explain the meaning of the phrase "world-class" in World-Class Supply Chain Management (WCSCM). Also discuss some features of world-class companies.
3(a) What is the main reason of popularity of some Information and Technology (IT) based tools in supply chain management ? Briefly discuss a few of them.
(b) What do you understand by Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ? Briefly describe the different modules that are integrated in ERP.
4(a) Explain activity based costing. What are the cost drivers in supply chain ? Explain cost drivers with the help of an example.
(b) List various supply chain performance measurement systems. Discuss any one of them in detail.
5(a) Explain the Euclidean Distance problem and Gravity Solution in context of Warehouse location. Are there any limitations on the use of the gravity solution ?
(b) Correlate the practical problems and factors influencing transportation decisions of a company or a carrier.
6(a) Explain Reverse Logistics as a part of the closed-loop supply chain.
(b) Explain the differences in the supply chain management of products vs. services.
Ms-55 June, 2010 Logistics And Supply Chain Management
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MS-55 : Logistics And Supply Chain Management
1(a) Every organisation has to move materials to support its operations. What do service companies like Internet service providers move ? Is the concept of supply chain relevant for these companies ?
(b) The root cause of the problems faced by many supply chains is a mismatch between the type of product and the type of supply chain. Explain this statement in context of demand of the product.
2(a) What do you understand by "Bullwhip effect" ? Mention some factors that contribute towards bullwhip effect. Also suggest some method by which one can reduce this effect.
(b) Discuss the impact of globalization and its effect on the supply chains. Explain how companies could effectively gear up to the international order ?
3.(a) Describe various supply chain information categories. Give examples of information contained in these categories.
(b) Explain the key processes considered in both ERP and SCM. How are these processes different from one another ?
4(a) "To be blunt, organisations use bench marking to find ideas for logistics that they can copy or adapt". Explain this with reference to SCM.
(b) What are supply chain performance measurement systems ? Discuss one framework that is used in measuring the performance of supply chains.
5. (a) Discuss the interdependence of location decisions and distribution network decisions in context of SCM.
(b) Discuss the four alternatives of dispute resolution in context of SCM. Which one is preferable ?
6. (a) "Forward logistics and Reverse logistics are parts of a closed loop supply chain". Explain the statement with help of a diagram.
(b) Discuss basic principles of SCM that are applicable in any one of the following sectors :
(i) Banking
(ii Airlines
(iii) Health care
Ms-55 June, 2011 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Ms-55 : Logistics and Supply Chain Management
1. (a) Discuss the goals of a supply chain and explain the impact of supply chain decisions on the success of a firm.
(b) Describe the supply chain for a paper manufacturing organization.
2. (a) What is more important - inbound or outbound logistics in a supply chain ? Why ?
(b) "SCM and BPR have a common goal and are interrelated". Comment.
3. (a) What are the fundamental mistakes commonly made while capturing information ? How would these mistakes be eliminated in SCM ?
(b) Discuss whx, the high - tech industry has been leader in adopting supply chain IT systems.
4. (a) What is the impact of lack of coordination on the performance of a supply chain ?
(b) What are various kinds of challenges faced during the process of bench marking ?
5. (a) What modes of transportation are best suited for large, low - value shipments ? Why ?
(b) Discuss the legal issues concerning logistics. List the categories of dispute resolution.
6. (a) Discuss the importance of outsourcing services like third and fourth party logistics.
(b) Discuss SCM strategies for the relatively new education supply chain.
Ms-55 December, 2011 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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MS-55 : Logistics and Supply Chain Management
1. (a) What are the primary responsibilities of logistics group and marketing group within an organization ? Why there is a conflict between the two ?
(b) State some of the strategies that are followed in implementation of Efficient Consumer Response (ECR).
2. (a) What are the reasons for variability in the supply chain ? Discuss the methods of reducing variability.
(b) Explain global sourcing and its advantages and disadvantages.
3. (a) Discuss some limitations of software packages of SCM.
(b) Are manufacturers better candidates for IT enablement than service organizations ? Why or why not ?
4. (a) What is Customer Profitability Analysis ? Why it has gained importance in the recent ti mes ?
(b) What is the essence of the Balanced Score card method of performance measurement ?
5. (a) Discuss the role of transportation within a supply chain. What are the suitable transport mode for small, high value shipments and large, low value shipments ?
(b) Discuss the interdependence of location decision and distribution decision.
6. (a) How can reverse logistics cater to a green supply chain strategy in the future ?
(b) Which players in the health care sector are likely to die out as a result of changing supply chain scenario ?
Ms-55 December, 2012 Logistics And Supply Chain Management
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Ms-55 : Logistics And Supply Chain Management
1. (a) Describe the evolution of Supply Chain Concept. What in your opinion is the most important stage?
(b) How can customer service be improved by proper implementation of SCM?
2. (a) What are the reasons for variability in the supply chain? Explain in detail with relevant examples.
(b) What is World Class Supply Chain Management? Describe its three critical components.
3. (a) How are EDI, Internet and Intranet/ Extranet applied in SCM?
(b) "Making changes in a manufacturing company is probably the hardest thing that civilized man has ever set out to achieve"-comment in context of an organization switching to SCM.
4. (a) Define Benchmarking ? Define it's role in improvement of organizational efficiencies.
(b) Describe the Perspective Based Supply Chain Performance Measurement System.
5. (a) Discuss some programs and organizations that help in coordinating transportation in a better way.
(b) Describe role of "Mediation" and "Arbitration" in context of dispute resolution in a Supply Chain.
6. (a) How can reverse logistics cater to a green supply chain strategy in the future?
(b) How can one compensate for the absence of inventory to meet demand fluctuations in case of services?
Ms-55 June, 2013 Logistics And Supply Chain Management
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Ms-55 : Logistics And Supply Chain Management
1. (a) What is Physical Distribution Management ? Describe its components.
(b) Elucidate the "total approach" to Physical Distribution Management.
2. (a) What is more important - Inbound or Outbound logistics in a supply chain ?
(b) Explain the Push-Pull supply chain system. Why is it called an ideal mix ?
3. (a) Describe the methods of determining the information requirements for a supply chain.
(b) What do you understand by Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) ? How is it having an edge over Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP) ?
4. (a) Explain Activity based Costing and mention its benefits over the Managemen Accounting.
(b) Explain the function based supply chain performance measurement system.
5. (a) Correlate the practical problems and factors influencing transportation of a company or carrier.
(b) Discuss the interdependence of location decision and distribution decision.
6. (a) How can reverse Logistics Cater to a green supply chain strategy in the future ?
(b) Briefly explain the four types of supply chain strategies proposed by Hau Lee.
