1. Alexanders army was able to achieve its brilliant successes because it managed its supply chain so well.

Do you agree with the above statement? Why and why not? Justify your comments by describing the nature of supply chain and its corresponding management. Your answer limit is one page. (3) Alexanders army was able to achieve its brilliant successes because it managed its supply chain so well. The army had a logistics structure that was fundamentally different from other armies of the time. In other armies the number of support people and camp followers was often as large as the number of actual fighting soldiers because armies traveled with huge numbers of carts and pack animals to carry their equipment and provisions, as well as the people needed to tend them. In the Macedonian army the use of carts was severely restricted. Soldiers were trained to carry their own equipment and provisions. Other contemporary armies did not require their soldiers to carry such heavy burdens but they paid for this because the resulting baggage trains reduced their speed and mobility. The result of the Macedonian armys logistics structure was that it became the fastest, lightest, and most mobile army of its time. It was capable of making lightning strikes against an opponent often before they were even aware of what was happening. 2. A coffee manufacturer wants to expand its business into regions where majority of the population prefers tea over coffee. Identify the decisions company can take with respect to (3) Design Phase of Supply Chain Planning Phase of Supply Chain Operation Phase of Supply Chain 3. What is the objective of Push Supply Chain? (1) 4. What is the objective of Pull Supply Chain?(1) 5. When viewing supply chain processes, two perspectives emerge. Process View of Supply Chain and Push Pull View of Supply Chain. How they are different? Your answer should be very specific and should not be more than a page. (2) 6. For any company to be successful, its supply chain strategy and competitive strategy must fit together. Do you agree with the above statement? Why and why not? Justify your comments by quoting suitable real or hypothetical examples (2) anticipation

7. Why coordination within a company is necessary to improve over all supply chain. What if value chain is not consistent with supply chain? What are the benefits of vertical integration? Justify you answer by quoting suitable example (2) 8. Why implied demand uncertainty is different from demand uncertainty? Why implied demand increases with the following customer need? (3) Range of quantity increases (Wider range of quantity implies greater variance in demand) Lead time decreases (Less time to react to orders) Required service level increases (Firm now has to handle unusual surges in demand) 9. What do you think of the implied demand uncertainty of the following products? Rate your answer on implied demand uncertainty spectrum. Justify your rating with respect to demand and supply uncertainty (3) 1. Batteries for car 2. CNG Kits for Car 3. Alloy Rims 10. State True or False (5) a) If Facilities are Where of the supply Chain then, Inventory is How and Transportation is what of the Supply Chain b) According to Littles law, Inventory on hand should be the sum of flow time and throughput. c) Safety inventory is built up to counter predictable variability in demand d) Increasing variety in inventory reduces storage and handling cost e) Inbound transportation costs are usually higher than outbound transportation costs