ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 55
Course Title : Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Assignment Code : MS-55 /TMA/SEM - II/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment to the coordinator of your study
centre on or before 31st October, 2019.
1. “Integration of supply chain and demand chain can be seen from three angles’’. What are
these three angles/ levels? Explain them in brief.
2. What are the fundamental mistakes commonly made while capturing information? How
would these mistakes be eliminated in SCM?
3. “Today’s management can’t afford to focus only on company’s performance in a
vacuum, there is an emerging requirement to focus on the performance of the extended
supply chain or network in which company is a partner’’. Comment!
4. “The distribution problem is concerned with the allocation of goods flow to minimize
overall distribution cost”. Comment on the statement.
5. What supply chain strategies can rail companies use to stop the erosion of market share to
air travel in case of passengers and road in case of freight?