Chapter 12 Flashcards
(21 cards)
1
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- Which of these is NOT a logistics activity?
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d. inspection
2
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- What percent of North American gross domestic product is accounted for by logistics?
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a. almost 11 percent
3
Q
- According to your book, the region with the highest logistics expenditure since 2000 is:
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c. Pacific Rim
4
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- The transportation mode with the highest dollar value of freight in the United States is:
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c. highway.
5
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- The transportation mode other than highway with the highest annual tonnage in the United States is:
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c. rail.
6
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- This transportation mode is often the most expensive on a per pound basis.
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a. air
7
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- The mode of transportation that is highly cost effective for bulky items but has relatively poor delivery reliability and speed is:
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b. water.
8
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- Cargo is loaded and unloaded only once with:
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a. direct truck shipment.
9
Q
- Which of the following is an example of consolidation warehousing?
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c. A single manufacturer takes output from several of its manufacturing plants and combines them into one shipment to a major customer.
10
Q
- Hub and spoke systems are characterized by:
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d. warehouses that are purely sorting facilities.
11
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- One form of warehousing that features light manufacturing and packaging duties and allows firms to put off final assembly or packaging until the last possible moment is:
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c. postponement warehousing.
12
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- The most detailed level of logistics information systems is the:
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d. execution system
13
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- A logistics manager uses this type of system to select a carrier for an outgoing shipment or to develop a weekly schedule of deliveries.
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b. planning
14
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- A firm that is interested in consistent on-time delivery would probably design their transportation and warehousing system to include:
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a. air transportation with a spot stock warehouse.
15
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- A service firm that takes care of all of the logistics requirements for other companies is a:
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c. third party logistics provider.
16
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- Last year the Perfection Logistics Company delivered 3.1 million packages and damaged 45,000 deliveries, sent 28,000 to the wrong address, and was late 20,000 times. Their percent perfect order is:
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c. 97%
17
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- Which of these statements about reverse logistics is best?
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a. Reverse logistics systems are usually less cost-efficient than forward-based systems.
18
Q
- You new Garden Weasel fails to “completely satisfy” you so you decide to return it for a full refund. What is the name for the system that will carry your weasel back to the manufacturer?
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d. Reverse logistics
19
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- Acme wants to locate a warehouse to serve their major customers that are shown in the table. What is the location that will minimize the transportation costs for their family of products?
Customer Annual Volume X-Coordinate Y-Coordinate
Coyote LLC 25 3 7
Destry 13 5 2
Kingston Inc. 6 8 4
Ed Wood Productions 4 1 5
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b. Near (4,5)
20
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- Using the map and annual volumes shown next to each location, what is the best location for a central warehouse that can be used to service all of the locations?
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b. Near (3,2)
21
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37. Plants A, B, C, and D produce the same item that is demanded by customers W, X, Y, and Z. Customer demand and plant capacity are shown in the bottom row and rightmost column in the table. The cost to ship one unit between each combination of plants and customers is also shown in the table. If the corporation wishes to minimize the total transportation costs of this assignment problem, what is a suitable constraint? W X Y Z Total Capacity A $3 $6 $4 $2 22,000 B $7 $10 $8 $6 19,000 C $10 $13 $11 $9 14,000 D $12 $15 $13 $11 15,000 Total Demand 25,000 15,000 18,000 12,000
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d. Saw+Sax+Say+Saz
