Deck 5: Partnering and Strategic Alliances

Question 1

The overall purpose of internal partnering is to harness the full potential of the workforce and focus it on continual improvement of quality.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Any supplier would make a good partner.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

If a manufacturer is not careful a customer-supplier partnership can be very costly, especially in the product development cycle.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The rationale for partnering with potential competitors is competitiveness.

Question 5

Educational institutions provide on-site customized training, technical assistance, and consulting services to help organizations continually improve their people and their processes.

Question 6

Government mandated partnerships are recommended when dealing with foreign countries.

Question 7

Because of globalization suppliers are just as likely to be located in other countries as in the home country.

Question 8

The maximum benefits of partnering are realized when all parties in the chain of partners:

A) Are satisfied
B) Cooperate
C) Get what they want
D) Trust each other

Question 9

Partnering can lead to continual improvements in such key areas as relationships between customers and suppliers, customer satisfaction, and

A) Increased competitiveness
B) Increased resources
C) Processes and products
D) Quality Control

Question 10

Internal partnering occurs at three levels. Which of the following is NOT one of these levels?

A) Team-to-team partnerships
B) Management-to-management partnerships
C) Management-to-employee partnerships
D) Employee-to-employee partnerships

Question 11

Successful supplier partnerships evolve in seven stages. They begin in the following order: Uncertainty and tentativeness; Short-term pressures; Need for new opportunity and_____.

A) Adoption of new values
B) Mature partnering
C) Adoption of new paradigms
D) Awareness of potential

Question 12

Educational institutions provide which of the following services to help organizations continually improve their people and their processes.

A) On-site customized training
B) Technical assistance
C) Consulting services
D) All of the above

Question 13

The rules for establishing global partnerships are the same as those for establishing domestic partnerships when:

A) Partnerships are based on sound business principles rather than politics
B) Governments agree to guarantee profits
C) Governments are influenced
D) Sound business principles are not allowed to inhibit partnerships

Question 14

A common approach for managing quality in the supply chain is:

A) Short-term pressure
B) Adoption of new values
C) Supplier evaluations
D) Adoption of new paradigms