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Supply Chain Design Strategy Flashcards

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  1. Supply chain resilience is best achieved through which combination of strategies?

    Answer: Redundancy, flexibility, visibility, and collaborative risk management

    Resilience requires layered strategies — redundancy, flexibility, end-to-end visibility, and shared risk management with partners.

  2. In supply chain design, 'demand shaping' refers to:

    Answer: Using pricing, promotions, or incentives to influence customer demand patterns

    Demand shaping uses commercial levers like pricing and promotions to shift demand to times or products that better match supply.

  3. A fourth-party logistics provider (4PL) differs from a 3PL primarily because a 4PL:

    Answer: Manages and integrates multiple 3PLs and supply chain resources on behalf of the client

    A 4PL acts as a supply chain integrator, orchestrating multiple 3PLs and resources to optimize the overall network.

  4. Which supply chain design concept reduces the 'bullwhip effect'?

    Answer: Sharing real-time demand information across all supply chain tiers

    Sharing real-time demand data reduces information distortion that causes order amplification upstream.

  5. When should a company consider nearshoring as part of its supply chain redesign?

    Answer: When the benefits of shorter lead times, lower logistics costs, and reduced risk outweigh higher production costs

    Nearshoring makes strategic sense when responsiveness, risk reduction, and logistics savings justify higher production costs.

  6. A company uses a postponement strategy for product customization. Which supply chain benefit does this most directly create?

    Answer: Reduced finished goods inventory and improved forecast accuracy at the generic level

    Postponement reduces finished-goods SKU proliferation and allows forecasting at a less variable aggregate level.

  7. In supply chain design, the concept of 'strategic fit' means:

    Answer: The supply chain strategy aligns with the competitive strategy of the business

    Strategic fit ensures the supply chain's capabilities (efficiency, responsiveness) match the company's competitive priorities.