Definitions
Types of Channels
Types of Transportations
Advantages & Disadvantages of Transportation Modes
Physical Distribution
100
Path straight from producer to consumer or industrial user
What is Direct Distribution?
100
Producer to retailer to consumer
What is the most common channel for consumer goods?
100
Rolls from bakery to supermarkets
What is motor transportation?
100
costs more than rail and water, can be delays
What is trucking disadvantages?
100
I'm the cheapest form of freight transportation
What is water transportation?
200
Path a good or service takes from producer to consumer or industrial user
What is Channel of Distribution?
200
Producer to industrial user
What is the most common route for industrial goods?
200
Oil from an oil field to a pumping station
What is pipeline transportation?
200
I'm fast
What is the air cargo services advantage?
200
I have the best safety record
What is pipeline transportation?
300
Business that purchases goods and sells them to retailers
What is a Wholesaler?
300
Producer to agent to retailer to consumer
What is the Channel used to reach large retailers where the producer maintains selling responsibilities?
300
Mica from North Carolina to Michigan
What is railroad transportation?
300
I'm slow
What is marine disadvantage?
300
I provide transportation to any business for a fee, common carrier
What is trucking transportation?
400
Business that buys goods/materials used to make other goods or in the operation of the business
What is an Industrial User?
400
Producer to agent to industrial distributor to user
What is the industrial goods channel used for items with low unit values where the producer gives up selling responsibilities?
400
Automobiles from Japan to United States
What is water transportation?
400
I'm rarely slowed by bad weather
What is railroad advantage?
400
All activities that help ensure the right amount of product is being shipped to the right place at the right time.
What is physical distribution?
500
Intermediary that assists in the sale of goods and services from producer to wholesaler
What is an Agent?
500
Producer to agent to wholesaler to retailer to consumer
What is the channel used to reach small retailers where the producer gives up selling responsibilities?
500
Cut flowers from Hawaii to the mainland
What is air transportation?
500
high initial investment
What is pipeline disadvantage?
500
I transport nearly 38% of total intercity ton-miles of freight
What is rail transportation?
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