现代物流练习题.doc

现代物流练习题.docExercises for Lecture One
Answer the following questions:
What is logistics management?
What are the activities included in logistics management?
Why is the inventory control activity critical?
What does the traffic and transportation activity refer to?
What aspects are included in specific storage activities?
What are the important factors that should be taken into consideration in selecting plant and warehouse sites?
What are the objectives of material handling?
From a logistics perspective, what functions does packaging perform?
What respects are involved in the procurement function?
Why does packaging become even more important when firms are involved in international marking?
How do dispose of salvage and scrap?
What is reverse distribution?
How dose the order processing system form the
foundation for the logistics management information system?
What dose the typical order cycle consist of?
Which has greater impact on the customer's inventory, a five-day reduction in order cycle, or a five-day reduction in order cycle variability? Please give examples to explain the reasons.
Generally, the more sophisticated the communications systems become, the more vulnerable the company becomes to any internal of external communications malfunction, why?
Please give one interpretation of the path that a customer's order might take?
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