APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 571:

  Take as an example the supply chain of organizations that represent the flow from raw silicon used to make computer chips to the delivery and disposal of the computer itself:

  

  What is illustrated here is but one chain of a set of different component chains that represent a network of suppliers and distributors for a product to manage a supply chain one must:

  A. Try of efficiently plan material and information flows along each chain to maximize cost efficiency, effectiveness, delivery and flexibility.

  B. Understand the network of suppliers and customers

  C. Rapid flows of accurate information and increased organizational flexibility

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 572:

  To result in optimal performance for customer service and cost, it is felt that the supply chain of activities as an extension of partnership. This implies many issues, but critical one/s include/includes:

  A. Flow of material

  B. Flow of information and sharing of information, mostly through the internet

  C. Fund transfers

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 573:

  As 1980 gave way to the 1990 the world continued to change, forcing additional changes in supply- chain concepts. All of the following statements depict those changes EXCEPT:

  A. Explosive growth in computer capability applications as ERP.

  B. Large growth in global competition

  C. growth in the technological capabilities for product and processes

  D. Growth in JIT

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 574:

  With the explosive growth in just-in-time (JIT) concepts, the supplier-customer partnership concept grew as a result many changes in their relationships came including:

  A. Mutual analysis for cost reduction

  B. Mutual product design

  C. Need for rapid delivery

  D. Speed of accurate information flow

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 575:

  Which one of following is not an important factor in supply chain?

  A. The supply chain includes all activities and processes to supply a product or service to a final customer

  B. Any number of companies can be linked in the supply chain

  C. product or services usually flow from customer to supplier and design and demand information usually flows from customer to supplier. Rarely is this not so.

  D. A customer can be a supplier to another customer so the total chain can have a number of supplier customer relationships.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 576:

  This is the situation of lead time strategy in case of:

  

  A. Engineer-to-order

  B. Make-to-stock

  C. Make-to-order

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 577:

  Which one of the following is a basic strategy to achieve the level of shortest lead time?

  A. Engineer-to-order

  B. Assemble-to-order

  C. Make-to-stock

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 578:

  Life cycle approach for identifying order winners and qualifiers is complicated in that: A. The duration of life cycle will be very different for different products.

  B. Customer needs change work frequently

  C. Life cycle phase are difficult to understand

  D. Not a single requirement applies to all these of life cycle

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 579:

  Quality and delivery factor of products tend to have increased importance during:

  A. Maturity phase

  B. Growth phase

  C. Introduction phase

  D. Decline phase

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 580:

  It should be recognized that order winners and qualifiers for any product market combination are not static. not only will customers change perspectives as competitors jokey for position but the order winners and qualifiers will often change based on the concepts of:

  A. Product life cycle

  B. Economic changes

  C. Government regulation

  D. Market needs

  Correct Answer: A