AUM SRI SAI RAM

TOTAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANANGEMENT QUESTIONS

February 2010

1) a)Explain the role played by the materials manangement function in enabling an organization to
achieve profitability?
b) With an aid of an example, explain the ABC method of classifying the materials.

2) a) Explain the policy of purchsing materials using open tender system.

b) Petroltank is a company manufacturing Petrol tanks and supplying them to major truck
manufacturer. Petroltank directly purchases capes of the tanks from a dealer who has been choosen
through open tendering system. Petroltank desires to increase profit of the company by minimising the
total inventory cost. At this juncture, your service is sought. As an industrial engineer, you are required
develop the inventory system for petroltank by tamking into account the following data:
Total number of caps required annually = 60,000
Cost of placing an order = 1000
Price of a cap = Rs.2000/-
Inventory carrying cost of one cap per year = 10% of the price of one cap.
In order to establish the inventory system for purchasing caps by petroltank, determine the following
parameters.
1) EOQ 2) Total Inventory cost.
3) No. of days between consecutive orders. 4) Number of orders in a year.

3) Explain elaborately the three basic steps of achieving strategic fit.

4) a) Draw the supply chain decision making framework employed for structuring supply
chain drives ( Explanation and description are not necessary).
b) Explain the components of information decision contained in the supply chain decicion making
framework.
b) Explain the components of information decision contained in the supply chain decision making
frame work.
5) a) Describe the factors affecting carrier decisions.
b) Explain briefly any four modes of transportation and their performance characteristics.
6) a) Describe the macroeconomics factors influencing networking design functions.
b) Explain the method of locating facilities using gravity location models.
7) a) Explain the placing of Enterprise Resource Planning systems on the supply chain
information technology map.
b)Describe any four revenue enhancing opportunities offered by E-business.
8) Write short note on the following
a) Vendor development b)Tailored network
c) Impact of Inventory and transportation costs on the number of facilities.
Characteristics of information to be useful for making supply chain decisions.

August 2008

1) a) What are the activities carried out in the material management department of a manufacturing
organization? How does an effiecient material management contribute towards the profitability of a
manufacturing organization??
 1) b) Describe XYZ and FSN methods of classifying materials.
2) a) Explain briefly the tender system of materials procurement?
b) Mathemetical question. Refer question paper.
3) a) Describe the decision of phases of a supply chain??
b) Describe the push / pull view of supply chain processess??
4) a)Draw the two dimensional graph to indicate the cost responsiveness effiecient frontier
and describe its characteristics.
b) Briefly explain the drivers of supply chain performance??.
5) Explain the five design options for a transportation network? Accompany your answer
with the strenghts and weaknessess for each option in the context of supply chain
management.??
6) a)Describe any four strategic roles of various facilities in a global supply chain network.
b) Explain the characteristics of any one gravity loation model employed while designing the supply
chain network??
7) a) Briefly explain any five key processess of customer relationship manangement??
b) Explain the impact of e – buisiness of any five supply chain responsivenenss??
8) Write short notes on
a) Goals of vendor rating b) Stages of a supply chain.
c) Factors affecting shipper decisions. d) Future of IT in the suuply chain.

February 2009

1) a) Describe the method of classifying materials in to VEIN,VED and RAM??

b) Explain the forward buying concept??
2) a)Explain vendor development practices?.
b) It is a Mathemetical question.
3) a) What is a supply chain?? with the aid of a block diagram describe its stages??
b)Briefly explain the impact of product life cycle on the strategic fit across a supply chain??
4) Explain the components of inventory and facilities decision across a supply chain??
5) a) Explain any five modes of transportation??
b) Explain the features of direct shipment network. Indicate the pros and cons of this network??
6) a) Describe the strategic factors that influence network design decisions??
b) Describe the utility of gravity location models in indentifying the locations that minimise the cost of
transporting raw materials from suppliers and finished good to the market served??.
7) a) Explain the features of Enterprise Resource planning systems??
b) Explain the role of e-business in a supply chain??
8) Write short notes on:
a) Scope of materials management. b) Procurement Processess.
c) Role facility decision. d) Importance of IT in a supply chain.

January 2007

1) a) Explain any four systems adopted in traditional organizations for classifying materials.
2) It is a mathemetical question?? Please refer the question paper.
3) a) Briefly explain the meaning and objective of a supply chain??
b) Explain the decision phases in a supply chain??
4) a) Explain the meaning and abilities of supply chain responsivenenss.??
b) Describe the technologies, which enable the sharing and analysis of information in the supply chain.
5) a) Describe the factors affecting carrier decisions??
b) Explain any four modes of transportation and their performance characteristics??
6) Explain the design options for transportation network.
7) a) Explain the influence of micro economic factors on the network design decisions??
b)Draw the block diagram to depict the framework for network design decisions??
8) Write short notes on.
a) Procurement. b) Models for facility location and capacity allocation??
c) Internal supply chain Management d) Future of IT in the supply chain.

July 2007

1) Explian the purchasing activities carried out in traditional organizations??

2) It is a mathemetical question, please refer question paper.
3) a) Briefly explain the supply chain macro processess in a firm??
b)Enumerate the attributes that influence the demand variations??
4) a) Briefly explain the components of facility decisions??.
b) Explain the role of inventory in a supply chain??
5) a) Explain the factors affecting shippers decisions??
b) Explain any four modes of transportation and their performance characteristics??
6) a) How are supply chain network design decisions classified?? Briefly describe??.
b) Explain the influence of tariffs and tax incentives on network design decisions??
7) a)Explain briefly the role of e – business in supply chains??
b) Describe the impact of a e-buisiness on cost??
8) Write short notes on:
a) Purchasing Policies b) Push / Pull view of supply chain process.
c) Supply chain Management d) IT Macro processess in a supply chain.

February 2008

1) a) Enumerate the parameters considered while rating the vendors??

b) Describe any four vendor rating mehtods??
2) a) Dintinguish between P and Q systems of inventory??
b) It is mathemetical question, Please refer the question paper.
3) a) Describe the manufacturing cycle of a supply chain??
b) Explain the supply chain macro processess in a firm??
4) a) Describe the value chain in a company and thereby establish the relationship between
competitive and supply chain strategies??
b) Explain the drivers of supply chain performance??
5) a) Describe the factors affecting shippers decisions in the supply chains??.
b) Explain any four modes of transportation and their performance characteristics??.
6) Draw the framework for network design decisions and describe the activities carries out under
its four phases??
7) a) Explain the role of E -business in supply chains??
b) Describe the impact of E – business on cost??
8) Write short notes on the following
a) Purchasing Policies b) Objectives of a supply chain.
c) Technological factors influencing network design decisions. d) Role of IT in the supply chain.
August 2009

1) a) Explain the activities carried out by the materials manangement department of a

manufacturing company??
b)What is “Centralised Purchasing Policy”? What are its advantages and disadvantages??
2) a)Explain the goals and advantages of vendor rating??
b)It is a mathemetical question, please refer the question paper.
3) a) What shall be the objectives of a supply chain?? Describe the decision phases of a supply
chain??
b) Briefly explain the three basic steps to be followed for achieving strategic fit in supply chains??.
4) a) With the aid of block diagramn explain about the supply chain decision making frame
work??
b) Briefly describe the meaning of a supply chain drivers and their impact on the performance of
supply chains.??
5) a) Explain briefly the factors affecting carrier decisions??
b)Explain any four modes of transportation and their performance characteristics??
6) With the aid of block diagram, describe the framework for network design decisions.
7) a) Briefly explain the key processess of customer relationship management??
b) Briefly describe the impact of e-business on any five business responsivenenss characteristics??.
8) Write short notes on.
a) XYZ and FSN classification of materials.
b) Enabling technologies employed in supply chains.
c) Direct shiiping with milk runs.
d) B2C and B2B e-business models.