ASCM Certified In Planning and Inventory Management Question Bank: Page 11 • ExamPrepare

Question 61

Supply network design includes which of the following activities?

Developing the business strategy and shaping the market
Determining product families and developing risk assessments
Reviewing quarterly budgets and establishing performance metrics
Influencing the location of operations and planning long-term capacity

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Question 62

Which of the following consequences results from expediting a production order?

The overall throughput increases.
The overall throughput remains the same.
The relative priority changes for remaining orders.
The relative priority for remaining orders stays the same.

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Question 63

The trade-off of increasing safety stock to improve customer fill rate would be a decrease in:

pipeline inventory.
transportation costs.
inventory turns.
sales revenue.

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Question 64

In an effort to maintain accurate due dates in the material requirements plan, a planner should primarily engage in which of the following activities?

Convert planned orders to firm planned orders (FPOs) at the standard lead time indicated in the item master.
Adjust due dates when the changes are substantial enough to impact material availability.
Change expected due dates for purchased materials when a supplier shipment arrives early.
Modify the master production schedule (MPS) when expected forecast becomes an actual customer order.

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Question 65

Which manufacturing process is most appropriate when output requirements involve high levels of flexibility, customer involvement, customization, and complexity?

Flow
Intermittent
Project
Contract

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Question 66

Over the last several months, the control chart shows that the mean of a process has gradually shifted. Which of the following circumstances is the most likely source of the problem?

The tooling is experiencing wear-and-tear.
Operator error has increased.
A new material supplier has been introduced.
Employee turnover has increased.

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Certified In Planning and Inventory Management Practice Questions

Question 61

Question 62

Question 63

Question 64

Question 65

Question 66