APICS CTSC Certified in Transformation for Supply Chain (CTSC) Online Training
APICS CTSC Online Training
The questions for CTSC were last updated at Feb 18,2025.
- Exam Code: CTSC
- Exam Name: Certified in Transformation for Supply Chain (CTSC)
- Certification Provider: APICS
- Latest update: Feb 18,2025
A firm sells its products to retailers who then sell these products to customers. The firm wishes to obtain retail sales data for these products in near real time to improve its demand planning.
Which of the following actions should the firm undertake first?
- A . Develop and select from negotiation options.
- B . Anticipate data negotiation agreement frameworks.
- C . Review data needs and potential trading options.
- D . Informally discuss potential data exchanges without committing.
Which of the following roles is generally defined as a sponsor of an improvement effort?
- A . Manager
- B . Champion
- C . Steward
- D . High performer
The two approaches for applying selected supply chain processes across the organization, and determining the degree to which processes are consistent across the businesses, product lines, and geographic locations are:
- A . standardization and unification.
- B . inclusion and unification.
- C . standardization and harmonization.
- D . unification and harmonization.
In a gap analysis, one of the most frequently used approaches in measuring operating income is:
- A . the Lost Opportunity.
- B . the Profitability Increase.
- C . the Order to Shipment Time.
- D . the Won Opportunity.
A company implements a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in 5 different regions globally. During ERP deployment, the company realizes that one region structures the product hierarchy significantly differently than the other four regions.
What step did this company omit in transforming management?
- A . Identifying the drivers of current performance
- B . Developing an organizational mapping
- C . Understanding the relationship between actions
- D . Deploying the five core supply chain management disciplines
What is an acceptable quality level (AQL) in the context of sampling inspection?
- A . The average quality level of a satisfactory process
- B . The minimum allowable number of defects in a sample
- C . The minimum acceptable level of product quality
- D . The limit of defective units acceptable in a continuing series of lots
As an organization transforms its processes to be more sustainable, it should evaluate its practices in which three major categories?
- A . Suppliers, Governance, and Environment
- B . Technology, Workforce, and Strategy
- C . Ecological, Ethical, and Economic
- D . Plan, Source, and Fulfill
When designing a new demand-driven supply chain, at what point should available technologies be evaluated?
- A . Technologies should be selected first, and then the supply chain should be designed around the technologies.
- B . Technology selection and supply chain design should occur over the same time period.
- C . Technologies should be evaluated after the supply chain is designed.
- D . Technology selection is not part of the new demand-driven supply chain process.
The SCOR level 1 metrics for the performance attribute of Cost are:
- A . total supply chain management and cost of goods sold (COGS).
- B . total supply chain management, COGS, and cash-to-cash cycle time.
- C . earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) as a percent of revenue and COGS.
- D . total supply chain management and cash-to-cash cycle time.
Which of the following entry criteria must be met before initiating a supply chain transformation
project?
- A . Network configuration modifications
- B . An implementation roadmap
- C . Information technology (IT) adjustment
- D . Skills and resources changes