CDDP Exam Sample Questions

(VAR) The more variability is passed between discrete areas, steps, or processes in a system, the less productive that system will be:

Demand Variability

The law of system variability

Operational Variability

Market Variability

(POS) Quantities of inventory or stock that are designed to decouple demand from supply

Safety stock

Finished Goods Inventory

Decoupling point buffers

WIP Inventory

(BMRP) Which of the following is the best statement about the Relevance of MRP?

Managing connections and dependencies is the purpose of MRP – Today there are more dependencies than ever

Mitigating the bullwhip effect is not relevant for improving supply chain performance

Computational power is not necessary in today’s MRP

MRP is very suitable for current market dynamics

(NN) Effects in the supply chain from the bi-modal oscillation of inventory:

All below

Unacceptable Inventory Performance

Unacceptable Service Level Performance

High Expedite Related Wastes

(BDD) The process of defining the best possible positions to place inventory (where?)

ASR Lead Time

Strategic Inventory Positioning

Decoupling Points

LT Management

(BDD) The process of managing open supply orders in DDMRP

Challenging Priority by Due Date

Monitoring buffer status alerts

Managing current on hand alerts

Highly Visible and Collaborative Execution