From globalisation to glocalisation

What are the two key ways in which the supply chain has been affected during Covid-19?

Uncertainty in demand and a need for smart delivery

It has got much slower and much longer

Uncertainty in demand and uncertainty in supply

High demand and little supply

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of 'glocalisation'?

Eco-conscious customers only wanting to buy local products

Technologically advanced production hubs that are local to customers

Companies being forced to produce locally because of shipping costs

It is a new theory that will replace globalisation

Why can Asia no longer be considered a production hub for once wealthier external markets?

Because Asian populations are falling and can no longer supply the quantity of goods the west demands

Because it now has a major consumer base in its own right

Because of trade tensions with the US

Because of geopolitical tensions

What is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership?

A trade pact between 15 APAC countries

A trade pact between 10 APAC countries

A trade agreement between all the Americas

An agreement between the US and Canada to prioritise one another before exporting elsewhere

Why might companies look to other Asian countries for trade?

Because they are adopting China plus one or plus two strategies

Because China will no longer supply goods to America because its own population needs them

Because it is always good to diversify

Because China can no longer supply what America needs

Why might it take time for companies to diversify away from China?

Because the manufacturing capacity in other countries does not have a similarly large scale

Because China will try to make it difficult for countries to abandon them

Because they are very embedded there

Because they will wait until the last minute to see if geopolitical tensions resolve

Which of the following is not a listed benefit of the digital supply chain?

Value optimisation

Predictive insights

Real-time end-to-end visibility

Unbreachable cyber-security

Approximately what share of companies are 'followers' in developing connected and autonomous supply chain ecosystems?

One third

30 percent

Half

60 percent

What roles are CFOs moving away from, and to what are they moving toward?

Away from being a steward and a catalyst and towards being a cost tzar and a strategist

Away from being a strategist and a catalyst and towards being a steward and a cost tzar

Away from being a steward and a cost tzar and towards a strategist and catalyst

Away from being a strategist and a cost tzar and towards being a catalyst and a steward

Which of the following questions are strategic advisers not asking with regard to the supply chain?

How do you connect sales with demand, supply and production plans?

Should we go with a 'China plus two' strategy?

What is the value of keeping production sites where they are?

What's the impact of supply chain transformation on the 12, 24, 36-month financial plans?

From globalisation to glocalisation

What are the two key ways in which the supply chain has been affected during Covid-19?

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of 'glocalisation'?

Why can Asia no longer be considered a production hub for once wealthier external markets?

What is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership?

Why might companies look to other Asian countries for trade?

Why might it take time for companies to diversify away from China?

Which of the following is not a listed benefit of the digital supply chain?

Approximately what share of companies are 'followers' in developing connected and autonomous supply chain ecosystems?

What roles are CFOs moving away from, and to what are they moving toward?

Which of the following questions are strategic advisers not asking with regard to the supply chain?

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