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Independent distributors who do not take title of the goods they distribute (even though they may take physical possession on a temporary basis before distribution).

• Agents/brokers
• Independent wholesaling businesses
• Channel intermediaries

Distribution organizations that facilitate the movement of products from the producer to the consumer.

• Channel intermediaries
• Multichannel retailing
• Agents/brokers
• Direct channel

The network of organizations and processes that links producers to consumers.

• Channel of distribution
• Physical distribution
• Merchant wholesalers
• Channel intermediaries

A distribution process that links the producer and the customer with no intermediaries.

• Direct channel
• Retailers
• Multichannel retailing
• Supply chain management (SCM)

A plan for delivering the right product to the right person at the right place at the right time.

• Distribution strategy
• Merchant wholesalers
• Supply chain management (SCM)
• Wholesalers

Independent distributors that buy products from a range of different businesses and sell those products to a range of different customers.

• Independent wholesaling businesses
• Retailers
• Wheel of retailing
• Agents/brokers

A subset of supply chain management that focuses largely on the tactics involved in moving products along the supply chain.

• Logistics

• Multilevel marketing (MLM)
• Direct channel
• Modes of transportation

Independent distributors who take legal possession, or title, of the goods they distribute.

• Merchant wholesalers
• Wholesalers
• Independent wholesaling businesses
• Multilevel marketing (MLM)

The various transportation options—such as planes, trains, and railroads—for moving products through the supply chain.

• Modes of transportation
• Logistics
• Wholesalers
• Supply chain

Providing multiple distribution channels for consumers to buy a product.

• Multichannel retailing
• Multilevel marketing (MLM)
• Channel of distribution
• Wheel of retailing