Transportation

The movement of people or products from one place to another

• Transportation
• Intermodal
• Distribution
• Supply Chain

Transportation system that combines various modes of transportation to move people and products

• Transportation
• Intermodal
• Distribution
• Supply Chain

The process by which commodities get to final consumers, including storing, selling, shipping, and advertising

• Transportation
• Intermodal
• Distribution
• Supply Chain

Includes all parties involved moving product from start to finish: purchasing, production, distribution, suppliers and customers.

• Transportation
• Intermodal
• Distribution
• Supply Chain

Logistics is the planning, execution and control of the movement and placement of people and/or goods. The supporting activities related to the movement and placement of people and/or goods.

• True
• False

A logistics network can best be described as:

• The choice of rail, marine, or truck transport
• The warehouses, production facilities, retailers, and inventory that flows between them
• The routes taken to move goods
• The least cost route from producer to retailer

Reverse logistics refers to:

• Returning trucks from deliveries
• Backward scheduling deliveries
• Movement of goods from customers back to the producer
• Transport from the producer directly to the retailer

FTL stands for:

• Fair transportation laws
• Freight tax levy
• Fixed transport lane
• Full truck load

When compared to truck transport, rail transport is:

• Less flexible but cheaper
• Less flexible and more expensive
• More flexible but more expensive
• More flexible and cheaper

The use of two or more different modes of transport in moving goods from origin to destination is known as:

• Container shipping
• LTL shipping
• Double-stacking
• Intermodal transport