Exam 3: Supply Chain Sustainability and Humanitarian Logistics

The ______ is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient,cost- effective flow of used materials and products from the point of consumption to reuse, repair, remanufacture, or recycling.

Major process activities in the reverse supply chain include collection, inspection, and disassembly of used products.

Nearest neighbour heuristic refers to a technique that creates a route by moving from the past location to the next location based on closest proximity.

Shippers also can have the door- to- door convenience of trucks with the long- haul economy of railroads or ocean containers by employing

Suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers have no responsibilities ensuring that safe products reach customers.

Product traceability follows the path of defective products back upstream from detection through multiple tiers of the supply chain to the specific source of the problem based on serial numbers.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major supply chain processes relating to disaster response?

More sustainable supply chains encompass improvements to only two of the firm's bottom lines.

Which of the following seeks to find the shortest distance between multiple locations on a map or in a network?

Trade- in refers to situation when customers can get a new copy of a product if another copy is returned.

What is the nearest neighbour (NN) heuristic? Describe the steps involved in this heuristic.

Supply chain managers can decrease the amount of energy consumed in moving materials or supplying services by expanding the distance travelled.