Supply Chain Management Overview

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What is the primary focus of supply chain management?

  • Maximizing customer satisfaction
  • Minimizing costs throughout the supply chain
  • Coordinating logistics and inventory management (correct)
  • Ensuring the quality of the final product

How does supply chain differ from value chain?

  • Supply chain management is limited to manufacturing, while value chain includes service delivery
  • Supply chain is customer-oriented while value chain is supplier-oriented
  • Supply chain encompasses all stages of production while value chain focuses only on the production process
  • Supply chain management deals with logistics, while value chain addresses activities that create customer value (correct)

Which of the following best describes the value chain?

  • An organizational structure focused on production efficiency
  • A sequence of supply activities leading to cost reduction
  • A network of suppliers and distributors managing product flow
  • A series of processes that enhance customer satisfaction directly (correct)

In which of the following areas do supply chain and value chain primarily overlap?

<p>Production processes that include logistics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements is NOT true about supply chain management?

<p>It is solely concerned with manufacturing activities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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