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Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Notes Situational Analysis: It is the collection of performance measures and characteristics that describe
the current logistics environment.

13.5 Review Questions

1. What is the basic objective in a logistics design and analysis study? Is it normally a one-
time activity?
2. What is sensitivity analysis, and what is its role in systems design and analysis?
3. Why is it important to develop supporting logic to guide the logistical planning process?
4. Both internal and external review assessments must consider a number of measures. What
are they and why are they important?
5. Why is a cost/benefit evaluation important to logistical systems design efforts?
6. What is the key objective in freight lane analysis?
7. In a general sense, what are the essential differences between analytic and simulation
techniques?
8. What is the main advantage of the typical optimization technique in comparison to
simulation?
9. Compare and contrast strategic and tactical transportation decisions.
10. “Transportation analyses focus on routing and scheduling of transportation equipment to
optimize vehicle and driver utilization while meeting customer service requirements.”
Discuss.
Answers: Self Assessment

1. Phase I 2. Evaluation
3. Technology assessment 4. Availability, quality, or capability
5. Phase II 6. Analysis assumptions
7. Internal records 8. Phase III

9. True 10. True
11. True 12. False
13. True 14. True
15. True 16. False

13.6 Further Readings

Books Agrawal DK, Textbook of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, MacMillan India
Limited, 2003.
Ailawadi C Sathish & Rakesh Singh, Logistics Management, Prentice Hall India,
2005.
Ballou, Business Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education.
Bowersox D, Closs D, and Mixby Copper, M., Supply Chain Logistics Management,
McGraw Hill, 2002.

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