MMPO-005 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Solved Question Paper December 2023

MMPO-005 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Solved Question Paper December 2023

Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Course Code: MMPO-005

1. What do you understand by physical
distribution management ? Explain “the
systems or total opproach to Physical
Distribution Management (PDM)”.
2. “Technology advancements in Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI), the internet and the world
wide web (www) had led the rise of supply
chain design and management as prominent
operational paradigms.” Explain, in view of
statement, the impact of information
technology on Supply Chain Management
(SCM).
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3. “The best known benchmarking system is the
five-part Supply Chain Operations Reference
(SCOR) model.” Explain the SCOR Model in
brief.
4. Explain how financial service sector has
incorporated the innovations in supply chain
management.
5. “Logistics run throughout the process of supply
chain and therefore in order to access the
performance of supply chain, total logistics cost
is of utmost importance.” Comment on the
statement.
6. “A Fourth Party Logistic (4PL) adds value to
the entire supply chain through reinvention,
transformation, and execution.” Comment on
the statement. Also, explain the operating
models that a 4PL company uses to deliver
supply chain solutions.
7. Write short notes on any three of the following :
(a) Push based supply chain
(b) Characteristics of effective measurement
system
(c) Supplier Quality Management
(d) Demand Driven Supply Networks (DDSNs)
(e) Electronic supply chain management