CIPS Related Exams
L4M7 Exam
Which of the following are recognised hidden costs associated with global sourcing?
Quality control and nonconformance costs
Increased lead times and inventory carrying costs
Lower labour and wage costs
Cost of tariffs and duties in supply chains
A company does not have enough space to hold inventory to satisfy an external foreign market. Therefore, the board of directors have decided that the company would buy stock in bulk and pay a fee for storage to a third-party warehouse provider local to the foreign market. This would allow the company to focus on other aspects of the business. The stock will be called off as and when required. Which of the following strategies is being pursued by this company?
Toll Group has thousands of end-of-life IT assets that need to be disposed of. The senior manage-ment of Toll Group is largely concerned about sustainability in waste management, especially electronicwaste. Before selecting a supplier to manage the process, the procurement team is required to assess the environmental risks regarding disposal of the assets. Risk assessment is basically based on the measurement of which factors?
1. Impact
2. Reward
3. Surveillance
4. Likelihood