Unit 10: Reduced

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

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

__ is the assortment of products maintained by a business.

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

Businesses who do not own the goods (or people) they sell but act as intermediaries

The producer sells the product straight to the final consumer:

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

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

Distribution is the marketing activity most closely associated with which marketing element

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

Avon is a company that sells products directly to the consumer in their homes. 

___ is the oldest and most basic part of marketing.

Intermediaries ___ the number of transactions required by manufacturers to reach customers.

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

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

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

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

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

Products often move through long _ of distribution.

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

This is a completed listing all the merchandise received in the shipment and its condition.

__ is the most challenging and complex part of marketing.

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