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Supply Chain Strategies: Customer Driven and Customer Focused

Tony Hines

Chapter 6

Supply chain structures and relationships - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Explain why purchasing is not exactly synonymous with procurement.

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Problem 2

Discuss when purchasing is critical to the organization and illustrate your discussion with specific examples.

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Problem 3

Explain why purchasing may be considered to be of both operational and strategic importance to an organization of your choice.

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Problem 4

Purchasing may be critical to the survival and profitability of an organization. Discuss when this might be the case and explain why.

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Problem 5

Purchasing decisions revolve around the five R's say what these are and discuss their relative importance to the buying decision.

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Problem 6

This chapter identified another three R's that were required from a supplier. Identify the additional three R's and discuss their relative importance to the buyer.

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Problem 7

Identify and explain the types of information required before a purchase can be made.

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Problem 8

'Supplier relationships may be determined by organizational structures within each of the organizations involved in a supply chain.' Explain why integration is necessary to reduce total supply chain cost and give examples of how integration may be achieved.

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Problem 9

Explain the difference between different collaborative approaches in developing supply chain strategies.

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Problem 10

'Ultimately organizations involved in the supply chain must be competitive.' Explain how co-operative arrangements can be competitive and describe conflicts that might occur through supply chain co-operation.

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