Consignment Inventory and the Key Product Design Consideration (Multiple Choice Questions Sample)

1 - Consignment inventory requires that manufacturers:


Deliver their products to the consumer and payment from consumers is based on supply.


Stock their products on retail stores shelves and payment from consumers is based on forecast.


Deliver their products to the consumer and wait for payment until consumers requires to refill stock level.


Stock their products on retail stores shelves and wait for payment until consumers purchase the product.

2 - A manufacturer must consider the long-term effects of its product's impact on the environment. A key product design consideration is:


Routing and scheduling.


Material handling.


Facility planning.


Packaging options.

3 - A supply chain manager would like to guard against potential shortage in their company's manufacturing capacity. Which of the following areas of supply chain risk should the manager pay most attention to ?


Technical


Demand


Process