Chapter 2: Transportation and Logistics

Main characteristics of goods in air transportation are ..

• cheap and large

• valuable or perishable goods and urgent

• Liquid and easy to pack

• high tech and easy to pack

To bring goods or services into a country from abroad is called:

• Export

• Sell

• Purchase

• Import

What are the advantages of using water transport?

• larger capacity

• low cost

• safety

• all of the above

The basic substances used to make a product

• factory

• distribution

• stock

• raw materials

Providers of raw materials needed to produce goods are called:

• retailers

• suppliers

• clients

• manufacturers

A critical outcome of the supply chain is to deliver

• profits

• cost/value

• the right product to the right place

• on management's expectations

Another name for stock is:

• retailers

• clients

• distributors

• inventory

The advantages of road transport is:

• flexible

• door to door

• possible to change the destination in the middle of trip

• all of the above

This is one of the advantages of air transportation:

• Cheap

• suitable for valuable items

• noise pollution

• longer delivery time

The place where goods are stored

• supply chain

• streamlined

• raw materials

• warehouses