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IGNOU MMPO-08 (January 2024 – July 2024) Assignment Questions
1. Discuss the key principles on which logistics and supply chain management offers superior value to stakeholders.
2. What is Bullwhip effect? Explain the net impact of the Bullwhip Effect on Supply Chains.
3. What is Bill of Lading? Discuss the functions of Bill of Lading.
4. “Warehouses play different roles in supply chain. These can be operated by manufacturers, retailers, suppliers, and companies involved in production.” In light of this statement explain the functions of warehouse.
5. Write short notes on the following:
• Challenges of Supply Chain Management
• External and Internal customers
• Risks in Logistics Supply Chain Management
• Benchmarking Supply chain
IGNOU MMPO-08 (January 2023 – July 2023) Assignment Questions
1. “Logistics managers generally ensure that the right products are delivered at the right location, at the right time, and maintain the quality required in the most cost effective manner”. Discuss the key tasks of logistics managers in an organization.
2. “Customers are more interested in continuity of business than profit per unit”. In light of this statement explain the role of logistics management in customer services.
3. What is Bill of Lading? Discuss different functions and types of Bill of Lading.
4. “Warehouses are godowns for keeping and storing goods and providing other related services in order to preserve the goods in a systematic manner so as to maintain their value, quality, and usefulness”. Enumerate the functions of warehouses namely economic functions and operational functions.
5. Write short notes on the following:
• Bullwhip effect
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Economic Order Quantity
• Logistics Audit