L3M5 Exam Dumps - Socially Responsible Procurement

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Sea transport, although slow, because of the volumes and tonnage which can be included in a single shipment, comes out best in terms of pollution. Although, that is not to say sea transport is not pol-luting - quite the opposite. The second least polluting is rail - also primarily because of the load size.

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This is 'random location' storage, normally heavily monitored by a sophisticated computer system to help re-locate and potentially retrieve the items quickly.

The other answers offered are mostly 'random nonsense'.

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development published this much-needed docu-ment.

You probably know what ISO is and what it's role is in relation to procurement. (?) Same for CIPS.

ECB is a facetious answer: English Cricket Board.

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'Take, make and dispose' is the correct answer.

An uncomfortable yet accurate description of human behaviour in the developed world over the last century or more.

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Packaging.

Your syllabus includes 'packing and packaging' under L3M6 LO 3.2.

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All of these responses can be seen as issues within the general sphere of corporate social responsibil-ity.

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Innovation - diversity is seen to be a good thing encouraging ideas, creativity, etc

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All of these ideas shown would work, except buying from local and environmentally-friendly sup-pliers - that would reduce the environmental footprint overall, but the QUESTION NO: was specifically about on-road efficiency of commercial vehicles.

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Height - a reference to the necessity to fully use the cube of a space.

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Almost unbelievably, it is 20,000 (twenty thousand) litres.

Water is a scarce resource in many parts of the world, so sustainable thinking might ask: 'Is this the best use of resources?'. Are people in the developed world entitled to 'fast fashion' t-shirts?

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'Value for money is obtained through buying on the basis of lowest price' would not be a necessary part of the concept of ethical sourcing. The other answers shown are all factors included within eth-ical sourcing.

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The triple bottom line is the correct answer.

Three bottom lines instead of the traditional single 'bottom line' - profit.

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Backloading (ie return loads) and dynamic routing (computer-controlled variable route scheduling) can help increase truck utilisation figures.

The technology already exists to radically improve performance in this area. 'Uber'-type technology - something with which many people will be familiar - can aid both these concepts.

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The answer is 'CIPS'.

For a fee, CIPS will measure the extent of your organisation's commitment to the 3 P's.

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Stock picking. (The largest supermarket chain in South Africa is called 'Pick n Pay')

Shrinkage means 'theft'; stock rotation means ensuring that stock is used in appropriate (date) order; manual handling is moving items without mechanical or technological aids.

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H2O - water (vapour) - a naturally-occurring greenhouse gas.

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The best fit is child / children.

Although some other answers are close fits, they don't really fit well. For example, if you substitute 'slave / slaves', it would read as though people remaining as modern slaves is acceptable, which it is not.

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Soft fruit: peaches, raspberries, strawberries, for example.

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Whole life cost = total cost of ownership (TCO).

This is in contrast to the 'buy cheapest' approach to procurement - all the costs of owning an asset should be considered.

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'Hydro' means 'water'.

As a child in Scotland, I remember visiting a hydro-electric power station, where a dam had been built across a river, with the dammed water used to generate electric power.

As a slightly older child, I used to routinely watch a BBC2 test television broadcast which was all about the building of the Kariba dam for a similar purpose, with huge environmental and social con-sequences. Many other such dams have been build since, including, for example, the Aswan dam. Often such projects attract criticism because of the effects on the environment as well as on people.

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Pre-contracting a supplier, the term 'supplier appraisal' is favoured by CIPS; whereas once the sup-plier is in use, 'vendor rating' is the preferred term for monitoring actual performance.

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Reverse logistics.

The 'returns' sector represents an industry in itself, and creates large volumes of traffic on the roads.

In a LinkedIn post some time ago, I suggested that 'last mile' distribution and returns could be un-dertaken more efficiently and in a more environmentally-friendly manner by a single state-run en-terprise, perhaps with red vehicles and red collection boxes. This was a 'witty' idea, as historically in the UK we had Post Office / Royal Mail doing exactly that, prior to privatisation of the market and the very significant growth of companies like DHL, TNT, etc - the 'success' of this competitive mar-ket has resulted in vast numbers of 'white vans' crowding the roads and pavements, resulting in noise, air pollution, and I'm sure an increased number of road accidents. A PhD awaits someone who wishes to monitor the change in injuries and deaths as delivery / reverse logisitcs vehicle num-ber have increased in the UK.

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Polluter pays

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'Re-create' is a fiction for the purposes of this question.