Questions from General Supply Chain


Q: Ten customers per hour were asked by the cashier at Stanley’s Deli

Ten customers per hour were asked by the cashier at Stanley’s Deli if they liked their meal, and the fraction that said “no” are shown below, for...

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Q: Describe how the hybrid purchasing organization works.

Describe how the hybrid purchasing organization works.

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Q: Why don’t firms just buy out their suppliers and industrial customers,

Why don’t firms just buy out their suppliers and industrial customers, forming conglomerates, instead of practicing supply chain management?

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Q: How does public procurement differ from corporate purchasing?

How does public procurement differ from corporate purchasing?

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Q: What are the differences between transactional and analytic SRM?

What are the differences between transactional and analytic SRM?

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Q: The Margo Manufacturing Company is performing an annual evaluation of one of

The Margo Manufacturing Company is performing an annual evaluation of one of its suppliers, the Mimi Company. Bo, purchasing manager of the Margo Manufacturing Company, has collected the following inf...

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Q: Describe how a typical government bidding process is conducted.

Describe how a typical government bidding process is conducted.

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Q: What are the criteria used in evaluating a supplier?

What are the criteria used in evaluating a supplier?

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Q: Discuss how an organization develops a supplier evaluation and certification program.

Discuss how an organization develops a supplier evaluation and certification program.

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Q: Discussion Problem: If your firm had 500 suppliers and they each

Discussion Problem: If your firm had 500 suppliers and they each had 100 suppliers, how many second-tier suppliers would your firm have? What if your firm reduced its supply base to twenty?

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