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Question 1

BCD Manufacturing's products have very high velocity. Accordingly, the firm is redesigning its warehouse to

accommodate additionalimplement a system that

will allow its products to be stored in flexible locations, due to the high demand of different SKUs. This

strategy should also allow the orgfeization to improve warehouse efficiency. In this situation, which of the

following types of storage strategies should BCD employ?

A : Overflow locations

B : Fixed item locations

C : Floating locations

D : Point-of-use locations

Answer: C

Question 2

XYZ, Inc. notices that one of its suppliers has been failing to achieve on-time delivery, even though XYZ sends it a 6-month projected order forecast every month. The supplier claims that it takes nine months to receive important raw materials, and that this causes the poor delivery performance. Nevertheless, XYZ must continue purchasing from this supplier, as it is a sole supplier. Given this situation, which of following is the BEST course of action for XYZ to take

A : Send the 6-month forecast data weekly instead of monthly to the supplier, and request it purchase raw materials based on the projections

B : Request that the supplier submit an open order report on a weekly basis with details on the latest shipment status

C : Discuss the issue with engineering to determine if the firm can use different raw materials to manufacture the product

D : Extend the forecast timeline from six months to one year, and request the supplier purchase raw materials based on the projections

Answer: D

Question 3

Over the past 90 days, a buying company's manufacturing engineers have reported an increase in the number of defective parts received from a key supplier. The engineers report that there are three different types of defects occurring, and that they are all being discovered during production. The supplier states that it does not have enough resources to assess the root cause of the three types of defects all at one time. Which of the following should the buying firm do in this instance?

A : Work with engineering to determine the impact each defect type has on the customer base and assist the supplier in prioritizing and solving the defect type with the highest customer impact first

B : Calculate the number of times each of the defect types have occurred over the past 90 days, and instruct the supplier to work on finding the root cause of the defect with the highest frequency

C : Calculate the number of times each of the defect types have occurred over the past two weeks, and instruct the supplier to work on finding the root cause of the defect with the highest frequency

D : Work with engineering to submit three corrective action requests and ask the supplier to address all three

Answer: A

Question 4

An ERP purchasing module indicates a gross requirement of 100 units for part number A123. There is an open purchase order for 55 units. The item master for this supplier shows an order lot size of 30 units each. In this situation, how many units of this part will the exception report indicate should be ordered7

A : 60

B : 100

C : 45

D : 30

Answer: C

Question 5

A supply manager for JKL, Inc. is negotiating a contract with a supplier of a component. The component will be used in a new product JKL Is manufacturing and plans to bring to market early next year. Which of the following will be the MOST important provision for the supply manager to negotiate for?

A : A fixed cost of raw materials that will remain stable over the following year

B : A low minimum order quantity that allows flexibility to buy additional materials

C : A sustainable packaging solution with recyclable transport crating

D : Ownership of the molds and dies used to manufacture the component

Answer: B

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