Update ) Global Supply
Operations | Questions & Answers |
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Question:
Transportation
Answer:
Movement of goods from one location to another
Question:
Bulk Cargo
Answer:
free flowing cargo, stored loose
Ex: coal, sugar, rice, grain oil and sulfur
,Question:
Break Bulk Cargo
Answer:
General or Packaged Cargo, containerized and measured in TEU
Ex: CL, LCL, TL, LTL, sugar in a barrel
Question:
Neo-Bulk Cargo
Answer:
characteristics of both bulk and break bulk
Ex: Cars, logs, steel, cattle
Question:
Cube Out
Answer:
when all of the space in the container has been filled
,Question:
Weighing Out
Answer:
when the container has been filled with product, such that additional cargo
will exceed the container's weight limit
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Multimodal
Answer:
use of more than one mode of transport during a single shipment: take boxes
into a truck >airport> separately placed into plane
Question:
Intermodal
Answer:
seamless multimodal shipment. no need to unload container, repackage
products. one container for entire trip: boxed into truck> truck cart onto
plane
, Question:
Planogram
Answer:
schematic drawing that illustrates product placement
Question:
Planogram Considerations
Answer:
shelf space (height, width, depth), product variety, product location, store
variety, store demographics, manufactured and retail store preferences
Question:
Reasons for Packaging
Answer:
Marketing & promotion, product info, legal consideration, protection,
support, preservation, facilitates movement