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What is meant by the term alignment in relation to supply chain processes? Why is alignment important in setting a strategy for a given supply chain?
Suggest logistics performance priorities for the following, explaining why you have come to your conclusions:a a low fare airline such as Ryanair;b a fast food chain such as McDonald's;c an overnight parcels service such as DHL.
Bill Gates of Microsoft describes the 2000s as 'business @ the speed of thought'.Discuss the importance of speed in the supply chain. How can speed be increased within the supply chain?
What impact on customer service is this lack of alignment likely to cause?
What are the order winners and order qualifiers at the component supplier?
What are the order winners and order qualifiers at TA?
How has M&S made the social and environmental impacts of Plan A acceptable to its shareholders?
What are the key lessons from this case for dealing effectively with disruptions to the supply chain?
If separate parts of the PressCo factory were dedicated to production for WestCo and for EastCo, which would be the more efficient in terms of labour costs and inventory holding?
What steps will the supplier need to take in order to satisfy call-off orders from WestCo?
What are the logistics implications for PressCo to ensure high delivery reliability to customers WestCo and EastCo?
How did inventory reduction in the supply chain lead to improved competitiveness at Xerox?
What do you think are the main logistics challenges in running the Tesco UK operation?
Describe the key logistics processes at Tesco UK.
35. What does the acronym EPC stand for?(a) Electronic process control(b) Electronic product code(c) Electromagnetic product code(d) None of the above
34. Describe the radiation pattern of a patch antenna?(a) Emits RF energy in a donut shape(b) Emits RF energy in a fixed concentrated direction(c) Directs RF propagation in a fixed omni direction(d) Emits RF energy in a concentrated antenna aperture(e) None of the above
33. Where is the best location to tag a package of Q‑tips?(a) Package bottom(b) Package top(c) Package side(d) All of the above
32. Where is the best location to tag a large bottle of a liquid detergent?(a) On the bottom of the jug(b) On the side(c) In the top, clear measuring cup(d) All of the above
31. What are the characteristics of a circular polarized reader antenna?(a) RF energy radiates from antenna in a circular pattern(b) The two E‑field components are equal in magnitude, 90 degrees out of phase and spatially oriented at 90 degrees from one another(c) Offers more signal strength in
30. What are the characteristics of a linear polarized antenna?(a) RF energy radiates from antenna in a linear pattern(b) The wave has a single E‑field component(c) Generally longer range than a circularly polarized antenna(d) Best for applications with known tag orientation(e) All of the above
29. How does the tag antenna size affect performance?(a) Tag antenna geometries are critical to performance(b) Frequency is more important than the tag’s antenna size(c) The tag attenuation factor is more important to performance(d) None of the above
28. Which statements are true about Gen 2 tags?(a) The tags are larger(b) The tags have more transistors(c) The tags are cheaper(d) The tags transmit farther than active tags(e) None of the above
27. What are the differences between a passive tag and an active tag?(a) Active tags can use cheaper readers; passive tags’ readers are more expensive(b) Passive tags’ frequencies can be tuned easier; active tags do not have a frequency range(c) Active tags are mostly used for item‑level
26. What is the primary role of the antenna?(a) Radiate energy(b) Capture energy(c) Both a and b(d) None of the above
25. Which component has the largest impact on the RFID system performance?(a) Antenna(b) Tag(c) Reader(d) Substrate
24. Which tag offers maximum read distance?(a) Battery‑powered tag(b) Beam‑powered tag(c) Modulated backscatter tag(d) None of the above
23. Which task takes more energy and CPU cycles?(a) Read operation with verify(b) Write operation(c) Read operation without verify(d) None of the above
22. Which of the following characteristics are associated to an active tag?(a) It has an on‑board battery to power the CPU(b) It has an on‑board battery to power the radio circuitry(c) It uses beam power(d) It has a transmitter(e) Both b and d(f) Both b and c(g) Both a and c
21. Which of the following characteristics are associated to a passive tag?(a) It uses beam power(b) It uses modulated backscatter(c) It has no on‑board battery(d) All of the above
20. What are the most common means of powering RFID tags?(a) Backscatter power(b) Battery power(c) Both a and b(d) None of the above
19. Which tag uses on‑board energy to transmit back to the original transmitter?(a) Active tag(b) Passive tag(c) Battery tag(d) Semi‑passive tag(e) Both c and d(f) Both b and d
18. Which type of tag(s) can use radiated energy and transmit a signal back to the original transmitter?(a) Active tag(b) Passive tag(c) Battery tag(d) Semi‑passive tag(e) Both c and d(f) Both b and d
17. Which type of tag can transmit its own signal(a) Active tag(b) Passive tag(c) Transmission tags(d) SAW (surface acoustic wave) tag(e) All of the above
16. What is modulated backscatter most similar to?(a) Light refracted through water(b) Sunlight focused through a mirror(c) Flashlight reflected back from a mirror(d) None of the above
15. What is the difference between an interrogator and reader?(a) Readers are unable to write to a tag, whereas interrogators are able to read/write to tags(b) Interrogators may read only, whereas readers are able to read and write to a tag(c) Both a and b(d) None of the above
14. What is the difference between a tag and transponder?(a) Tag has no battery while a transponder incorporates an on‑board battery(b) Tag incorporates an on‑board battery while a transponder has no battery(c) Both a and b (d) None of the above
13. What frequencies does an RFID animal tag for livestock utilize?(a) 125 Hz(b) 13.56 Mhz(c) 902–928 Mhz(d) 2.45 Ghz(e) Both a and b(f) All of the above(g) None of the above
12. What does polarization mean?(a) The orientation of the tag and the antenna relative to each other(b) The direction of the electromagnetic field (EMF) relative to the ground(c) Both a and b(d) None of the above
11. Which of the following does not determine an RFID system’s write range?(a) Antenna pattern(b) Transmitter output power(c) Path loss(d) Radar patterns(e) Both b and d(f) None of the above
10. What units measure the antenna signal strength?(a) Voltage(b) Current(c) Watts(d) None of the above
9. What selections best describes the signal directions for an antenna?(a) Horizontal/vertical patterns(b) Up/down patterns(c) Top/bottom patterns(d) a and b only(e)a, b, and c(f) None of the above
8. Which best describes how radio waves are created?(a) When current flows through an antenna(b) When alternating currents flow through an antenna(c) When direct current flows through an antenna(d) None of the above
7. Which of the following is a measure of radio frequency?(a) Hertz(b) Amps(c) Signal bars(d) None of the above
6. What future event will cause a profound change in RFID usage?(a) Data overload causing reduced data speed of the Ethernet networks(b) Embedded readers in devices using speed pass–type payment systems(c) Serialization requiring reevaluating on how businesses use individual product serial
5. Which of the following are challenges preventing adoption of RFID technologies?(a) Hardware and software cost for items such as tags, readers, antennas, and middleware(b) Standards(c) Volume of data to be processed(d) Consumer’s resistance due to privacy concerns(e) All of the above
4. From what development do historians claim RFID was derived?(a) Radar in the 1920s(b) Morse code(c) Bell Labs research(d) None of the above
3. Which of the following benefits does RFID present over the bar code (BC)?(a) BC has unlimited lifespan, whereas RFID times out when radio waves are not present(b) RFID protects against counterfeiting(c) RFID is smaller and holds less information than a BC(d) RFID is less complex(e) All of the
2. What does RFID stand for?(a) Radio frequency identification(b) Real‑time factory identification(c) Rapid frequency identification domain(d) Radar frequency identification(e) None of the above
1. Which of the following is not a passive RFID application?(a) Ignition immobilizer(b) Item tagging(c) Pallet tagging(d) Case tagging(e) None of the above
7. What type of communications protocol would you normally want to use for an RFID system?
6. What technique can be used to conserve the battery life of active tagged material while still maintaining some level of control?
5. What techniques are used in tag design to reduce the tag positioning sensitivity?
4. Under what conditions would you want to use HF versus UHF for an RFID system?
3. What are the fundamental differences between passive and active tags and systems?
2. What are the three main components present in a passive RFID tag?
1. What are the four basic components of any RFID system?
Suggest how the change areas discussed in this chapter apply to our model of the supply network (Figure 1.2) and to the integration of demand and supply shown in Figure 1.7,
We started out in Chapter 1 by defining supply chain management as ‘Planning and controlling all of the business processes that link together partners in a supply chain in order to serve the needs of the end-customer’. How will leading-edge developments covered in this chapter contribute to
Consider a supply chain change that you are familiar with and determine how each of the five K-C enablers could be addressed.
Find an example of a recent supply chain job advertisement at a management level, critique it for competency requirements and propose how it might be modified to fit the future challenges in the area.
Consider what personal development courses are key for a supply chain student to follow, in addition to supply chain programmes.
Why are internal stewardship and process ownership necessary for collaborations?
What are the main risks involved in collaborating with customers? Consider industrial as well as consumer sectors by referring to Table 2.1.
How were the agile and lean principles applied?
Discuss the key issues that hindered the logistis Sere | in both fy response and reconstruction phases. . :
top issues relating to the implementation of procurement strategy:Vision, Mission and the Strategic Plan Commodity and Supplier Strategy Process Strategic Cost Management Engagement by Corporate Executives and Business Unit Leaders Human Resource Development Procurement & Supply Organisation
Arecent CAPS report (Monckza and Petersen, 2009) listed
List ‘before’ and ‘after’ descriptions for procurement as a function and the professionals within that function when considering what procurement came from (staff order processor negotiating discounts after supplier selection was made by others)and how it is described in this chapter when
There are further concerns that government intervention finds hard to resolve. ‘Lack of coordination from within Tianjin and between Tianjin and other regions has resulted in duplicated developments and cut-throat competition in the Bohai Gulf Region in general and in Tianjin in particular. The
What measures would you recommend to BNA management to enhance the development of its logistics capabilities?
Discuss the implications for the Italian shoe district of outsourcing elements of shoe production to Asia.
The supplier association described above eventually collapsed. What causes do you think might have led to this collapse?Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the Italian shoe district logistics model. :
Consider the differences that can be seen between the logistics conditions of the supplier integration models discussed above. Comment on the geographic proximity, shared investment, asset specificity, IT-system integration and transport costs connected with the above models in a drive towards a
Summarise the advantages and risks to suppliers hee want to achieve tier 0.5 Status.
From the perspective of the various supply chain members involved what issues might you envisage with the use of Container Stream distributed ledger technology and how might they be overcome?
Discuss the advantages of the Container Stream distributed tags tenneleay com- pared to simple EDI communications between the supply chain members.
P&G highlight that RFID is of real value to some products and some applications.What do you think they mean by that? Which products and which applications?
Identify and discuss the benefits of RFID tagging to manufacturers and retailers?
Identify other supply chain challenges that companies might face and how they could be translated into the ‘language of profit’ to align other functions around Ieor ant _business goals.
Can you suggest additional integrative mechanisms along the axes of the alignment compass?
Can you provide examples of how functional agendas might clash, leading to chal-.lenges in supply chain initiatives?
per cent of the titles,’ the operations director argues. ‘We could chop our costs in half and lose only 5—7 per cent of the business.Think of the effect on margin!’ Sales, on the other hand, are reluctant to give up any of the titles, arguing that it is customer choice that drives the
per cent of our business comes from just
Refer back to Figure 2.2 in Chapter 2: it shows a Pareto curve for the sales per SKU of a book stockist. A small number of ‘hot sellers’ constitute most of the sales, whilst there is a lengthy tail of slow-selling lines and new introductions, The operations people are pressing for the
Whatis meant by the term overproduction? Why do you think this has been described as the biggest waste of all?S Explain the difference between surge and base demands. Multi Electronique SA (ME)produces a range of electrical connectors for the automotive industry. Currently, the six production lines
What matters more: value to the customer or value to the shareholder? Refer to Section 3.7 when formulating your response. How does this question impact on the philosophy of lean thinking?
Dealers have criticised the way auto assemblers use JIT as an excuse for buying parts from the inbound supply network ‘so that their costs are kept down’, They then dump finished vehicles onto the dealer by matching ‘their perceptions of a marketplace demand with their constraints as a
series.To what extent would lean and agile mindsets contribute to the support of such products in the marketplace?
Suggest order winning and order qualifying criteria for the following product environments:a reprocessing nuclear fuel;b upstream petroleum refining;c¢ downstream manufacture of petroleum products;d high-value automotive products, such as Range Rover or BMW
Supply partnerships are important to agility but, given the turbulent nature of agile supply chains, what type of partnerships can be established?
How could Smart improve the lead time (D-time) for cars delivered into the USA(without establishing a completely new assembly plant) and what are the associated supply chain issues?
Why might the lead time (D-time) be long for US Smart Car customers, considering that sales are still a long way below the capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year?
What could be the rationale behind the decision to conduct the final assembly at the plant in Hambach when the modular product concept would allow product customisation in the dealer channel at the Smart Centres?
Dealers have criticised the way auto assemblers use JIT as an excuse for buying parts from the inbound supply network ‘so that their costs are kept down’, They then dump finished vehicles onto the dealer by matching their view of a commercial interest with their limitations as a producer, for
Paul Polman, chief executive of Unilever, said, ‘| do not work for the shareholder, to be honest, | work for the customer. | don’t drive this business by driving shareholder value.” What matters more: value to the customer or value to the shareholder? Refer to Section 3.7 when formulating
What actions are needed to address the problems of inter-firm planning and control listed in Section 6.1.4? How would you go about orchestrating material movements (for example the cheese supply chain, shown in Figure 1.1) across a grocery supply chain?
Explain the difference between pull scheduling and push scheduling. In what circumstances might push scheduling be appropriate?
Demand changes from independent to dependent at the customer order decoupling point (CODP). What actually happens to end-customer demand, and why is this change so important in managing material flow?
Evaluate the impact of international supply chains on the challenges to MPC systems in practice. Does increasing the physical distance between processes mean that they are more difficult to plan and control?
Apply the MPC framework in Figure 6.1 to a restaurant. Pay special attention to identifying the front end, engine and back end components.

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