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Chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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Example of mode of transportation and logistics

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Motor Carries
Rail Carries
Air Carries
Water Carries
Pipeline Carries

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is necessary for moving purchased materials from suppliers to buyers, moving WIP materials within a firm, moving finished goods to customers, returning or recycling goods, and also storing these items along the way in supply chain.

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Logistics

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are needed for commerce to exist in any industrialized society.

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Effective logistics system

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creates time utility by determining how deliveries can be made in a timely manner and where items should be held prior to delivery.

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Logistics function

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is created when customer get things delivered to their desired locations.

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Place utility

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The process of planning, implementing, and controlling procedures for the efficient and effective transportation and storage of goods including services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the process of conforming to customer requirements.

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Logistics

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for ____ in particular, __ is what creates the flow of goods between supply chain partners, such that costs, service requirements, competitive advantage, and profits can be optimized.

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supply chain
logistics

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moving people and things from one place to another

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transportation

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LEGAL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION

For-hire transportation services companies are classified as:

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Common carriers
Contract carriers
Exempt carriers
Private carriers

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offer transportation services to all shippers at published rates between designated locations.

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Common carriers

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must offer transportation services to the general public without discrimination, meaning they must charge the same rates for the same service to all customers.

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Common carriers

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legally bound to carry all passengers or freight as long as there us enough space, the fee is paid, and no reasonable grounds to refuse exist.

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Common carriers

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Serves the general public

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Common carriers

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might also be common carriers, however, as such, they are not bound to serve the general public.

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Contract carriers

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serve specific customer under contractual agreements

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Contract carriers

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Typical contacts are for movement of a specified cargo for a negotiate and agreed-upon price.

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Contract carriers

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some __ have specific capabilities that allow them to offer lower prices than common carriers might charge for the same service.

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Contract carriers

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exempt for the regulation of services and rates.

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Exempt carriers

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transport certain exempt products such as produce, livestock, coal, garbage, or newspaper.

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Exempt carriers

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school, buses, taxis, and ambulance is an example of ________

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Exempt carriers

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was originally established to allow farmers to transport agricultural products on public roads, but today the status has been broadened to include a number of commodities

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Exempt status

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T.o.F

All carriers can also act as exempt carriers for these specific commodities and routes

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True

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not subject to economic regulation and typically transports goods for the company owning the carrier.

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Private carriers

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Firm transporting their own products typically own and operate fleets of trucks and/or airplanes, large enough to make transportation less what it would be if the firm hired a transportation provider.

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Private carriers

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_________ and _______ of product movement also play a major roles in the ownership of the private carriers

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Flexibility and control

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are the most flexible mode of transportation and account for 70% of all the freight tonnage moved in the United States which is by far the largest of the five modes.

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Motor carriers (or trucks)

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offer door-to-door service, local pick up and deliver, and small well as large shipment hauling.

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Motor carriers

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it has a low fixed and variable costs, can compete favorably with rail and air carriers for short medium hauls (distances shorter than 1,000 miles), and still competitive with other form of transportation for long cross-country shipments, particularly if there are multiple delivery locations.

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Motor Carriers

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Can also offer a variety of specialized services from refrigerated, to livestock, to automobile hauling.

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Motor Carriers

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Most often classified as less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers or truckload (TL) carriers.

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Motor carriers

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moved small packages or shipment that take up less than one truck load, and shipping fees are higher per hundred weights (cwt) than TL fees, since the carrier must consolidate many small shipments into one truckload and then break the truckload back down into individual shipments at the destination for individual deliveries.

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LTL Carriers

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using ___ is much less expensive alternatives than using a __ carrier

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LTL carriers

LT carrier

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33
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can also be classified based on type of goods they haul

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Motor carriers

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34
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carry the majority of goods shipped in the united states

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General freight carriers

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most favorable when the distance is long and the shipment are heavy or bulky

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Rail carriers

36
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relatively slow and inflexible: however they are less expensive than air and motor carriers and can compete fairly well on long hauls

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Rail Carriers

37
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point-t0-point pickup and delivery service

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Rail carriers

38
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are also somewhat of a disadvantage compared with motor carriers with respect to shipment damages, equipment availability, and service frequency.

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Railroads

39
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very expensive relative to other modes but also very fast, particularly for long distances

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Air Carriers

40
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account for only small portion of total freight hauled, since aircraft cannot carry extremely heavy or bulky cargo

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Air carriers

41
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the best transportation mode for light and high value goods.

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Air carriers

42
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for movements over water, the only other modal alternative is ___, where the transportation decision is based on timing, cost, and shipment weight.

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water carriage

43
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is limited in terms of geographic coverage

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Air transportation

44
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very expensive and very slow and inflexible

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water carriers

45
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types of water transportation

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inland waterway
lake
coastal and intercoastal ocean
global deep sea carriers

46
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are used to haul heavy, bulky, and low value materials such as coal, grain, sand, and compete primarily with rail and pipeline carriers.

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inland waterway carriers (mainly barges)

47
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limited to areas accessible by water and hence growth in this area of transportation is also limited.

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Inland water transport

48
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typically paired with motor carriers to enable door-to-door pick-up and delivery service

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water carriers

49
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made transportation cheaper and more desirable, even with slow transportation times.

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deep-sea transportation

50
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can ship items overseas cheaply, because of the ability to consolidate small shipment in containers that are placed on board containerships

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small shippers

51
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_____ are very specialized with respect to the products they carry: however, once the initial investment of the pipeline is recovered, there is very little additional maintenance cost, so ___________ tends to be very inexpensive.

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pipeline carriers

long-term pipeline transportation

52
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can haul materials that are only in liquid or gaseous state and so the growth potential for ____ is quite limited.

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pipeline

53
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one of the items pipelines haul is __ they do this by pulverizing it into small particles and the suspending it in water to form a slurry. when it reaches the destination, the ___ and water are separated

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Coal

54
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other items that is transported through pipeline carriers are:

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Water
oil
gasoline
natural gas

55
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provide very strategic supply chain services–they enable firms to store their purchases, WIP, and finished goods, as well as perform breakbulk and assembly activities.

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Warehouses

56
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allow faster and more frequent deliveries of finished products to customers, which in return can result in better customer service.

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warehouses

57
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companies view _____ as a competitive resource.

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warehouses

58
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In many cases today, warehouses are not used to store things, but rather to receive bulk shipments, break them down, repackage various items into outgoing orders, and then distribute these orders to a manufacturing location or retail center. These activities are collectively referred as _________

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Crossdocking

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warehouse is more accurately describe as distribution center

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Crossdocking

60
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are used to support purchasing, production, and distribution activities

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warehouses

61
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in a _________, a warehouse might be regionally located, with the retailer receiving shipments at the warehouse from many supplier, then breaking these down and reassembling outgoing orders for delivery to each retail location, while using its private fleet of trucks, or for-hire transportation providers to move the orders to the retail locations.

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Retail setting

62
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one of the largest e-commerce

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Alibaba Group

63
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refers to the warehouse that are privately owned and used by the organization.

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Private warehouses

64
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represents the opportunity to reduce the costs of warehousing as well as control the levels of service provided to customers.

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Private warehouses

65
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can also enable the firm to better utilize its workforce and expertise in terms of transportation, warehousing, and distribution center activities.

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private warehouses

66
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can generate income and tax advantage through leasing of excess capacity and/or asset depreciation.

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private warehouses

67
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can be truly massive

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private warehouses

68
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are for-profit organizations that contact out or lease a wide range of light manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution services to other companies

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Public warehouses

69
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provide a number of specialized services that firms can use to create customize shipment and goods.

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public warehouses

70
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services of public warehouses

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Breakbulk
Repackaging
Assembly
Quality inspection
Material handling, equipment maintenance, and documentation services
Short-and long-term storage

71
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large quantities of shipments are broken down so that items can be combined into specific customer orders and then shipped out.

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Breakbulk

72
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after the breakbulk, items are repackaged for specific customer orders. Warehouses can also do individual product repackaging and labelling.

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Repackaging

73
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some warehouses provide final assembly operations to satisfy customer requests and to create customized final products.

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Assembly

74
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warehouse personnel can perform incoming and outgoing quality inspection.

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Quality inspection

75
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refers to the movement and storage of products from point to point consumption within the firm throughout the supply chain and thus responsible for creating time and place utility

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Logistics

76
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to make up for lost time, _________ might also be used, adding yet more cost to the transportation bill.

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overnight deliveries

77
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providing adequate transportation and storage, getting items through customs, delivering to foreign locations in a timely fashion, and logistics pricing can all impact the ability of the supply chain to serve a foreign market competitively. in many cases, firm are forced to use outside agents or _______ to move items to foreign locations effectively.

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third-party logistics services (3PLs)

78
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some ________ provide complete end-to-end supply chain management services , including network optimization, light manufacturing, and other value added activities.

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3PLs

79
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TYPES OF WAREHOUSES

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Private warehouses
Public warehouses

80
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also known as returns management

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reverse logistics

81
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refers to the backward flow of goods from the customers in the supply chain occurring when goods are returned, either by end-product customer or by a business customer within the supply chain.

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Reverse logistics

82
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refers to the movement, storage, and processing of return goods.

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Reverse logistics

83
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can represent significant challenges to a supply chain

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Return

84
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viewed as unwanted activity of the supply chain management

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Reverse logistics

85
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can affect the entire supply chain financially and can have a large impact on how customer views a product brand, potentially impacting future sales.

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Poor reverse logistics system

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