WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.What is the formula for forecast error? - ANSWERS✔-Actual demand for period t
- forcasted demand for period t
\.Global Sustainability Index - ANSWERS✔-A system of measurement intended to
influence how products are made and purchased in the future (Walmart)
\.Contractural Relationship - ANSWERS✔-type of relationship that has moderate
trust, moderate interaction frequency, and moderate commitment
\.B. Decreased need for supplier management - ANSWERS✔-An outsourcing
program can result in all of the following positive outcomes except:
A Reducing staffing levels
B. Decrease need for supplier management
C. Cost reduction
D. Gains in manufacturing felxibility
\.In his book "The wealth of Nations", Adam Smith stated that economies are -
ANSWERS✔-Becoming multi-national
, \.Purchase order - ANSWERS✔-Considered te buyers offer to purchase products or
services from a supplier, is legally binding once the supplier accepts it, and usually
has terms and conditions of a purchase preprinted on the back
\.Reward Power - ANSWERS✔-Use of incentive system in contractual relationships
\.Cost - ANSWERS✔-Collaborative relationships place relatively low importance
rating
\.Just less than 40 % - ANSWERS✔-From the perspective of managers describing
their perceptions of relationships that their firms have with their suppliers or
customers _________% are characterized as being high trust and consequently
more collaborative
\.FOB Orgin- Freight Collect - ANSWERS✔-shipping terms that a customer firm
would use to control the freight, if they were focused on cost base pricing, and
they (the customer) percieved that the supplier perceived a power position in the
relationship
\.bullwhip effect - ANSWERS✔-The impact of poor communication and innacurate
forecasts resonates along the value system or supply chain and results in...
\.A. Proffessional and consulting servises - ANSWERS✔-Which of the following is
not one of the common examples if indirect spend?
A. Professional consulting services
B. Employee benefits