Zanda Corp can make three individual deliveries to three different customers at a cost of $500 each or can consolidate them into one shipment with a cost of $1,300 and stop-off charges of $100- should zanda do this
no it will increase cost by 100
the center of gravity method of determining a facility location
does not require that qualitative factors be considered in location decisions
which of the following best describes the concept of total landed cost
the sum of all product and logistics related costs
Richards company relies on simons trucking to transport all of their products- Simon trucking is the only shipping company for RRC and all products are shipped in trucks that look like giant roller skates with Richards roller skate branding on the trucks-
contract carrier
miller corp can make three individual delivers to three different customers at a transportation cost of $600 each or can consolidate them into one shipment with a transportation cost of $1,200 and a stop-off charge of $100 per stop- should miller consolid
yes it will save $300
suppose you were the logistics manager for way off manufacturing and marketing a manufacture of mosquito repellent- further suppose that way off markets its products in the entire US - however in each geographic region of the country way off only needs to
public
zanda corp made a decision to use a more expensive mode of transportation to deliver orders to customers - this decision was likely made after an examination of
cost - to service trade off
with respect to the following operating service characteristics of the modes of transportation, which combination in INCORRECTLY specified
-speed, air is best, pipeline is worst
-availability, truck is best pipeline is worst
-capability, pipeline is best
capability pipeline is best water is worst
suppose you are shipping 1,000 pounds of product to a customer location that is 500 miles away from you- the customer calls you and increases the order size to 10,000 pounds- which of the following best describes what should occur as a result of this chan
both options
with respect to the following operating services characteristics of the modes of transportation which combination is CORRECTLY specified- speed: air is best, pipeline worst
-availability: air is best, pipeline is worst
-capability, rail is best, air is wo
speed: air is best, pipeline is worst
Center of Gravity is:
Location/ XCrndt/ YCrdnt/ Wght Shipped
A 20 90 400,000
B 95 75 200,000
C 690 30 600,000
x' = 52.5 Y' = 57.5
jones company has decided to limit deliveries to selected areas to specific days of the week to obtain transportation savings- this is an example-
scheduled delivery consolidation
a company has determined the ideal number of lactions by looking at the trade-offs described the text- it decides to open more warehouses locations than this "ideal" this decision would most likely result in _ and ___
-poorer service to customer and highe
better service to customers and higher cost
a major disadvantage of private warehousing is
-it offers less control than contract warehousing
-it requires more investment than contract warehousing
-it takes less flexibility in operating policies than contract warehousing
-all of theses are disadvant
it requires more investment than contract warehousing
random corp offers logistics services such as storage, transportation, and information processing to its customers, random is known in industry as an
-contract warehouse
-common carrier
-public warehouse with benefits integrated service provider
integrated service provider
in determining the number of facility locations the lowest total cost is typically
-not the lowest cost of either transportation or inventory
-typically the lowest cost of either transportation of inventory
-not related to transportation or inventory
-dif
not the lowest cost of either transportation or inventory
a company decides to reduce warehouse locations (logistically postpone) this decision would result in ____ or _______
-poor service or higher transportation cost
-better service to customers or less tranportation cost
-better service to customers or highe
poorer services to customers or higher transportation cost
with respect to transportation regulation today in the US
-there is no economic regulation of transportation
-there is more economic regulation than ever before
-there is very little safety/social regulation
-there is more safety/social regulation than ev
there is more safety/social regulations than ever before
generally the most expensive transportation mode (from the list) is :
- air
-water
-truck
-rail
air