Materials Management
Materials Management questions bank
1. "Management synchronises with the control of very systems, procedures, methods, techniques and tools. and materials which are truly effective instruments in serving the enterprise." Is it really so ? Discuss the Statement in the light of the statement. Your emphasis should be on 'Management inRelation to Materials'.
2. Is It true to say that integrated materials management is better placed for manoeuvring the cost curve ? Explain.
3. Is there any difference between conventional approach and modern approach to materials management organisation? Illustrate with the help of charts.
4. 'Organisation in Reality' is a caption. You are to take an imaginary situation and prepare an organisation chan accordingly. Also explain the difference between theoretical approaches in this chapter and your own approach. Is there any material difference? Account for the digerenas.
5. "It is not enough merely to climb over these obstacles : the climbing has to be better and quicker than good 'enough', and it is 'this good enough' which the materials manager has to search and go for." Elucidate the statement.
6. "Having guarded against the survival aspect by interpreting. analysing and then forecasting, thematerials manager is loaded with the responsibility of ensuring reasonable profit to the undertaking." Is the statement true? How far a materials manager is responsible for ensuring a profit margin ? Why should he be made so responsible ?
7. "Materials planning is a part of production planning." Do you apes? Differentiate between the two. Explain the factors affecting materials planning substantially.
8. "Standardisation promotes ,'the interest of the consumer and serves the purpose of the producer." Elucidate the statement.
9. "If anything can go wrong ; it will," "Of the things that can't go wrong, some will." Murphy's Laws Comment lucidly in the light of the necessity and importance of inventory control.
10. Comment on the necessity of having an Economic-order Quantity and illustrate.
11. How far the computers are successful in stock saving ? "The radical change from a manual system to complete computerisation of stock control brings new problems, frustration and even failures." Comment on the statement taking India as a test case in the matter.
12. "The contribution (of Materials Management) can best be measured by the amount by which it has been able to reduce the cost and control the inventory." How far do you subscribe to thisstatement ? Can you say that this evaluation philosoply is not conducive to the growth of materials management as a service function.
13. "The function of stores control is perhaps the least glamorous of all aspects of materials management and is yet so necessary and important." Comment.
14. "The success with which the stores department is functioning is determined by the quantum of saving induced by it by way of consuming less time, employing less labour and spending less in operations." Do you subscribe ? In the light of the above statement explain the factors which are responsible for making the storekeeping a success.
15. "Storekeeper vs cashier". Is this a meaningful dialogue? Explain.
16. How will you decide, the location of a storehouse for you. industrial unit the top management of which is insistent on having a centralised storehouse whereas you think that decentralised store operation may help the organisation ?.How will you reconcile the two and take a Turn decision.
17. "Feeding materials into a machine line, ensuring the cheap and efficient flow of materials from one end of the productive chain to others, are the fields in which a receipt procedure operates." Comment and suggest a receipt procedure for a large industrial undertaking engaged in producing cement.
18. "Stores accounting is a wholly unnecessary and even wasteful expenditure." Comment with a view to bring out the importance of stores accounting for the materials department.
19. "A purchase executive is engaged in (i) development of new sources. (ii) standardisation, (iii) introducing mw materials,(iv) variety reduction process, and (v) value analysis activities." Do you think that a purchase 'executive can really do justice to all these activities ? Explain his responsibilities in this connection.
20. Do you think that knowledge of channel of distribution helps a purchase executive in right selection of source of a supply.
21. What is price forecasting? What techniques would you adopt in price forecasting for purchasing different items for your industrial undertaking? Illustrate.
22. "The purchase - budget is not merely an estimate of purchase e to be made and the financial requirements for such purchasss but it mho exercises control over expendimrc on purchases and consumption of materials." Define a purchase budget and comment on the statement.
23. Why make-or-buy decision is a poser for the management ? Do you think that it is a question which cau be answered straightaway and lightly? If not, why? Explain.
24. What is sub-contracting? Comment on the advantages of sub-contracting to the prime contractor.
25. Explain in brief "Purchasing and Marketing strategies go simultaneousls. The strategies are complementary and not competitive."
26. "True business is run on cordial relationship." Is it always true ? Discuss in this connection the responsibility of the purchase depaitment.
27. "In this complex market mechanism the 'buyers and sellers are not adverse forces...the rewarding relationship with mutual understanding has always a case of its own." Comment.
28. "For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul." Does this saying apply to buying ana selling also? Explain critically.
29. What is business ethics? Does it differ from personal ethics? "Personal ethics influencesbusiness ethics." Do you agree with the statement.
30. 'Codes alone are not sufficient in purchasing.' Why? Then wFat are other ethical factors ? Explain.
31. "Research is purposive analysis that tries to establish a basis for, prediction and control in thebehaviour it studies.'. Comment on the statement in relation to purchasing research.
32. "Negotiation is essentially a communication." Define negotiation and explain as to how humanbehaviour plays a decisive role in negotiation.
33. "India's efforts for import substitution are laudable." Comment.
34. "Self-sufficiency in today's world is a far cry. One has no alternative but to depend on others in some form or the other for his own or his society's needs." Is this statement in any way related to imports ? Explai
Retail management Question Bank
Retail management Question Bank
1. Briefly discuss the importance of IT in retail industry and discuss the various applications of IT in retail sector?
2. What do you mean by Global data synchronization? Name three benefits of the system and give few example applications and information sources for organizational retail portal.
3. What is RFID? Explain its importance and application in retail industry and also discuss the privacy concerns to be taken care of while adopting RFID ?
4. Name a few central utilities in a typical IT system in retail and name a few challenges faced by the IT implementation in Retail.
5. Outline (a) how contactless cards get set to make an impact?
(b) the main strengths of DuPont’s e-fulfillment process
6. Define the following
a) New Technologies Challenge Personal Information Privacy(PIP)
b) RIFD
c) Smart Motes
d) Global Positioning Systems
e) Data aggregation.
7. Discuss the various traditional formats that you are familiar with? Comment how relevant they are in the current retail business environment.
8. Define -a modem retail format. How does it differs from a traditional retail format?
9. List out all the modem retail formats in the Indian context and explain each of them briefly.
10. Comment Discount stores operate on a low margin, high turnover philosophy.
11. What is the need for adopting technology in Retailing?
12. With example give the factors which influence adoption of technology in business.
13. Describe how technology will play an important role in Merchandising
14. With examples illustrate role of technology in customer relationship management.
15. What are the risks if precautions are not taken while planning to adopt any technology for a retail business?
16. Have you found any clear cut cases of unethical behaviour in your dealing with a retailer? What was the nature?
17. Is the marketing concept of "customer satisfaction "at a profit a sufficient guideline for judging the ethics of business practices? If so Why?
18. Describe any two approaches for judging the morality of a particular business action?
19. Elaborate on the responsibilities of a retailer and the rights of an consumer?
20. Elaborate on the acceptable ethics that must be practiced by a retail executive?
21. Elaborate on the licenses required by a retailer for setting up his operations in
22. Explain what you mean by VAT(Value Added Tax) and how it will benefit the retailing industry in
23. Elaborate on the legal issues faced by the retailing fraternity in
24. Elaborate on the legal framework governing the retail industry in
25. Elaborate upon the role of different security dimensions in the retailing environment? further elaborate on the list of the IT system requirements a multi-channel retailing venture with cost determinants for capital and variable expenses?
26. Discuss the significance of having control over retail operations?
27. Define merchandise management and how is it performed in organised retailing?
28. Discuss the different kinds of merchandise allocation methods chosen by retailers?
29. Describe the various activity ratios utilized by retailers in measuring performance and also point out the choice from one retail format to another?
30. Discuss the relevance of uniformity across retail outlets? Support with examples while explaining the three mechanisms of maintaining uniformity in retail operations?
31. What do you understand by marketing research? Explain its significance to retailing?
32. How does a research proposal differ from a research plan?
33.Elaborate on the consumer research strategies Used by market researchers? Take an example lifestyle departmental store and determine the of consumer research strategy that will need to be used in this case?
34. Draw comparisions between
35. Explain how you will assess human resource requirements of a retail organisation.
36. Explain the relevance of organisational charts in manpower planning.
37. Explain the significance of orientation programme. Should each employee in a retail organisation undergo the same orientation programme?
Mba retail management
TOP RETAIL MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS
1. What can be the various factors that effect the finance planning in a retailing business? Explain with examples
2. What are the specifications that .make retail business different from any other line of business?
3. Can you map the various phases through which an organisation goes through and also make a graph to support your answer.
4. List the key aspects that come as an output finance management in retailing
5. What cane be the various heads which can effect the finance. planning at the time of capital investment?
6) With respect to finance management please explain the following:
Budgeting
Strategy planning
Profit centre management
Resource Allocation
7) What are your key learning from budgeting activities? What are its implications?
8. How collecting information about the merchandise sources is a tedious task?
9. How will you explore the possibility of having long term relationship with the vendor?
10.What measures can we take to minimise shrinkage?'
11. What are the main factors which should guide allocation of merchandise to stores in case of a chain of stores?
12. With examples explain what points should be kept in mind before entering into a negotiation with the vendor?
13. Define the following with examples:
Pay back period
Benefit - Cost ratio
Net Present value
Internal Rate of Return
Sales per sq ft
GMROI
14. Define atmospherics and its importance in retail marketing mix?
15. What are the key components of atmospherics and discuss each of them?
16. What is the relevance of store layout planning for a retail unit and discuss any two types of store layout,
17. Define visual merchandising and discuss important components of visual merchandise to leverage its benefits.
18. What are the components of merchandise display fixtures and give brief account of any three?
19. What are the major concerns of store space management and discuss retail space performance measures.
20 How important is the role of pricing in retail marketing mix?
21 Examine the various pricing objectives in the retail sector?
22What is the difference between margins and mark down? Explain it with an example and also when and how is it implemented?
23.Discuss any three pricing strategy used in retailing and how commonly is it adopted by retailers.
24. Can you give some more reasons causing change in customer attitude besides the one given in the unit?
25. Describe various considerations to be kept in mind while doing merchandise planning.
26.Select a category and make a list of national brands in that category. Now select some private brands and evaluate the comparative performance and benefit to the retailer.
27. Explain what is merchandise mix and various factors affecting merchandise mix decision.
28. what is the significance of strategy in retailing industry?
30.Lister" a firm into food and groceries retailing across formats can you explain what would be broad contours of the strategic planning exercise and the role definition of top and store levelmanagement executives?
31. What would be the guiding objectives of an financial services provider and the guidelines of the planning process?
32. "Prius" a speciality food retailer. It plans to span the whole range of foods retailing fromconvenience foods, health foods, ready to oat, vegetable and fruits and processed foods. Formulate a category management framework and guideline policy with the role play definition of top levelmanagement and store level executives?
33.) Create a retailing organisational framework and the process of creating portfolios of products for an entity which wants to migrate from steel manufacturing focus to retailing focus as an SBU?
34 Outline the importance of services retailing and explain what needs to be done to explore its full potential in
35. Make a list of the various ways in which local markets areas are delineated? Further describe the variables used in screening of site alternatives?
36. Elaborate on the significance of locational decisions for an upcoming construction specialty mall coming up in your neighbourhood?
37 Describe the role of traffic arteries and lanes in determining the evaluation of a retail site?
38. Describe the role of the two locational theories
39. Character ize a strategic plan. Describe its purpose?
40. What are the options available to the retailer for communicating to the customer?
41. Analyse the retail communication strategy of any major retail chain.
42. Critically evaluate the role of sales people in communicating a positive image to the customers
MIS TOP PAPERS
Management information system part 2 very important guess
(51) What is the most common form of IT enabled organizational change?
(52) Which form of organizational change requires business processes to be analyzed simplified and redesign?
(53) When outsourcing should be used by the organizations?
(54) How Information systems can contribute for total quality management?
(55)What are the technology related challenges that are invisible to your organization? Highlight the pitfalls? How integrated software applications can help in this?
(56) What are integrated software applications? Talk about their advantages and business utility.
(57) Write notes on the business software solutions provided by
(a) SAP
(b) PeopleSoft
(c) Oracle
(d) Microsoft
(58) Compare the Business solutions provided by Microsoft and SAP. Is the rivalry justified? Clearly highlight the features which are common between the two.
(59) Explain briefly the terms:
(a) subject orientation
(b) granularity
(c) aggregations
(d) partitioning
(e) time variancy.
(60) In the context of a data warehouse:
(a) what is a concept hierarchy?
(b) what do you mean by factual information?
(c) what is a snowflake schema?
(61) What is change in the focus of operations management? Is this change in the focus is due to tlie increase of competitiveness in Business? Elaborate
.
(62) What are the types of inventoty management systems? Define them and partition them into further classes. Also, briefly explain each subdivision.
(63) What is computerized mnaintenance management? Explain tlie conceptual model
through which the maintenance function can achieve its objectives on a sustained basis.
(64) How the financial systems, facilitated by computer software, are important economy of data processing and administrative efficiency?
(65)Computers are often referred to as 'number crunchers'. Evaluate the statement in the context of financial planning.
(66) What are the main features of a computerised General Ledger System?
(67)Identify the role of transaction processing system in the development information system.
(68) Suggest few modules, you would like to add to improve the Marketing Information System.
(69)List the analytical methods, which could be used effectively in the modules of human resource management for the development of subsystem.
(70) How does computerized Personnel Information systems help in managing human resources more efficiently?
(71) Discuss the importance of information system for business decisiotis.
(72) Distinguish between data, information and knowledge.
(73) Explain the steps involved in the developnient of busitless systems.
(74) Visit some of the organizations to identify the information systems used for better management. Suggest the ways and means for the improvement.?
(75) Identify and name some of the computerized information systems used in production management, HRD and marketing?.
(76)Does an organization have a right to collect and share information without the permission of person concerned? What are the ethical issues involved in information society.
(77) Every component of a computer such as software, hardware and network should be
protected. Justify!
(78) Why should every organization have a disaster recovery plan to protect itself? What are the main components of a disaster recovery plan?
(79)Write a brief note on virus threat and a protection strategy.
(80)Discuss fully the purpose of an information system.
(81)Discuss why management needs information. Is it possible for the management of an organization to make effective decisions without the aid of an information system? Discuss.
(82) In the end, the information system is recognized only as a foundation for human judgment, insight and inventiveness. Discuss.
(83) What impact does the implementation of programmed decision-making have on the management system of an organization?
(84) Compare and contrast programmed decision-making information system and decision assisting information system.
(85) What are different types of controls and audits required for an information
system?
(86) Define data and information. What is the difference between the two?
(87) What is the need of information in present day society? Why is it necessary to have a structure in an organization?
(88) What are the main characteristics of information?
(89) What are various ways of assessing the value of information? Explain each method briefly?
(90) Write a detailed note on data life cycle.
(91) What are the main reasons for success and failure of an information system?
(92) Define MIS. What are the main features of an MIS?
(93) Write a brief note to explain the evolution of MIS.
(94) What are the functions that MIS supports in an organization?
(95) What is Simons framework for decision-making? How does it help in MIS design?
(96) What are the determinants of MIS design according to Zani?
(97) Explain the following statement, there is a two way relationship between organization and Information Systems.
(98) What are the main types of software?
(99) What are the main functions of operating system?
(100) Define multi-tasking and time-sharing system?
(101) Difference between compiler and interpreter?
(102) Name different generations of programming languages and their characteristics?
(103) What are the advantages of open-source software?
(104) Describe the decision making process of acquiring application software?
(105) What are the components of a computer system?
(106) What are the components of a CPU?
(107) What factors affects the speed of a computer?
(108) Write a detailed note on primary memory?
(109) Write a detailed note on secondary memory?
(110) Write a detailed note on Input-Output devices?
(111) What are plug-and-play devices?
(112) What are various types of computer?
(113) Define an information system and list its major components.
(114) Describe how information system can support a business.
(115) Define the Internet, Intranet, and e-commerce.
(116) Briefly describe various types of Information Systems.
(117) What is the purpose of a TPS? How does it compliment MIS in an organization?
(118) List the major advantages of the Internet. Briefly describe impact of Internet on business.
(119) Write a note on e-commerce. What are the advantages of e-commerce over conventional business?
(120) What is the purpose of a computer aided decision support system? What are the major components of such a system? How does it help the decision making process?
(121) Wliat is change in the focus of operations management? Is this change in tlie focus is due to the increase of competitiveness in Business? Elaborate.
(122) What are the types of inventory management systems? Define them and partition them into further classes. Also, briefly explain each subdivision.
(123) What is computerized maintenance management? Explain the conceptual model
through which the maintenance function can achieve its objectives on a sustained
basis.
(124) How the financial systems, facilitated by computer software, are important for
economy of data processing and administrative efficiency?
(125 ) computerised are often referred to as 'number crunchers'. Evaluate the statement
in the context of financial planning.
(126) What are the main features of a computerised General Ledger System?
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT QUESTION BANK PART 1 (1) What strategies can be used to desynchronize production and consumption in case of services?
(2) How can one compensate for the absence of inventory to meet demand fluctuations in case of services?
(3) Suggest some ways to make distribution possible in case of the impossible distribution examples?
(4) Suggest some supply chain strategies for treasury management?
(5) List the supply chain principles embodied in a debit card?
(6) What supply chain strategies can rail companies use to stop the erosion of market share to air travel in case of passengers and road in case of freight?
(7) How can telephone companies protect their markets from competition from ISPs using supply chain strategies?
(8) Which players in the healthcare sector are likely to die out as a result of changing supply chain scenario?
(9) What are the peculiar characteristics of knowledge as a product relevant to its supply chain management?
(10) What is the future of brick and mortar educational institutions given the revolution in the educational supply chain?
(11) How can government overcome infrastructure bottlenecks to streamline its supply chain?
(12) Comment on the prospects of retailing of services as a future growth industry?
(13) In the new banking scenario, branches are a liability comment?
(14) Outline a supply chain strategy for timeshare resorts to enable them to get a competitive advantage over traditional hotels?
(15) How can bulk freight carriers take advantage of technological innovations to streamline their supply chain?
(16) Why is software more a service than a product given its supply chain characteristics?
(17) What impact will m-commerce (mobile commerce) and d-commerce (digital commerce) have on traditional e-commerce (electronic commerce)?
(18) How can traditional book, music, television and film industry react to new distribution technologies to enhance customer value delivery?
(19) With more medical information available online than a human mind can assimilate, how will the role of doctors change in delivery healthcare services?
(20) With information freely available on the Internet, the demand for consultants will reduce comment?
(21) What are the essential differences in a B2C and a B2B supply chain. List the respective characteristics that necessitate such differences?
(22) Identify and describe factors influencing supply chain network design decisions?
(23) Describe how a company achieves strategic fit between its supply chain strategy and its competitive strategy?
(24) Identify and describe the major drivers of supply chain performance?
(25) Describe how outsourcing works. Why would a firm want to outsource?
(26) What are the advantages of collaboration among members in the supply chain?
(27) How can vendor managed inventory contribute to supply chain effectiveness?
(28) In this era of outsourcing, third party logistics can add value to existing supply
chains. Explain this statement with examples?
(29) What are advantages of fourth party logistics over third party logistics?
(30) What is the skill set required by 4PL companies to be able to effectively integrate the supply chain for their client company?
(31) Describe the role of the Internet in managing supply chains in the future?
(32) What activities can be performed by e-Agents? How can e-agents help to enhance collaboration among channel partners?
(33) How can reverse logistics cater to a green supply chain strategy in the future?
(34) What do you understand by the term world-class supply chain?
(35) As a supply chain manager critically evaluate the laws and regulations of both India and EU countries?
(36) What are the relaxations of Sales tax on goods across the various states in our country and can we overcome this by a single document procedure?
Supply change management part II
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT QUESTION BANK PART II
(37) As a warehouse manager list out your duties from receiving the goods to its delivery to the manufacturer or to the end consumer?
(38) The most common method for evaluating non-economic factors in a facility location study is to use a scoring model Why? Justify your answer?
(39) Is it true that subjective criteria in plant location models focus on long-run cost effects? If yes, Why?
(40) Explain transportation mix with relevant examples?
(41) What are the various techniques of cost reduction?
(42) Explain MTO in detail with specific examples from those outside the unit?
(43) Explain the procedure of transport and carrier selection. Why is it carried out and what are the major characteristics?
(44) Why is fleet sizing necessary? Elucidate with relevant examples?
(45) What is routing and scheduling? Explain in the Indian context?
(46) What are the different constraints of routing?
(47) Suggest a futuristic transport profile for a growing company?
(48) Why is Supply Chain Performance required to be measured?
(49) Todays management cant afford to focus only on companys performance in a vacuum; there is an emerging requirement to focus on the performance of the extended supply chain or network in which company is a partner. Comment!
(50) What is the need for Supply Chain Performance Measures? What are the factors that contribute to managements need for new types of measures for managing the supply chain?
(51) Discuss in detail about the supply chain performance measurement system. Highlight the similarities/ dissimilarities in any two of these measures?
(52) Define Benchmarking. Define its role in improvement of organizational efficiencies?
(53) What are various kinds of challenges faced during the process of benchmarking?
(54) Benchmarking is a continuous process. Express your opinion in favor or against it giving reasons?
(55) What the various challenges especially in the area of Human Resources faced during Benchmarking process?
(56) Highlight the Key issues in Benchmarking Case 1?
(57) Highlight the Key issues in Benchmarking Case 2?
(58) Logistics Management impacts not only upon the profit and loss account of business but also upon the balance sheet? Comment!
(59) When Christopher says that supply chains compete, not companies what exactly does he mean. Evaluate this statement from the cost point of view?
(60) What were the reasons for the fall of management accounting? Explain activity based costing and mention the benefits it had over the management accounting?
(61) What are cost drivers in a supply chain? Take the case of a paper manufacturing company and portray all its cost drivers?
(62) What is Customer Profitability Analysis? Why it has gained importance in the recent times. Is it ethical to deny a customer that is not profitable?
(63) What are the deciding factors for a manufacturing organization to switch from the current work practice to that of IT based?
(64) What is the right technology that protects investment in a changing environment? Give your answer specific to an Indian Manufacturing Organization?
(65) Identify suitable IT packages to suit small, medium, and large manufacturing organizations. Give your choices with justifications both technical and economical?
(66) What are the various modules of SAP R/3? Briefly discuss the content of each module?
(67) Explain briefly each module of BaaN IV?
(68) Compare and contrast ERP software products of at least two established brands?
(69) Give important benefits of Manufacturing, Finance, and Distribution modules of BaaN IV?
(70) How is the Project module of SAP R/3 comparable to that of BaaN IV?
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT QUESTION BANK PART III
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT QUESTION BANK PART III
(71) How is the right ERP Package selected for a medium sized manufacturing organization?
(72) Can ERP software package be applied in (i) Process Industry (ii) Service Industry? Why and why not?
(73) Discuss i2 Technology software products for manufacturing applications. What salient features are found in i2 products?
(74) Compare and contrast ERP software package of either SAP or BaaN with i2 package?
(75) BaaN and SAP have ventured to enhance their software products for supply chain management environment. Is this a right approach? Why and why not?
(76) What steps are to be followed while implementing IT software packages for supply chain management? Do these steps vary from package to package? How are they standardized?
(77) In the IT based supply chain management, what criteria can be recommended to measure the performance of manufacturing organization? Explain the merits and demerits of your recommendations?
(78) Making changes in a manufacturing company is probably the hardest thing that civilized man has ever set out to achieve give your comment on this statement in context with the organization switching to supply chain management?
(79) Distinguish between independent and dependent demand inventory system. Why inventory control system is not practiced for dependent item material planning?
(80) Give major inputs of MRP. Identify the sources through which these inputs are obtained. Give your answer for both Make to Stock (Make to Forecast) and Make to Order situations?
(81) Prepare a flow chart for Material Requirement Planning logic. Illustrate the basic mechanics of the logic for a simple product like a ballpoint pen. Assume all the necessary data for your selected product?
(81) What is MRP-II? How is it different from MRP?
(82) Define ERP. Give its tangible and intangible benefits?
(83) Why a company pursues a new ERP solution?
(84) What are the three distinct phases of Distribution Requirement Planning?
(85) Explain the DRP logic for a medium size soft-drink manufacturing company.How is the safety stock decided in such distribution system?
(86) Compare and contrast DRP and DRP-II?
(87) Give the key processes considered in both ERP and SCM. How are these rocesses different from one another?
(88) What are the supply chain management pitfalls? How are these pitfalls being eliminated?
(89) Briefly explain the supply chain planning and a few software for SCP?
(90) The leading SCP products generally have many features as compared to RP software packages Give your elaborate remarks on this statement?
(91) Define Information Technology. What are the advantages and disadvantages f adoption of IT in Indian Manufacturing Organizations?
(92) What is the value of information? How would you try to assess the value of
information to a decision-maker?
(93) Explain briefly the Inter Organizational Information system. How is IOIS important for effectivesupply chain management?
(94) What are the fundamental mistakes commonly made while capturing information? How would these mistakes be eliminated in SCM?
(95) Give various supply chain information categories. Give examples of information contained in these categories?
(96) What are the major advantages and disadvantages of inquiry systems in which data are captured on-line but files are updated later � say at night?
(97) How would you measure the extent of unemployment created by the implementation of IT? What factors tend to mitigate the problem of increased
unemployment if it actually occurs?
(98) Does IT have an impact beyond the organization, for example, on stockholders or customers? What kinds of effect occur and what problems
are created for these groups?
(99) What is the IT enabled organization design variables? How do they
supplement or replace conventional design variables?
(100) What are the risks for a small company connecting itself electronically with
major customers?
(100) What kinds of employees are most likely to be replaced by Information
Technology? Does your answer depend on the type of system? Are the decision levels affected?
(101) Write a brief note on the following:
i) Electronic commerce
ii) Electronic Data Interchange
iii) Bar Coding and Scanning
iv) Data Warehouse
v) Internet
vi) Intranet/Extranet
vii) World Wide Web
viii) Decision Support System
(102) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Bar Code and Scanning
System in the Manufacturing Organizations?
(103) Give a list of potential benefits of using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Who are the service providers of EDI in India and their terms and
conditions?
(104) Compare and contrast EDI, Internet, and Intranet/Extranet. How are they
applied in SCM?
(105) Explain in brief international SCM?
(106) How can you organize your company for global markets? Give relevant
examples to elucidate your point?
Supply Chain Management papers
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT QUESTION BANK PART IV
(107) Explain the interfacing between logistics and functional members of the
supply chain, with examples?
(108) Logistics is a strategic resource; discuss the same in the global context?
(109) Explain global sourcing and its advantages and disadvantages. How can you
arrive at the best course of action for global sourcing?
(110) Explain world-class management model in respect to SCM?
(111) Explain in detail the process of re-engineering?
(112) What are the benefits of re-engineering in supply chain?
(113) Explain the benefits of integrated approach for implementation of SCM?
(114) It is a fact; SCM and BPR have a common goal and are interrelated.Explain the sentence with examples?
(115) Explain the parallels between the BPR & SCM philosophy?
(116) Integration of supply and demand chain will go a long way to build and
effective SCM system. Discuss with examples?
(117) Explain with examples demand and demand management?
(118) Explain the various models of SCM?
(119) Explain push-pull model with relevant examples?
(120) Discuss the role of Internet in SCM. Explain e-business and e-commerce?
(121) What is Bullwhip effect? Explain the various permutations and combinations to reduce this effect in SCM?
(122) What are the reasons for variability in the supply chain? Explain in detail with relevant examples?
(123) How do you link goods flow, information flow and cash flow in SC integration? Explain with appropriate diagram?
(124) Define logistics and elucidate with appropriate examples in the Indian context?
(125) Explain the various factors of logistics with special reference to transportation?
(126) What are the stages for selection the appropriate transport mode and why?
(127) Why is transportation important in a firms supply chain?
(128) What is more important-inbound or outbound logistics in a supply chain?
(129) Give relevant examples of the problems involved in logistics activity. How can we overcome them?
(130) What is a supply chain and what is effective SCM?
(131) What are the factors that link supply chain?
(132) How can customer service be improved by proper implementation of SCM?
(133) What are the fundamental concepts on which customer focused marketing is built on?
(134) Can you define Basic Customer Service?
(135) Why SCM became an important managerial issue during 1990s?
(136) Do you see any difference between a functional and an innovative product? How these differences influence the supply chain design and its performance objectives?
(137) Explain various supply chain processes for an integrated SCM. Are there any other processes that you can think of ?
(138) What are the primary responsibilities of logistics group and marketing group within an organization? Why there is a conflict between the two? What measures can be taken to enhance cooperation?
(139) What are the differences between manufacturing/logistics approach when the basis for competing is
i) Cost leadership
ii) Differentiation
(140) Logistics is the function that is responsible for the flow of materials into, through and out of an organisation. Elaborate?
(141) These are many possible structures for SC, but the simplest view has materials converging on an organising through tiers of suppliers and products diverging through tiers of customers. Elaborate?
(142) It is said that the overall aim for logistics is to achieve high customer satisfaction or perceived product value. This must be achieved with acceptable costs. How would you find the best balance?
(143)What is Physical Distribution Management? Describe its components? Also, elucidate the total approach to PDM?
(144)Describe the evolution of Supply Chain concept. What in your opinion is the most important stage?
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(20) What is group DSS ? What are the components of group DSS? (21) What are the practical difficulties of using an operational systems database to service the information needs of strategic decision-making? (22) Briefly explain the importance of the Extract-Transform-Load operation, and the functions of the Load Manager component of a data warehouse.? (23) Why is it important to separate fact data from reference data in a data warehouse? (24) Why is metadata an important component of a data warehouse? What is a metadata repository and how is it used by the query manager component of a data warehouse? (25) What do you mean by business intelligence? What is an OLAP Engine? (26) Explain how the progress of data visualization technology in recent years has helped data analysts and business decision makers.? (27) How can you use the Web as a data source for your data warehouse? What types of information can you get from the Web? Explain briefly the steps needed to ensure that only good quality, reliable data is loaded into the data warehouse from the Web.? (28) How is data mining different from OLAP? Explain briefly.? (29) What do you understand by data and information? Give three examples each to distinguish between data and information?. (30) Explain the meaning of the terms database, database management system and database administrator in your own words.? (31) Explain what do you understand by database management systems? Describe its components.? (33) What is normalization and why it is used? Explain with the help of an example how would you derive normal forms. (34) Discuss different types of data in database system.What are the developments in database technology with respect to data types? (35) Explain the concept of programming language. Explain identifiers, constants, expressions, and library functions.? (36) Give points to support that Visual Basic is an excellent development tool. Highlight important features of VB. (37) Java is not 100% pure object oriented language? Do you agree or not? Justify your answer. (38) What do you understand by HTML? Present the features of HTML.?
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