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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.Com.DEGREE EXAMINATION COMMERCE
SECONDSEMESTER APRIL 2018
17PCO2ES02- LOGISTIC AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Date: 25-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
SECTION A Answer ALL questions 10 x 2 20
What do you mean by the term 'Logistics'?
What is the role played by the contemporary issues in today's business?
Explain the concept 'supply chain surplus'.
What do you mean by alignment of strategic fit?
Enumerate the unique features of Just-in-Time Supply Scheduling.
Why virtual inventory is very popular in the current business environment?
Bring out the special feature of internet auctioning.
Why time window concept is essential in the transport operation?
Explain how the financial supply chain is supportive to physical supply chain.
10) Write note on SAP.
SECTION B Answer any FOUR questions 4 x 10 40
11) Identify the pressures encountered and the measures taken to improve Logistics.
12) Explain any five rights a customer claims from an enterprise.
13) What do you mean by risk management in IT? Identify the ways of mitigating the same.
14) What are the storage alternatives available for a business concern? Which is preferable?
15) Highlight the role played by the information technology in the supply chain.
16) Explain with the diagram, the steps in the life cycle of a letter of credit.
17) Bring out the essential of Electronic Evidence in the e-financial supply chain.
SECTION C Answer any TWO questions 2 x 20 40
18) Explain the term 'strategic Highlight the steps involved in achieving the same with suitable illustration.
19) Bring out the vital role played by the transport decision in the supply chain management by highlighting various facets of it?
20) Explain the various issues involved in the process of 'Purchasing' in the supply chain.
21) Elaborate the elements of financial supply chain management and its support to the modern business houses.