Supply Chain Management 301 Exam
3 (Iowa State) Questions Fully Solved.
Warehousing: - Answer where products/supplies are held until the right time
Transportation: - Answer moves things to the right place
Time Utility - Answer products/supplies are delivered at the right time
Place Utility - Answer products are delivered to the desired location
Common Carriers: - Answer offer transportation services to all shippers all published rates
between designated locations without discrimination
Contract Carriers: - Answer not bound to serve the general public. Serve specific customers
under contractual agreements
Exempt Carriers: - Answer exempt from regulation of services and rates and if they transport
certain exempt products like produce, livestock, coal, or newspapers
Intermodal Transportation: - Answer coordinated movement involving multiple modes and
containers that can be transferred among the modes
General Freight Carriers - Answer carry majority of goods shipped and include common
carriers
Specialized Carriers - Answer transport liquid petroleum, agricultural commodities, building
materials, & other specialized items
Rail carriers: - Answer favorable for long distance or if the shipments are heavy/bulky
slow and inflexible
purchasing motor carriers and offer point-to-point pickup and delivery service called trailer-on-
flatcar (TOFC) service
trend: high speed trains
, Real-time location systems (RTL's): - Answer on rail cars have helped solve problems
Uses WIFI enable frequency identification (RFID) tags to allow tracking of rail cars (assets) in real
time
Air Carriers - Answer expensive relative to other modes - much faster
can NOT carry heavy/bulky cargo
meant for light and high value goods over long distances quickly
emergency service
most goods transported by freight-only airlines (FEDEX)
Water carriers: - Answer inexpensive, slow and inflexible
includes in-land waterway, (inter)coastal and deep sea
competes with rail and pipeline
paired with trucks
deep sea transportation has become more desirable
most common measurement is TEU (twenty-foot-equivalent)
Pipeline Carriers: - Answer limited in variety and what they can carry
little maintenance once pipeline is running
materials hauled in liquid or gaseous state
create political and social tension (keystone pipeline)
3 (Iowa State) Questions Fully Solved.
Warehousing: - Answer where products/supplies are held until the right time
Transportation: - Answer moves things to the right place
Time Utility - Answer products/supplies are delivered at the right time
Place Utility - Answer products are delivered to the desired location
Common Carriers: - Answer offer transportation services to all shippers all published rates
between designated locations without discrimination
Contract Carriers: - Answer not bound to serve the general public. Serve specific customers
under contractual agreements
Exempt Carriers: - Answer exempt from regulation of services and rates and if they transport
certain exempt products like produce, livestock, coal, or newspapers
Intermodal Transportation: - Answer coordinated movement involving multiple modes and
containers that can be transferred among the modes
General Freight Carriers - Answer carry majority of goods shipped and include common
carriers
Specialized Carriers - Answer transport liquid petroleum, agricultural commodities, building
materials, & other specialized items
Rail carriers: - Answer favorable for long distance or if the shipments are heavy/bulky
slow and inflexible
purchasing motor carriers and offer point-to-point pickup and delivery service called trailer-on-
flatcar (TOFC) service
trend: high speed trains
, Real-time location systems (RTL's): - Answer on rail cars have helped solve problems
Uses WIFI enable frequency identification (RFID) tags to allow tracking of rail cars (assets) in real
time
Air Carriers - Answer expensive relative to other modes - much faster
can NOT carry heavy/bulky cargo
meant for light and high value goods over long distances quickly
emergency service
most goods transported by freight-only airlines (FEDEX)
Water carriers: - Answer inexpensive, slow and inflexible
includes in-land waterway, (inter)coastal and deep sea
competes with rail and pipeline
paired with trucks
deep sea transportation has become more desirable
most common measurement is TEU (twenty-foot-equivalent)
Pipeline Carriers: - Answer limited in variety and what they can carry
little maintenance once pipeline is running
materials hauled in liquid or gaseous state
create political and social tension (keystone pipeline)
