IB Business Management HL 5.6.1 Supply chain process Question Bank
Practise IB Business Management HL 5.6.1 by applying supply chain process concepts to exam-style questions.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2024
- Course
- Business management HL
- Level
- HL
Practise IB Business Management HL 5.6.1 by applying supply chain process concepts to exam-style questions.
Jill Anderson
Jill Anderson operates a restaurant. Although Jill's meals are viewed as being excellent quality, sales are slowing. Jill is considering replacing existing meals with gluten-free meals. The following financial and forecast information is for the month of May 2018. Jill's restaurant can only produce either existing or gluten-free meals.

Table 1: Existing meals

Table 2: Estimated costs and price if Jill produces the gluten-free meals
A local gluten-free manufacturer, which is not part of Jill's existing supply chain, has offered to supply already prepared gluten-free meals at $8 per meal. Jill is unsure whether to make or buy the gluten-free meals.
Define the term supply chain.
The term supply chain refers to a system, a process of organising people, activities, information and resources to move a product or service from supplier to customers/end users.
Award [1] if the definition is only partial or considers supply chain as the same as distribution channel.
Award [2] for a definition similar to the one above, which looks as supply chain as the whole mechanism of production from raw material purchase to final delivery.
(b) Calculate:
For any calculation, do not penalise for the lack of $ sign.