CLEP Management

Category - CLEP Management

Which of these activities would not fall under the category of creating value with supply chain management?
  1. Finding a lower cost trucking company to ship your manufactured products to the customer
  2. Implementing a kanban system within your plant
  3. Hiring a new fork truck driver to replace the one who quit
  4. Working with your raw material supplier to increase accuracy in delivery dates
Explanation
Answer: C - Creating value with supply chain management involves analyzing processes and procedures throughout the entire supply chain and improving upon them. A, B, and D all improve upon an existing process, while C simply maintains the current process with a different employee.

Key Takeaway: When working with supply chain management, the purpose is to look at your manufacturing process from end to end and create improvements within that process. Supply chain management includes items such as purchasing, inventory management, logistics, plant layout, work flow, sales and volume forecasting, and much more.
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