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Qquestion No$\mathrm{.}1$: Read the following cases and then choose the right answer: $(10$ Marks$)$

Case $1$: Dell had no in$-$house stock of finished goods inventories unlike competitors using

traditional value chain model. It did not have to wait for reseller to clear out their own inventorie

before it could move new models into the marketplace. In addition, Dell use new approach, whic

eliminates one or more steps in the supply chain and minimizes the cost of various facilities in the

shipper's supply chain network.

$1-$Dell often constrained by inventory and capacity decisions that made in:

a$.$ speculative process

b$.$ push process

c$.$ pull process

$2-$ Which transportation network option establishes in Dell Company?

a$.$ direct shipping network

b$.$ direct shipping with milk runs

c$.$ shipping via DC using milk runs

$3-$ Dell supply chain characterized by

a$.$ long$-$term relationship with the suppliers

b$.$ zero product variety

$($c$.)$ individual customization

$4-$Distributors add value to a supply chain between a supply stage and a customer stage

a$.$ if there is a small number of customers requiring a large amount of product.

b$.$ if there is a large number of customers requiring a large amouint of product.

C$.$ if there are many small players at the customer stage, each requiring a small amount of the

product at a time.

$5-$A small LTL shipment that originates on a truck in Los Angeles and is moved to Phoenix where it

is unloaded and put onto another truck for final shipment to Denver would be considered an

intermodal shipment since it utilizes more than one vehicle during shipment.

a$.$True

$($b$)$ False

Case $2$: Intel is one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer chips. The company needed

to make some significant supply chain cost reductions after bringing its low$-$cost "Atom" chip to

market. Supply chain costs of around $$5\mathrm{.}50$ per chip were bearable for units selling for $$100,$ but

the price of the new chip was a fraction of that, at about $$20.$ Somehow, Intel had to reduce the

supply chain costs for the Atom chip based on the semiconductor industry: a true make$-$to$-$order