Vocab #1
A facility that is used for managing, storing, and preparing goods for shipment to retailers or directly to customers
What is a distribution center?
An overview of a financial situation that gives people or businesses clarity about income and expenses
What is a budget?
What is the day of our field trip?
What is next Wednesday?
The location where the product begins or is created
What is point of origin?
An area used to receive shipment by water
When is the last day of the quarter?
What is next Friday?
A geographic zone containing the people and businesses who are likely to purchase the product
What is market area?
Focuses on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
The names of shipments that are received and sent out
What are inbound shipments and outbound shipments?
Transporting freight by using two or more transportation modes, such as by truck and rail, or or truck and ship
What is intermodal transport?
A facility used to facilitate the movement of goods
What is a terminal?
The consideration of building distribution center that consists of spatial awareness (to stores, consumers, etc.)
What is location?
An underlying base or foundation for a transportation system
What is transportation infrastructure?
The place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles or between transportation modes
What is a transportation hub?
The consideration of building a distribution center is related to do with the quality of roads, waterways, etc. in terms of ease of transportation
Transportation infrastructure (consideration)