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When a third party firm coordinates deliveries from multiple suppliers to a single customer, the
process is known as:
market area consolidation.
scheduled delivery consolidation.
pooled delivery consolidation.
a phantom freight program. pooled delivery consolidation.
When items of different types and freight classes are combined onto a single shipment, it may be
advantageous to consider which of the following?
Commodity Rates
Less-than-truckload Rates
Volume Rates
FAK Rates FAK Rates
,The transportation mode with the slowest point-to-point transit time is rail.
True
False False
The transportation mode with the best combination of overall operating characteristics is truck.
True
False True
As firms increase the number of distribution centers in their system, the cost of inbound
transportation (transportation from the plant/supplier to the distribution center) ________
increases
remains the same
decreases
Cannot be determined. increases
, Aggregate safety stock inventory ________ as the number of network locations increases.
declines
stays the same
increases
Cannot be determined. increases
Which of the following supply chain cost components has the most impact on supply chain
design?
Transportation cost.
Inventory carrying cost.
A combination of transportation and inventory carrying cost.
None of the choices are correct. A combination of transportation and inventory carrying
cost.
A "flow through" facility is ________.