1. How does uncertainty affect the overall logistical performance cycle? Provide an example.
2. Describe the key elements of the supply chain, and explain why the role of each is essential to the efficiency of modern day logistics operations.
3. Explain manufacturing and geographic postponement, and include examples and evidence.
4. Describe the movement of materials, products, services, and information through a supply chain.
5. Evaluate the benefits of integrative logistics to a firm, and explain how the focus shift from a functional orientation to a process orientated operation benefits a firm.
6. Contrast and compare the differences between anticipatory and responsive business model, providing examples of those differences