When a company moves from sampling inspection to internal process control, which of the following action should be taken prior to evaluating supplier performance?

When determining the transportation mode for servicing distribution warehouses, which of the following factors should be considered?

A potential area of risk for distribution inventory is

Effective distribution planning requires balancing customer service with the costs of warehousing, transportation and

A supplier that provides services as warehousing, freight forwarding and delivery is known as a

A distribution center has demand of 18000 units per year with 250 working days per year. The lead time from the central warehouse is 6 days and safety stock is 350. The order point of the product is

A store orders and receives weekly shipments from a distributor, made up of 20 line items. Which customer service measure is of most value to the store?

A company uses lot-for-lot ordering for its distribution center, what will be the most likely result?

Number of warehouses
1 2 5 10
Transportation 10000 9000 7000 6000
Warehousing 1000 1200 2000 4000
Material handling 1000 1000 1500 2000
Inventory 500 600 700 1000
A company is determining whether adding additional warehouses would be cost effective, using the information provided, which number of warehouses would be most cost effective?

Utilization of assets in distribution would include

The ability to determine the ongoing location of a shipment is