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r how can we recognize the capacity
of each LCBǯs warehouse to determine production
requirements and inventory levels at the vendorǯs facility
for each product and develop transportation flows
between these facilities to the LCBǯs warehouses in such
a way as to minimize total production, inventory, and
transportation costs and satisfy service level
requirements?
Channels provide the means by which the firm
moves the goods and services it produces to
ultimate users
J Facilitate the exchange process by cutting the number of
contacts necessary
J Adjust for discrepancies in the marketǯs assortment of
goods and services via sorting
J Standardize exchange transactions
J Facilitate searches by both buyers and sellers
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marketing channel that moves
goods directly from a producer to ultimate user
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strategy designed to establish direct
sales contract between producer and final user
J Producer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer
J Producer to wholesaler to business user
J Producer to agent to wholesaler to retailer to
consumer
J Producer to agent to wholesaler to business user
J Producer to agent to business user
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Channels designed to return
goods to their producers
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J Distribution intensityA number of intermediaries
through which a manufacturer distributes its
goods
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J Software system that consolidates data among a firmǯs
units
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move freight via all modes of
transportation for the general public
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do not serve the general public
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do not offer services for hire, but
provide transportation services solely for internally
generated freight
J Railroads
J Motor Carriers
J Water Carriers
J Pipelines
J Air Freight
J Freight Forwarders and Supplemental Carriers
J Intermodal Coordination
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service improved by automating warehouse
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A order for a product that is unavailable for
shipment or sale
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A set of activities that move
production inputs and other goods within plants,
warehouses, and transportation terminals
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A process of combining individual
materials into large loads for easy handling
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A process of combining several
unitized loads into a single, well-protected load
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An inventory control system is an integrated
package of software and hardware used in
warehouse operations, and elsewhere, to monitor
the quantity, location and status of inventory as well
as the related shipping, receiving, picking and
putaway processes. In common usage, the term
may also refer to just the software components.
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