Outcome # 1 Flashcards
Distribution channel
The institutions transfer the ownership of goods and move goods from the point of production to the point of consumption.
Supply chain management
approaches and techniques firms employ to efficiently and effectively integrate their suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, stores, and transportation intermediaries
in the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time.
Wholesalers
Those firms engaged in buying, taking title to, often storing, and physically handling goods in large quantities, and then reselling the goods (usually in smaller quantities).
Retailers
Sell products directly to consumers.
Logistics Management
The integration of two or more activities for the purpose of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient flow of materials from the point of origin to the point of consumption.