Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management (GSDR2220)
Higher Institute of Transport and Logistics (HITL)
Semester: Second Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2016
School/Faculty: HITL
DEPARTMENT: General Studies LECTURER(S): Dr. Njamen
Level: 1 SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONM Academic Year: 2015/2016
COURSE CODE: TL 1207 COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management
DATE: 21/07/2016 HALL: TIME: 10:15 – 12:15
Instructions: Answer all Questions. Follow the instructions of each question
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1) During a press conference, Dr. Njamen defined supply chain as “optimized logistics”
Explain and Comment. (20mks)
2) Inspired by the examples given during the lectures on Introduction on Logistics and
supply chain”, briefly explain the differences between supply chain and logistics by
determining the limit between them (20mks)
3) Explain the diagram below and deduce the impact of cost reduction and ethics in the
supply chain (15pts)
4) Define 3PL and give the advantages of 3PL in the overall performance of a
company. (15pts)
Sales Revenue
Costs
Cash
Accounts
Receivable/payable
Inventory
Fixed assets
Profit
Capital Employed
Return on
Investment
Customer Service
Logistics
Efficiency
Pipeline
Management
Cash-to-cash
Cycle time
Just-in-time
Logistics
Assets
Deployment and
Utilization
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