Course Code : MS-55 Course Title: Logistics and Supply Chain Management Assignment No. : MS-55/TMA/Sem-II/2020 1. What is Physical Distribution Management? Describe its components. Also, elucidate the “total approach” to PDM. 2. How do you link goods flow, information flow and cash flow in supply chain integration? Explain with appropriate diagram. 3. “Making changes in a manufacturing company is probably the hardest thing that civilized man has ever set out to achieve” – give your comments on this statement in context with the organization switching to supply chain management. 4. “Today’s management cannot afford to focus only on company’s performance in a vacuum, there is an emerging requirement to focus on the performance of the extended supply chain or network in which company is a partner”. Comment! 5. Write short note on any three of the following: a) Logistics- Marketing interface. b) Supply Alliances. c) Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP). d) Cost Drivers.