INTE試験無料問題集「ISM Supply Management Integration 認定」

A supply manager is tasked with assisting internal customers in refining their budgets and planning future sourcing. The supply manager works with the firm's marketing director on a budget which includes a large direct mail campaign and the revision of promotional materials for several products.
Six months later, marketing has nearly exhausted the budget due to cost increases in paper and printing, even though the marketing campaign's scope has not changed. Which of the following did the supply manager and marketing director fail to consider?

A company saves packaging from incoming shipments and utilizes the cartons to sort parts and pad outgoing pallets. This can BEST be described as

A supply manager is tasked with creating a business continuity plan in the event of natural disasters. The firm is most concerned with understanding the impacts and consequences of events. Which of the following steps of a business continuity plan should be the PRIMARY focus of the supply manager?

A supply manager is analyzing potential costs associated with the raw materials needed for a new product launch. Tooling costs are known, but the range of forecasts for future sales-and therefore demand for materials-varies widely. Given these circumstances, the supply manager should consider using which of the following?

A firm sells an average of 2,000 units of snacks from its existing stock while it waits for orders to be delivered. Demand during lead time varies in accordance with a normal distribution. The firm's supply manager prepares a presentation to explain the concept of customer service and safety stock levels using the following figure:

What does the shaded area D (in red) represent?

Which of the following is calculated by taking the selling price of the buyer's end product and subtracting the required profit?

A manufacturing firm redesigns its premier product to benefit from material standardization. This will entail re-tooling its manufacturing facility. The firm conducts a cost analysis using net present value (NPV) and considers four options. Option 1 is to make no change at all. Options 2, 3, and 4 represent different re-tooling configurations. The discount rate for NPV calculation is 10% per annum, and material costs are fixed for the next 3 years. The firm follows a three-year planning cycle and wishes to apply NPV over that time period to the calculations:
Option 1Option 2Option 3Option 4
Re-tooling Costs$0$500,000$800,000$950,000
Annual Material Costs$1,100,000$900,000$800,000$750,000
NPV = £ r.i (l*r/
What is the 3-year NPV of the best option'

A manufacturing firm's facility operates a level production strategy. The initial demand plan is as follows:
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Unit Sales12,00026,00026,00021,00020,00020,00015,00020,000
Production20,00020,00020,00020,00020,00020,00020,00020,000
The supply management department learns that one of its retailers is planning a promotional event on August
1st that it expects will require an additional 19,000 units. There are 5,000 units in stock for the beginning of January, and maximum inventory holding is 15,000 units.
How many units per month should production increase in order to meet the requirements of its retailer and minimize overall inventory levels?

Which of the following refers to the percentage of order requirements met through stock that is present on the shelf?