Channel Management

Distribution has always been the most challenging and complicated part of the marketing mix.

This transportation system is expensive to construct and can be difficult to maintain. 

Walgreens offers products from several different product categories, this is an example of a:

Pipelines are the safest method of transportation, but people are still concerned.

This channel includes other businesses between the producer and the consumer:

Currently, air transportation is less than _ percent of the total ton-miles of freight shipped.

These are companies that offer products for sale to other businesses:

This inventory system determines the amount of product on hand by visually counting the items.

Channel management is a marketing activity associated with the marketing mix element of:

An inventory system that means that the inventory level is kept low and resupplied as needed.

O’Reilly auto parts offers products from one category of merchandise, this is an example of a

This is a small retailer offering items such as gas, snacks, soft drinks, and tobacco products.

A vendor will provide an _ or an itemized billing statement with terms of payment for the order

Nonprofit organizations that do not compete in the business world. 

The final business organization in an indirect channel of distribution for consumer products:

Home Depot is a retailer that is focused on one type of merchandise and offers a wide selection

Macy’s offers a wide variety of consumer goods in different product categories:

This is the process of efficiently delivering products to customers.

Efficiently and effectively moving products and materials through the distribution channel.

This is the path a product takes from the producer to the ultimate consumer:

It is likely that most products will be transported using only one method of transportation.

With a farmer's market, the producer sells the product straight to the final consumer:

The amount of money left for buying goods. 

Most countries have container ports designed for standardized shipping containers.

__ involves the locations and methods used to make the product available to customers.

A company that provides transportation services to any business in its operating area for a fee

Businesses who do not own the goods they sell but act as intermediaries

Uses standardized shipping containers and multiple modes of transportation:

Carries 9% of the tonnage moved, carries heavy, bulky items like grain, minerals, lumber, coal.

A system that tracks the amount of a product on hand by maintaining records on sales.

This is the fastest, but most expensive, mode of transportation:

The ancient trade route linking China with the West. Carried goods between Rome and China.

__ is the assortment of products maintained by a business.

A wholesaler who takes title to the goods they sell and provides many services.

Online retailers like Amazon have disrupted traditional methods of retailing.

Most frequently used form of freight transportation and the most flexible.

Products often move through very long channels of distribution.

Wal-Mart owns trucks to transport its goods for their stores. This is an example of a:

Manage inventory for retailers by counting stock, refilling and maintaining store displays.

The area where deliveries are made

A __ is a form listing the variety, quantity, and prices of products to be ordered.

Another name for middlemen who help move products from the manufacturer to the final user.

Today, 90% of global trade is seaborne and is shipped using 700 million of these:

This wholesaler owns the goods but the goods are shipped directly from the producer.

Walmart known for low prices due to large volume sold and efficient distribution methods.

Businesses that offer a variety of consumer products to members through a warehouse outlet.

This brings the sales message to customers using mail, e-mail, a website, or social media.

These buy in large quantities from manufacturers, store the goods, and then resell them.

Mary Kay Cosmetics is a company that sells products directly to the consumer: