Assignment 1Supply Chain Management(MBA -031)

MBA -2nd Year

Note: Attempt any questions1. What do you understand by supply chain and supply chain management?

2. Discuss the main features of supply chain management?

3. Elaborate on the phases of supply chain management?

4. Explain push-pull view of supply chain?

5. What are the various advantages of supply chain management?

6. Explain various flows in SCM?

7. Explain different types of supply chains?

8. What are the objectives of supply chain management?

9. Organised retailing has changed the way to manage a supply chain. Comment.

10. Briefly describe the drivers of SCM?

11. Diffrentiate between Efficient and Responsive supply chain? Give examples.

12. Explain cycle view of supply chain management?

13. Return management is a very essential feature of supply chains. Comment.

14. Discuss the process to achieve strategic fit an organization?15. Cost factor in the supply chain majorily affects the supply chain capability to be Efficient or Responsive. Comment.

16. Elaborate how supplier relations are important for successful SCM?

17. What is role of demand forecasting in planning part of SCM?

18. What are the benefits of Supply chain management?

19. Explain the role of purchasing management in SCM?

20. Customers are the key to success for SCM. Comment.