Choose the best answer.  Role and perspective of participant, Agents:     Desires a stable and efficient transportation environment to support economic growth     Brokers and freight forwarders facilitate carrier and customer matching     Concerned with transportation accessibility, expense, and standards for security, safety, and the environment     A desire to maximize their revenue for movement while minimizing associated costs     A common interest in moving goods from origin to destination within a given time at the lowest cost

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
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Problem 5.1SC: Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing...
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QUESTION 25

Choose the best answer.  Role and perspective of participant, Agents:

   

Desires a stable and efficient transportation environment to support economic growth

   

Brokers and freight forwarders facilitate carrier and customer matching

   

Concerned with transportation accessibility, expense, and standards for security, safety, and the environment

   

A desire to maximize their revenue for movement while minimizing associated costs

   

A common interest in moving goods from origin to destination within a given time at the lowest cost

QUESTION 26

Choose the best answer.  Role and perspective of participant, Government:

   

Desires a stable and efficient transportation environment to support economic growth

   

Concerned with transportation accessibility, expense, and standards for security, safety, and the environment

   

A desire to maximize their revenue for movement while minimizing associated costs

   

Brokers and freight forwarders facilitate carrier and customer matching

   

A common interest in moving goods from origin to destination within a given time at the lowest cost

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QUESTION 27

Choose the best answer.  Economy of scale:

   

The cost per unit weight decreases as distance increases

   

The movement of inventory to specified destinations

   

Is captive in the transport system

   

Occurs when a shipment destination is changed after a product is in transit

   

The cost per unit weight decreases as the size of the shipment increases

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QUESTION 28

Choose the best answer.  Rail:  

   

The oldest form of transport

   

Accounts for about 68 percent of all crude and petroleum ton-mile movements

   

Has expanded rapidly since the end of World War II

   

The newest and least utilized transport mode for freight

   

Historically, handled the largest number of ton-miles within North America

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