APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCPPractice Questions 2023 - Part 50

1. The most appropriate frequency for the sales and operations planning process typically is:

A) weekly.
B) monthly.
C) quarterly.
D) annually.



2. Successfully using a sales and operations planning (S&OP) process requires which of the following actions?

A) Focusing on performance of the past 12 to 18 months
B) Implementing a unified cross-functional process
C) Implementing bottom-up decision making
D) Aligning the forecast to the annual budget



3. A master production schedule serves a company best by functioning as a:

A) dispatch list.
B) forecast system buffer.
C) priority planning tool.
D) supplier scheduling system.



4. In an advanced planning system, which of the following modules feeds the master planning module?

A) Purchasing planning
B) Demand planning
C) Distribution planning
D) Fulfillment planning



5. The globalization of a supply chain typically increases challenges in communication and:

A) production lead time.
B) local competition.
C) documentation complexity.
D) product standardization.