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The second step in achieving strategic fit between competitive and supply
chain strategies is to
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Answer:
ensure that all functional strategies within the supply chain
support the supply chain's level of responsiveness.
Answers: understand customers and supply chain uncertainty.
match supply chain responsiveness with the implied uncertainty
of demand.

understand the supply chain and map it on the responsiveness
spectrum.
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With the ________ view, firms attempt to align all operations within a
function. In this view, all supply chain functions including sourcing,
manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation must align their strategy
to minimize total functional cost.
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Answer: intraoperation
scope
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intrafunctional
scope
intraoperation
scope
interfunctional
scope
intercompany
scope
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Intraoperation scope resulted in minimal

supply chain surplus.
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Answer: e
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e
False
Ron Popiel is so convinced that his next
product, the Thong-O-Matic, will be a big
hit, that he has contracted with the three
largest outsource call centers in Bangalore
India before his first infomercial airs.
"Operators truly will be standing by," Ron
confides in his twin Don, "as I extoll the
virtues of this device that can help a
person get dressed in the morning."
Forecasts for demand are all over the
place, which is why Ron has elected to pull
the
Selected
Answer: information lever.
Answers: patient customer

lever.

excess capacity
lever.
information lever.
flexible capacity
lever.
A graph with two axes with

implied uncertainty along the
horizontal axis and
responsiveness along the
vertical axis is referred to as
the
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d
zone of strategic fit.
Answer
:
Answer implied uncertainty
s:
spectrum.
zone of strategic fit.

uncertainty/responsive
ness map.
responsiveness
spectrum.
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The first step in achieving strategic fit between competitive and supply
Selected
Answer:
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understand customers and supply chain uncertainty.
match supply chain responsiveness with the implied uncertainty
of demand.
understand the supply chain and map it on the responsiveness
spectrum.
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Efficient supply chains
Selected
Answer: maintain buffer inventory to deal with demand/supply
uncertainty.
Answers: respond quickly to demand.
maintain buffer inventory to deal with demand/supply
uncertainty.

maximize performance at a minimum cost.
have higher margins because price is not a prime
customer driver.
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A company's supply chain strategy

Selected
Answer: defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through
its products and services.
Answers: defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through

determines the nature of procurement and transportation of
materials as well as manufacture and distribution of the product.
specifies the portfolio of new products that it will try to develop.
specifies how the market will be segmented and how the product
will be positioned, priced, and promoted.
A supply chain strategy involves decisions regarding all of the following

except
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Answer:
transportation.
Answers: inventory.
operating facilities.
transportation.

new product
development.
The final step in achieving strategic fit between competitive and supply
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Answer:
Answers: understand the supply chain and map it on the
responsiveness spectrum.

match supply chain responsiveness with the implied
uncertainty of demand.
combine customer and supply chain uncertainty and map it
on the implied uncertainty spectrum.
A company's product development strategy
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Answer: defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy
through its products and services.
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specifies the portfolio of new products that it will try to
develop.
specifies how the market will be segmented and how the
product will be positioned, priced, and promoted.
defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy
through its products and services.
materials as well as manufacture and distribution of the
product.
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Which of the following defines the set of customer needs that a

company seeks to satisfy through its products and services?
Selected
Answer: Product development
strategy
Answers: Product development
strategy
Supply chain strategy

Competitive strategy
Marketing and sales
strategy
Operating with low levels of inventory helps a supply chain facing
uncertainty because there is that much less product to flush out of the
system before filling today's order.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
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Fals
e
A company's competitive strategy

Selected
Answer: determines the nature of procurement and transportation of
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defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through
A company's marketing and sales strategy

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Answer:
defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through
Answers: defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through

the functions and stages that devise an integrated strategy with an aligned
objective are referred to as
Selected
Answer: supply chain strategy.
Answers: supply chain strategy.

scope of strategic fit.
competitive strategy.
scope of marketing
strategy.
he uncertainty that exists due to the portion of demand that the supply
chain is required to meet is the
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Answer:
demand uncertainty.
Answers: rate of strategic
uncertainty.

implied demand
uncertainty.
average forecast error.
demand uncertainty.
The uncertainty of customer demand for a product is the

Selected
Answer: implied demand
uncertainty.
Answers: implied demand
uncertainty.
rate of strategic
uncertainty.
average forecast error.

demand uncertainty.
Uncertainty is nothing but an absence of the right information.

Selected Fals
Answer: e
Answers: Tru
e
False

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Intraoperation scope resulted in minimal

Answers: patient customer

A graph with two axes with

Efficient supply chains

A company's supply chain strategy

A supply chain strategy involves decisions regarding all of the following

A company's product development strategy

Which of the following defines the set of customer needs that a

A company's competitive strategy

A company's marketing and sales strategy

The uncertainty of customer demand for a product is the

Uncertainty is nothing but an absence of the right information.

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