Supply Chain Risk and Sustainability Flashcards
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What is the purpose of a 'supply chain audit' from a risk and compliance perspective?
Answer: To verify that suppliers and internal operations comply with legal, ethical, and contractual requirements
Supply chain audits examine practices against standards, uncovering compliance gaps in areas like labor rights, environmental practices, and quality systems before they become crises.
In the CSCP framework, 'supply chain risk appetite' refers to:
Answer: The level of risk an organization is willing to accept in pursuit of its supply chain objectives
Risk appetite defines how much uncertainty the organization is willing to tolerate — informing decisions about redundancy investments, safety stock levels, and sourcing diversity.
What is 'conflict minerals' compliance in supply chain management?
Answer: Ensuring that minerals like tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG) are not sourced from conflict zones funding armed groups
The US Dodd-Frank Act requires companies to disclose whether their products contain conflict minerals (3TG) sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo region.
Which sustainability metric measures the total water usage across all supply chain operations?
Answer: Water footprint
The water footprint quantifies total freshwater consumption across the supply chain, from agriculture and manufacturing to transportation.
What is 'supply chain agility' and how does it differ from 'supply chain efficiency'?
Answer: Agility is the ability to respond rapidly to change; efficiency is optimizing cost and resource utilization — they often trade off against each other
Efficient supply chains are lean and cost-optimized for predictable demand; agile chains invest in flexibility and speed to respond to volatile or uncertain conditions.
Which of the following best describes the 'triple bottom line' concept in sustainable supply chains?
Answer: Evaluating supply chain performance across three dimensions: economic (profit), social (people), and environmental (planet)
The triple bottom line holds that sustainable supply chains must create value not just financially, but also for society and the environment.