Deck 14: Issues and Challenges of Global Supply Chains

Question 1

The most important aspect of collaboration is sharing:

A) Costs
B) Risk
C) Information
D) Customers

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Spending on necessary rail infrastructure is underfunded how much?

A) 6%
B) 18%
C) 28%
D) 8%

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What causes profits to increase for rail carriers as fuel prices increased?

A) Use of bulk purchases
B) Reduction of container on flatcar
C) Reduction of trailer on flatcar
D) None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What was the primary response of carriers when dealing with fuel price increases?

A) Increase rates per pound of cargo
B) Use of fuel surcharges
C) Reduction of capacity
D) Increasing capacity

Question 5

How much is required by the Highway Trust Fund to maintain existing construction projects per year?

A) About $100 billion
B) About $50 billion
C) About $150 billion
D) About $25 billion

Question 6

How have carriers responded to the fuel issue and sustainability?

A) Service capacity and network optimization
B) Operational efficiency
C) Technology
D) All of the above

Question 7

How many commercial vessels pass through locks on the Inland Waterway System in the U.S.?

A) 100,000-150,000
B) 50,000-75,000
C) over 1,000,000
D) 500,000-550,000

Question 8

What is the top U.S.port in terms of vessel calls?

A) LA/Long Beach
B) New York
C) Houston
D) San Francisco

Question 9

In transportation,this axiom "Don't Ship Air" refers to:

A) Bubble wrap
B) Empty Barrels
C) Air Balloons
D) Empty space in equipment

Question 10

The cost of congestion on the highways to the U.S.Trucking Industry is about?

A) $1 billion/year
B) $5 billion/year
C) $50 billion/year
D) $7 billion/year

Question 11

What percentage of vessels on the U.S.Inland Waterway System experience delays?

A) About 10%
B) About 20%
C) About 30%
D) About 40%

Question 12

What type of technology is being utilized to foster collaboration in the supply chain by carriers and shippers?

A) V.M.I
B) R.F.I.D.
C) E.D.I.
D) All of the about are used

Question 13

The U.S.Costal Ports account for approximately what percentage of U.S.global freight by weight?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 80%
D) 50%

Question 14

How much more fuel does the airline industry use in comparison to the motor carrier industry?

A) The airline uses 3 times more fuel
B) The airline uses 2 times more fuel
C) Actually the motor carrier industry uses three time more fuel than the airlines
D) The airlines use the same amount of fuel as the airlines

Question 15

What country is top in terms of vessel calls?

A) China
B) U.S.
C) Japan
D) Brazil

Question 16

Which mode is the most intensive user of fuel?

A) Truck
B) Air
C) Rail
D) Water

Question 17

It is estimated that by 2035 congestion will occur on?

A) 20,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System
B) 5,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System
C) 50,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System
D) 10,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System

Question 18

The railroads shortfall over the next 20 years for infrastructure is about?

A) $10 billion
B) $20 billion
C) $30 billion
D) $50 billion

Question 19

What is meant by the term,carbon footprint?

A) Truck length
B) Fuel consumption
C) Number of accidents / year
D) CO2 emissions

Question 20

What percentage of vessel traffic using federal and state locks experience delays?

A) 45%
B) 31%
C) 62%
D) 12%

Question 21

Describe the impact of congestion on the rail system.

Question 22

Discuss issues with supply and demand of fuel.

Question 23

One of the positive effects of higher fuel prices is a reduction of fuel consumption and subsequently a reduction in ____?

Question 24

Discuss advances in truck navigation.

Question 25

Describe the impact of fuel on the airline industry.

Question 26

Discuss the impact of fuel prices on rail carriers.

Question 27

Discuss the impact of fuel price instability on Motor Carriers.

Question 28

Over the next 20 years what level of increase is expected in freight truck traffic?

Question 29

What are the goals of the Smart Way Transport Partnership?

Question 30

Why is the number of truck drivers expected to decrease?

Question 31

Discuss the impact of fuel prices on water carriers.

Question 32

Describe waterway congestion and the role of infrastructure.

Question 33

What type of service has the rail industry seen a significant increase in demand for?

Question 34

Discuss the cost of congestion in the transportation system?

Question 35

What is meant by green supply chain?