Channel Management

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

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

Uses standardized shipping containers and multiple modes of transportation:

Nonprofit organizations that do not compete in the business world. 

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

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

Online retailers like Amazon have disrupted traditional methods of retailing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Products often move through very long channels of distribution.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

__ is the assortment of products maintained by a business.

This is the process of efficiently delivering products to customers.

The amount of money left for buying goods. 

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

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

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

Most countries have container ports designed for standardized shipping containers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The area where deliveries are made