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JUSTICE K S HEGDE INSTITUTE OF

MANAGMENT,NITTE
M.B.A.(CreditSystem)DegreeExaminations
SUBJECTCODE WITH NAME:22MBAOM462- Advance Supply chain Management and
Analytics
Duration: 03 Hours Max. Marks:100

Unit1

1a) What is 3PL? How does it differ from 4 PL? Explain the role of 4PL in case of an apparel
Manufacturing Company? 10 Marks

1b) TNT logistics is incurring high logistics cost. So they decided to have a service provider
to take care of its logistics. What are the steps involved for TNT to select the apt service
provider? 10 Marks

Unit 2

2a) Why Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is recognized as an effective strategy for
combating irregularities in the supply chain?10 Marks

2b) Tesco wants to set up its stores in India and it requires many warehouses to be located to
serve its stores. What factors to be taken into account while setting its warehouse sites?10
Marks

Unit 3

3.a

DATA
Customers Depot Locations Demand (Thousand
1 2 3 4 Truck Loads
1 4 12 20 6 100
2 2 10 25 10 50
3 3 4 16 14 120
4 6 5 9 2 80
5 18 12 7 3 200
 6 14 2 4 9 70
7 20 30 2 11 60
8 24 12 6 22 100

Number
2
to Locate

Find out the optimal solution using the method of pmedian using greedy drop heuristics (Minimization)-15
Marks

3.b) Briefly describe the considerations in location modelling?- 5 Marks

Unit 4

4a.)

To
Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tal
s
Beginn
ing
0 36 7 76 15 59 33 104 37 97 30 56
invento
ry
Deman 63
69 29 36 61 61 26 34 67 45 67 79 56
d 0
Setup
or
Orderi
$10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10
ng
2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8
cost/
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Set up
or
order
Carryi
ng
$1. $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. $1.
cost/un
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
it/perio
d

Find out the Period order quantity cost (15 marks)

4.b) Illustrate the method of Supplier selection and Contracts? 5 Marks

Unit 5
5.a)

units per
Consumption Rate 10000
day
Cost of Coal $ 0.80 per unit
Holding Cost 25%

Truck @ Full TL@ Less TL @

Mode Wagon Full Rake
1000 units 6000 units 4000 units

Shipment Size 10,000 500000 1000 6000 4000

Shipment Cost $ 500 15000 100 300 220
Lead Time 20 20 6 6 6

The above data is for a electrical manufacturer. Find out the economical mode of transportation by
calculation of total cost?
calculate the safety inventory, cycle inventory, transit inventory cost, transportation cost per day of
consumption and thus calculate the total cost. 20 marks
or

6.a) Calculate the number of facilities needed for the following dataset using the set covering
problem?(minimization) 20 marks
SET COVERING PROBLEM

INPUTS

DISTANCES DEMANDS and FIXED COSTS

A B C D E F G H Node Demand Fixed Costs
A 0 5 14 6 13 19 11 12 A 100 2000
B 5 0 9 5 8 14 11 11 B 200 1500
C 14 9 0 14 9 10 20 14 C 150 1800
D 6 5 14 0 8 14 6 6 D 50 1000
E 13 8 9 8 0 6 13 5 E 300 2000
F 19 14 10 14 6 0 19 12 F 100 2500
G 11 11 20 6 13 19 0 8 G 100 1500
H 12 11 14 6 5 12 8 0 H 150 2000

Coverage Distance 11