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1、Unit9Ⅰ.ComprehensionQuestions1.WhatisthedifferencebetweenSCMandverticalintegration?Supplychainmanagementisnotthesameas“verticalintegration”.Verticalintegrationnormallyimpliesownershipofupstreamsuppliersanddownstreamcustomers.Thiswasoncethoughtobeadesirablestrate

2、gybutincreasinglyorganizationsarenowfocusingontheir“corebusiness”---inotherwordsthethingstheydoreallywellandwheretheyhaveadifferentialadvantage.Everythingelseis‘ort-sourced’-inotherwordsitisprocuredoutsidethefirm.So,forexample,companiesthatperhapsoncemadetheirow

3、ncomponentsnowonlyassemblethefinishedproduct,e.g.automobilemanufacturers.Othercompaniesmayalsosubcontractthemanufacturingaswell,e.g.Nikeinfootwearandsportswear.Thesecompanieshavesometimesbeentermed“virtual”or“network”organizations.Therefore,accordingtowhathaveel

4、aboratedabove,wecanclearlydefineSCMas:Thefunctionswithinandoutsideacompanythatenablethevaluechaintomakeproductsandprovideservicestothecustomer.2.Whatisthedefinitionofsupplychainmanagement?Thefunctionswithinandoutsideacompanythatenablethevaluechaintomakeproductsa

5、ndprovideservicestothecustomer.3.BriefstatewhatdoesthetacticstoimplementSCMinclude.ØDevelopingstrongrelationshipswithsupplychainmanagementmembers;ØDevelopinghigh-qualityproductsandservices;ØBuildingcommitmenttosupplychainmanagement;ØReducingtheordercycletime;ØMi

6、nimizinginventorylevelsacrossthesupplychain;ØReducingthenumberofsuppliersandcarriers;ØSharinginformationamongsupplychainmanagementmembers.4.HowtounderstandSCM?Supplychainmanagementcomprisesplanningandprocessingorders;handling,transporting,andstoringallmaterialsp

7、urchased,processed,ordistributed;andmanaginginventoriesinaharmonious,coordinated,andsynchronizedmanneramongalltheplayersonthechaintobuildtoorder(tofulfillcustomerordersastheyarise)ratherthanbuildtostock(tobuildupstockleveltofulfillanticipatedfuturedemand).5.Howt

8、oestablishasupplychainmanagementsystem?略6.WhatspecialfunctionsdoesSCMhave?SCMmovesproducts/servicesmorequicklytotheenduser,thusincreasingtheperceivedvalueofthesystemt