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Logistics Engineering IV (LSE400S) DISE-CPUT Tutorial 1 Page 1 of 1 Blanchard, Benjamin S. Logistics Engineering & Management: Pearson New International Edition, 6th Edition. Pearson (Intl), 10/2013. pp 44-45 Answer the following questions in essay form: 1. What is meant by a system? What are its characteristics? Give some examples. 2. What is meant by a system hierarchy? 3. Describe the system life cycle and its phases. 4. How would you define logistics? What are basic elements of logistics? 5. How would you relate logistics to a system? 6. How does logistics fit into a system life cycle? 7. What are the basic differences between logistics as it is practiced in the business-oriented commercial sector and logistics as it is practiced in the defense sector? Identify some functions/activities that are common to both sectors. 8. Define what is meant by a supply chain (SC) and supply chain management (SCM). What elements are included, and how do they relate to logistics? 9. What is meant by reverse logistics? 10. Define system engineering. Describe the system engineering process. How does logistics relate to this process? 11. What is meant by performance-based logistics (PBL)? Provide a few examples. 12. How would you define logistics engineering? What factors are included, and why are they important? How does logistics engineering relate to system engineering? 13. What is meant by design for supportability? When should it be considered? Why is it important? 14. Describe what is meant by the logistics and maintenance support infrastructure. 15. Refer to Figure 7. Describe the interrelationships among the four life cycles. 16. What is the relationship (impact of one on the other) between reliability and maintainability? Reliability and human factors? Maintainability and human factors? Reliability and logistics? Maintainability and logistics? Human factors and logistics? 17. What is the difference between maintainability and maintenance? 18. What is the difference between the maintenance concept and the maintenance plan? 19. Describe what is meant by total productive maintenance (TPM). What elements are included, and how is TPM measured? 20. Refer to Figure 16. Identify and describe the logistics functions/activities associated with each of the blocks. 21. Define integrated logistic support (ILS). 22. Define supportability analysis (SA). What is included? When is SA accomplished in the system life cycle? How does SA relate to system analysis? 23. What is meant by agile logistics? Why is it important? 24. Define concurrent engineering. How does it relate to system engineering and logistics? 25. How does the design for producibility (or lack of) affect logistics and system support? 26. How does the design for disposability (or lack of) affect logistics and system support? 27. Describe total quality management (TQM). How does it relate to logistics and system support? 28. What is configuration management (CM)? Why is it important regarding logistics? 29. Describe what is meant by system effectiveness. What factors are included? 30. What is meant by life-cycle cost (LCC)? What is included? When should LCC analysis be applied in the system life cycle? 31. Identify several new technologies and describe and provide examples of how the application of these technologies will enhance logistics and system support.
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Logistics Engineering IV (LSE400S) DISE-CPUT Tutorial 1 Page 1 of 1
Blanchard, Benjamin S. Logistics Engineering & Management: Pearson New International Edition, 6th Edition. Pearson (Intl), 10/2013. pp 44-45
Answer the following questions in essay form:
1. What is meant by a system? What are its characteristics? Give some examples.
2. What is meant by a system hierarchy?
3. Describe the system life cycle and its phases.
4. How would you define logistics? What are basic elements of logistics?
5. How would you relate logistics to a system?
6. How does logistics fit into a system life cycle?
7. What are the basic differences between logistics as it is practiced in the business-oriented commercial sector and logistics as it is practiced in the defense sector? Identify some functions/activities that are common to both sectors.
8. Define what is meant by a supply chain (SC) and supply chain management (SCM). What elements are included, and how do they relate to logistics?
9. What is meant by reverse logistics?
10. Define system engineering. Describe the system engineering process. How does logistics relate to this process?
11. What is meant by performance-based logistics (PBL)? Provide a few examples.
12. How would you define logistics engineering? What factors are included, and why are they important? How does logistics engineering relate to system engineering?
13. What is meant by design for supportability? When should it be considered? Why is it important?
14. Describe what is meant by the logistics and maintenance support infrastructure.
15. Refer to Figure 7. Describe the interrelationships among the four life cycles.
16. What is the relationship (impact of one on the other) between reliability and maintainability? Reliability and human factors? Maintainability and human factors? Reliability and logistics? Maintainability and logistics? Human factors and logistics?
17. What is the difference between maintainability and maintenance?
18. What is the difference between the maintenance concept and the maintenance plan?
19. Describe what is meant by total productive maintenance (TPM). What elements are included, and how is TPM measured?
20. Refer to Figure 16. Identify and describe the logistics functions/activities associated with each of the blocks.
21. Define integrated logistic support (ILS).
22. Define supportability analysis (SA). What is included? When is SA accomplished in the system life cycle? How does SA relate to system analysis?
23. What is meant by agile logistics? Why is it important?
24. Define concurrent engineering. How does it relate to system engineering and logistics?
25. How does the design for producibility (or lack of) affect logistics and system support?
26. How does the design for disposability (or lack of) affect logistics and system support?
27. Describe total quality management (TQM). How does it relate to logistics and system support?
28. What is configuration management (CM)? Why is it important regarding logistics?
29. Describe what is meant by system effectiveness. What factors are included?
30. What is meant by life-cycle cost (LCC)? What is included? When should LCC analysis be applied in the system life cycle?
31. Identify several new technologies and describe and provide examples of how the application of these technologies will enhance logistics and system support.
