MS- 55 Logistics and supply chain management

  1. Why it is said that, “The new supply chain game is becoming a competition between effective supply networks rather than individual corporations”.
  2. Highlight the importance of location in supply chain network. What situations could result due to poor location?
  3. What are the essential differences in a B2C and a B2B supply chain? List the respective characteristics that necessitate such differences?
  4. What are pull and push strategies? Do you agree that a supply chain is usually a combination of both push and pull? Justify your answer.
  5. “With information freely available on the Internet, the demand for consultants will reduce”. Comment on the statement.