1.
Which of these is NOT one of the possible effect on the revenues of a new logistic strategy implemented by a company?
Correct Answer
E. All of these are possible effects on the revenues of a new logistic strategy.
Explanation
The given correct answer states that all of the options listed (retain customer base, attracting new customers, obtain a premium price, and increase customer service) are possible effects on the revenues of a new logistic strategy. This means that each of these options can potentially contribute to increasing the company's revenues when implementing a new logistic strategy.
2.
In the Lee's model, an MTO product that has:
. High contribution margin
. High variety
. Short lead-time
is characterized by:
Correct Answer
C. High demand uncertainty
Explanation
Contribution margin, variety, and lead time (for MTO products), characterize the product from the point of view of the Demand. In particular, those values characterize an high uncertainty.
3.
Which of the Lee's strategy minimze the risk of supply chain interrumptions?
Correct Answer
E. Only A and B
Explanation
The Agile minimize the risk on the demand but also on the supply chain side.
4.
List the probable ROAs (from the highest to the lowest) in case of demand halving (all the other factors equal).
Correct Answer
C. Responsive > Agile > Lean > Risk Hedging
Explanation
The highest is the Responsive because it is aimed at minimize this type only of risk.
The second is the Agile because the risk of demand halving is minimize but the ROA is higher due to the minimization of the risk in the supply chain side.
The third is the Lean, because the risk is not minimize, but the ROA is higher than the Risk-Hedging because there are not costs for the minimization of the supply chain risks.
5.
The first decision to be taken in the basic decision process of warehousing (i.e.: to design a layer of warehouses):
Correct Answer
D. Ownership
Explanation
Ownership affects all the other possible choices (for the presence of the investments costs, mainly). SLIDE 25 Pack 4.
6.
With a Block Stacking system, only the LIFO modality can be used.
Correct Answer
B. False
Explanation
With more than one lane per pallet, or 2 aisle (retrieving and storage), is possible not to used the LIFO.
7.
The saturation of the SC, computed as (max no of PL stored)/SC does NOT depend on the type of warehouse.
Correct Answer
A. True
Explanation
It depends on the SC, and on the number of PL stored when the index is calculated: basically every value is possible in every moment, not depending on the type of warehouse (for example, the Selectivity depends on the type of warehouse, because in a block staking will be very often
8.
Which of these couples of parameters tend to be inversely proportional?
Correct Answer
C. AUR and Selectivity
Explanation
Increasing the average selectivity likely will be translated in less PL per meter.
Also SC and Selectivity can be considered inversely proportional, but only if the area remains equal, on the contrary increase it will increase the SC leaving the AUR constant.
9.
Implementing a dedicated storage in a warehouse will probably decrease:
Correct Answer
D. The number of Trucks needed
Explanation
Dedicated (and classed-based) storage reduce the average time for the single (and the double) cycle, that is, decreases the TC required by the system (or increases the TC of a single truck, from another point of view), decreasing the number of trucks required.
10.
The Exalibur Publishing, an AWESOME pc-games publisher (more info: http://www.excalibur-publishing.co.uk/), asked to your consultant company to design the new central warehouse for the storage of the PL of videogames.
You are requested to assess the TC capacity planned for the system. To do so, the design team provided you the following data:
h UL retrieved UL Stored
0-8 40 60
8-16 180 40
16-24 20 140
The new "picking line" of video-game (an entire game-line about the picking operation!) is estimated to affects the retrieval and storing operation by a +5% in the following years. Assuming:
only PL movements in the WH,
only single cycles,
assess the Throughput Capacity planned.
Correct Answer
C. 28.88 UL/h
Explanation
The TC planned is the max of (retrieval + storing), that is, 220 UL/shift --> 27.5 UL/h, considering FF=1.05 --> 28.88 UL/h.
11.
The Dedicated-based storage tends to decrease the average forklift cycle more than the class-based storage.
Correct Answer
A. True
Explanation
Class-based storage has an higher average forklift cycle because items are stored based on the average AI of the classed, while in the dedicated storage the storing is based on the actually AI of the items.