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Video Case: Greater Chicago Food Depository
1. Forty millions pounds of food is disposed annually through the 600-member nonprofit agencies. What are the 600-member nonprofit agencies called in the supply chain?
a. distributors
b. suppliers
c. retailers
d. manufactures
2. What are the grocers, institutional kitchens, and independent volunteer charitable agencies called in the supply chain for the Greater Chicago Food Depository?
a. retailers
b. distributors
c. suppliers
d. manufactures
3. What is the Greater Chicago Food Depository's warehouse called in the supply chain?
a. distributors
b. manufacturers
c. suppliers
d. retailers
4. What is the primary difference between a for-profit supply chain and a nonprofit supply chain?
a. process
b. they are identical
c. customers
d. manufacturers
5. What is one of the primary needs of efficiency of the supply chain for the Greater Chicago Food Depository?
a. customers are demanding
b. donations are declining
c. the product is perishable
d. all of these are correct
6. What supply chain techniques was described in the example discussion pears and potatoes for the techniques Greater Chicago Food Depository?
a. just-in-time
b. selling chain management
c. collaborative
d. mathematical algorithms
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