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Question 1. Consider the purchase of a text book at a book store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain for that book and list the different flows involved.

Question 2. Consider the supply chain involved when a customer orders a book from Amazon. Identify the push/pull boundary and two processes each in the push and pull phases

Question 3. Give arguments to support the statement that Walmart has achieved good strategic fit between its competitive and supply chain strategies. What challenges does it face as it works to open smaller format stores in urban environments?

Question 4. Discuss how the following three types of business would differ in terms of customer expectations (competitive priorities) regarding response time, variety of products, service and price: (1) convenience store such as 7-Eleven; (2) a supermarket chain such as Wegmans; and (3) a discount retailer such as Costco.

Question 5. What are some industries in which products have proliferated and life cycles have shortened? How have the supplychains in these industries adapted?

Question 6. What differences in the retail environment may justify the fact that the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain in India has far more distributors than it has in the United States?