Defining Business Needs Questions and Answers
A CPO is analyzing whole life cycle costing of a machinery. He realises that cost elements are not specific but come from a range of values. Which whole-life costing model should the CPO use to get the most accurate total cost of ownership?
British Steel needs to source a set of instruments that will improve quality of steel. Without these instruments British Steel will loss control of the temperature. The bucket may freeze up, or if it is too hot it leaks out of the casting process, damaging the machine. There is limited supply on the market and quality varies greatly. Which of the following will be the most appropriate managing approach to procure these items?
Which of the following are the fair and reasonable comparators in price analysis? Select TWO that apply:
Which of the following is a challenge of making a business case for straight re-buys?
Which kind of these following costs belong to fixed costs? Select TWO that apply.
Facing fiercer competition at home and abroad, IKEA, the leading furniture retailer, needs to im-prove its competitiveness. In order to do this, IKEA must decrease operating costs and improve quality of current and new retail stores. The company establishes a project team. The job of the team is to collect data on performance from multiple stores in several countries, then select the best performing one. The team will work closely with best performing store and study its processes. After the research, the team will recommend best practices to other retail stores. IKEA management can also apply these practices to new stores in the future. Which of the following correctly describe the process undertaken by IKEA project team?
Which of the following is a tool to define roles and responsibilities of a project team?
Ethan is the newly appointed CEO of ATT Group. He sees that the company is wasting financial resources on unnecessary spends. To solve this problem, Ethan requires all functional managers to prepare their department budget from scratch. Each spend must have justification or it will not be approved. Which budgeting method is Ethan using?
Department for Transport (DfT) needs to buy new locomotives to expand the capacity of trains fleet. In 2009, they were criticized for beginning the procurement “without any clear idea of how many trains would be needed, which routes they would run on and what form of power would be required”. What should procurement manager of DfT do first to manage risk in making the specification?
EV Inc is facing the following challenges:
1. The capital investment is enormous.
2. Most of company's working capital is in form of inventories, which include raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods.
3. Competitors are increasingly deploying robotics and automation to boost productivity.
Which of the below business sectors does EV Inc belong to?
When preparing through-life specification, which of the following requirements should procure-ment team define besides the physical asset? Select TWO that apply.
A procurement manager is requested to source a major component. She needs information on sup-pliers’ direct and indirect cost, fixed and variable costs to prepare for negotiations. Therefore, she collects 17 annual reports from potential suppliers who are competing in the same industry. In order to estimate an approximate value of fixed and variable costs in that industry, which of the following technique should be adopted by the procurement manager?
Which of the following specific markets engage in creation, liquidation and change of ownership of stock?
Which of the following factors might prompt an organisation to procure an alternative product? Select THREE that apply:
What is the output of regression analysis?
An automotive manufacturer is sourcing rubber components from Company A. The specification given to the supplier state that the component should be 1 meter long, without mentioning the tolerance. Enthusiast with the opportunity, engineers at Company A work hard to cut the components with tolerance at only +/- 1mm. The head and tail of the component is then joined together to form a circular band. After that it is stretched over another component. To fit this purpose, the rubber component can be at any length from 80cm to 110cm. This is an example of...?
When should procurement professional tolerate a risk?
Bob is a new procurement specialist at XYZ Ltd. He is assigned to categorise the company's sup-plies. After analysing, Bob realises that a group of low value products is sourced from a tiny geo-graphical area which is prone to flooding. What would be the best strategy to manage this category of products?
Due to increasing demand, a local restaurant is requesting its fish vendor to supply larger quantity. The restaurant manager also asks the vendor whether it is possible to reduce the total price by 5%. This is known as...?
Builder Inc is a rapidly expanding business in construction sector. Due to an increase in projects, it cannot manage the flow of materials by Excel spreadsheets but by more dedicated software. Who would be a key internal stakeholder in defining software compatibility with company's current system?
Which of the following is the best definition of target costing?