Deck 14: Issues and Challenges of Global Supply Chains

Question 1

How much did total U.S.transportation freight volume increase between 2002 and 2006?

A) 5%
B) 35%
C) 13%
D) 8%

Answer 1

C

Question 2

As fuel prices increased during 2008,what percentage of operating cost did fuel become for water carriers?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 80%
D) 60%

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Spending on necessary highway improvement is underfunded how much?

A) 2/3
B) 1/3
C) 1/2
D) 1/4

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The most important aspect of collaboration is sharing:

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

Question 5

How much time is spent in traffic per year by U.S.residents?

A) 420 Million hours
B) 1 Billion hours
C) 4.2 Billion hours
D) 4.2 Million hours

Question 6

Most locks and waterways are well past their designed life span,what was that original life span estimate?

A) 25 years
B) 100 years
C) 75 years
D) 50 years

Question 7

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

A) Between $1 and $2 billion
B) Between $1 and $2 million
C) Between $5 and $7 billion
D) Between $8 and $9 billion

Question 8

What is the median on-time delivery percentage of a best-in-class firm?

A) 92%
B) 94%
C) 95%
D) 98%

Question 9

What percentage of U.S.global freight (by weight)is moved through water gateways?

A) 35%
B) 45%
C) 80%
D) 95%

Question 10

How much did rates for moving crude through pipeline increase during the 2003 to 2006 period?

A) 8%
B) 22%
C) 32%
D) 45%

Question 11

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

A) Constrained capacity and efficiency
B) Use of bulk purchases
C) reduction of container on flatcar
D) reduction of trailer on flatcar

Question 12

What is the expected Railroad budget shortfall for expansion over the next 20 years?

A) $20B
B) $28B
C) $30B
D) $53B

Question 13

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

A) The airlines use 3 times more fuel
B) The airlines use 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 14

How much money is expected to be required in 2020 to maintain the highways?

A) About $100 billion
B) About $135 billion
C) About $180 billion
D) About $160 billion

Question 15

How much carbon dioxide is produced by the consumption of 1 gallon of fuel?

A) 6.6 pounds
B) 12 pounds
C) 14 pounds
D) 22 pounds

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

How much is required annually to update and modernize port facilities?

A) $700 million
B) $1.2 billion
C) $1.7 billion
D) $2.4 billion

Question 18

Which mode is the most intensive user of fuel?

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

Question 19

What is 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 20

How much more do "laggard" firms spend on fuel (as a percentage of sales)when compared to best in class firms?

A) 1.4 times
B) 2.3 times
C) 0.8 times
D) 3.0 times

Question 21

Describe the impact of fuel on the airline industry

Question 22

Discuss issues with supply and demand of fuel

Question 23

What is the program called that has increased the efficiency and effectiveness of inventory management through collaboration?

Question 24

Discuss the impact of fuel prices on water carriers.

Question 25

What is meant by green supply chain?

Question 26

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

Question 27

Over the next 20 years what kind of increase is there expected to be in freight truck traffic?

Question 28

Discuss advances in truck navigation.

Question 29

Discuss the impact of fuel prices on rail carriers.

Question 30

What are the goals of the Smart Way Transport Partnership?

Question 31

What has the rail industry has seen increased demand for?

Question 32

Describe the impact of congestion on the rail system.

Question 33

Discuss the impact on fuel price instability on Motor Carriers.

Question 34

Describe waterway congestion and the role of infrastructure

Question 35

Discuss the cost of congestion in the transportation system?