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APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP new Practice Questions 2023 - Part 60

Mary Smith

Sun, 19 Apr 2026

APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP new Practice Questions 2023 - Part 60

1. A company closely monitors supplier performance and notices recent late deliveries from one supplier. The supplier discloses flood damage at the plant. The company quickly shifts sourcing to a new supplier and has minimal loss of sales. Which of the following risk strategies reflects the company's actions?

A) Achieving low cost through reaction
B) Creating an adaptive supply chain community
C) Reducing supply chain vulnerability
D) Investing in redundancy



2. A company ships from its manufacturing facilities directly to its warehouses. If the number of warehouses increases, transportation costs between manufacturing facilities and warehouses most likely will:

A) increase.
B) decrease.
C) not change.
D) become less predictable.



3. A company that manufactures complex mechanical assemblies to customer order and ships them directly to the customer is implementing manufacturing cells.The benefit most likely to result from this effort is a reduction in the:

A) number of component shortages.
B) production planning horizon.
C) time to fill customer orders.
D) response time to a request for quote.



4. An information technology system that couples enterprise resources planning and an advanced planning system would be most appropriate for which of the following types of business operations?

A) Multiple plants in multiple industries
B) Multiple plants in the same supply chain
C) Multiple supply chains of different products
D) Multiple supply chains of the same product



5. Which of the following outcomes is an expected benefit of effectively implementing supply chain event management software?

A) Inventory data are captured in real time.
B) Files are transferred from one corporation to another.
C) Notifications of variances from plans are triggered.
D) Communication protocols between companies are standardized.



1. Right Answer: B
Explanation:

2. Right Answer: A
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3. Right Answer: C
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4. Right Answer: B
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5. Right Answer: C
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