Mode of transportations

The Supply Chain is divided into two halves. Which are the two halves?

• First and Second Supply Chain.

• Distribution Chain and Retail Supply Chain.

• Materials Supply Chain & Distribution Chain.

• Physical Cargo Chain and Information Chain.

Truck sub-mode of transport has this as the best advantage over the other modes.

• High Cost of transport

• Low damages of cargo.

• High Accessibility to final destinations.

• Fastest time taken from origin to destination.

The operating cost of ______ transport mode is the highest.

• air

• road

• rail

• water

This is the one major reason why shippers use air transport for their cargo.

• Because it is the most prestigious

• Because it can bring the cargo there the fastest

• Because there are zero damages

• Because it can carry the cargo over very long distances

This mode of transport is the best in terms of flexibility of its own capacity.

• Land-Road

• Water

• Land-Rail

• Air

We should use ______ transport if we want to ship 11,000 cartons of automobile spare parts from Jakarta to Shanghai.

• sea

• road

• air

• rail

The Cost-of-Service Pricing Model uses the _____________ costs to determine the final price.

• fixed and variable

• common and uncommon

• value and non-value added

• building-block

The Value-of-Service Pricing is based on the ______________ of the services provided.

• Supplier's perception of the cost

• Shipper's understanding of the value

• Consignee's computation of the cost

• Customer's perception of the value

Transport carriers should capitalize on ___________, the rarity of its services and emergencies to charge at value-of-service rate.

• lull seasons

• peak seasons

• useful seasons

• popular seasons

) Line-haul vehicles are typically used for _________________

• Single destination, long-distance transports.

• Multiple destinations, long-distance transport.

• Single destination, short-distance transport.

• Multiple destinations, short-distance transport