1. What is supply chain management and why is it important?

What are the key

objectives of supply chain management? What is supply chain surplus?

2. Describe thrust areas of supply chain management. What do you understand by

Bullwhip Effect in supply chain management?

3. What is the role of logistics in supply chain management? What are different elements
of logistics cost. Describe them briefly.

4. State the factors taken in to consideration for making transportation choice. Also
discuss and the characteristics of different transport modes namely rail, road, air,
Inland River transport and pipeline.

5. What is a common carrier? Discuss rights, duties and liabilities of a common carrier.

6. What is inventory control and discuss the various techniques for inventory control
with their merits and demerits.

7. Discuss the concepts of Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Distribution

Requirement Planning (DRP) and Just-in-Time (JIT)

8. Describe various warehousing options available with their merits and demerits. Also
discuss the site selection criteria for the warehouse location.

9. Which are the warehousing strategies the business organizations normally adopt based
on their product market requirements.

10. Discuss the salient features of one of the following case studies that were discussed in
the class.

a. Supply chain management at Wal-Mart

b. McDonalds Supply Chain in India
c. Toyota Production System: Basic Hand Book