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DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS UNIT I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Define strategy. Define strategic management. What is mission statement? What is vision? What do you mean by strategic planning? Define strategic control. What do you mean by strategic intent? What is corporate strategy? What is business strategy? Define objectives. What do you mean by key result areas? What are the phases in strategic management? Cite any two benefits of vision. Write any four characteristics of vision statement? Write any four characteristics of mission statement? Write any four characteristics of objectives? What are the guidelines for objective setting? What are the three levels of strategy? What do you mean by crafting a strategy? What is functional level strategy?

UNIT II 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. What is environmental scanning? What is strategic surveillance? What do you mean by Question marks? What do you mean by cash cows? What do you mean by stars? Write about dogs of BCG matrix? What do you mean divesting? What is value chain analysis? What is competitive scope? What is BCG matrix? What are tangible resources? What are intangible resources? What are the five forces driving industry competition? What do you mean by competitor analysis? What is the advantage of competitor intelligence system ? What are the various components of competitor analysis? What are the primary activities of value chain analysis? What are the support activities of value chain analysis? What is TOWS? What are porters three generic strategies?

UNIT III 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. What are the five distinct competitive strategy approaches? What is a low cost provider strategy? What is a best cost provider strategy? What is the main aim of focused strategy based on low cost? What is the focused strategy based on differentiation? What is cooperative strategy? What is strategic alliance? Define merger. What is demerger? What is horizontal merger? What is vertical merger? What is a concentric merger?

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What is a conglomerate merger? What are cross border acquisitions? What is unbundling? What are the two driving themes behind outsourcing? What are the offensive strategies and defensive strategies? What is guerilla offensive? Cite any four benefits of outsourcing. Write any four key drivers of outsourcing?

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Unit-1 Descriptive Question: 1. SCM 2. Global supply chain management 3. EDI 4. Reverse supply chain 5. Supply chain 6. Supply chain process cycle 7. Value chain 8. Push view of supply chain 9. Pull view of supply chain 10. Advantages of SCM 11. Design of SCM 12. Need of SCM 13. Objectives of SCM 14. Elements of SCM 15. CODP(customer order decoupling point) 16. SCM strategy 17. CPFR(collaborative planning forecasting replenishment) 18. Unit-2 1. Logistics 2. Logistics management 3. Internal logistics 4. 3PL 5. 4PL 6. International logistics 7. Inbound logistics 8. Outbound logistics 9. Breakdown pattern analysis 10. Inventory control 11. Reverse logistics 12. Material handling 13. Warehousing 14. Customer service 15. DRP(distribution requirement planning) process 16. Cross docking 17. Transportation management 18. Shipping manifest 19. Bill of lading 20. Fleet management Unit-3 1. 2. Global sourcing -----issues Global sourcing-----problems

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Inventory management in supply chain Inventory policy JIT VMI Dead stock Pipeline stock Decoupling stock Cycle inventory Ordering cost Inventory as an elements of customer service, discuss? Role of stores management in SC e-procurement group purchasing components of inventory decision components of information decision components of sourcing decision components of pricing decision Importance of inventory in SC