Ch. 15 Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. utility Utility of a good or service created by its availability at a particular time.
  2. 6. shippers supply chain management method in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer.
  3. 7. logistics for all operations related to the reuse of products and materials.
  4. 8. a person or business that sells goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale.
  5. 9. utility include telecommunications, electrical utilities, natural gas, certain transportation services, and also water and wastewater treatment services provided by private companies.
  6. 10. distribution A marketing strategy under which a company sells through as many outlets as possible, so that the consumers encounter the product virtually everywhere they go
  7. 16. a person or company that sells goods in large quantities at low prices, typically to retailers.
  8. 17. the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.
  9. 18. utility explains and possibly measures the satisfaction that comes from owning a product or enjoying a service.
  10. 20. logistics refers to the same for goods going out of a business.
  11. 21. the marketing of goods or services by means of telephone calls, typically unsolicited, to potential customers.
  12. 26. the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies.
  13. 27. intermediaries is the link in the supply chain that links the producer or other intermediaries to the end consumer.
  14. 29. wholesalers form of trade in which goods are sold from a wholesale warehouse operated either on a self-service basis or on the basis of samples
  15. 32. handling is the movement, protection, storage and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption and disposal.
  16. 33. selling marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location.
Down
  1. 1. distribution type of distribution that lies between intensive and exclusive distribution.
  2. 2. of distribution chain of businesses or intermediaries through which a good or service passes until it reaches the end consumer.
  3. 3. forwarder is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution.
  4. 5. distribution system one in which all the organizations in the channel are owned by one firm.
  5. 11. distribution only certain retailers are given the option of carrying a product in its store.
  6. 12. wholesalers They help move goods between producers and retailers and the advent of modern technologies help them do this more efficiently.
  7. 13. retailing is the sale of goods and services through the internet.
  8. 14. chain the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity.
  9. 15. utility A central source of information for an organization or group.
  10. 19. shipping involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
  11. 22. a person who buys and sells goods or assets for others.
  12. 23. management the management of the flow of goods and services, involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
  13. 24. Distribution System sequential flow of procedures, systems, and activities which are designed and linked to facilitate and monitor the movement of goods and services from the source to the consumer.
  14. 25. distribution system It is a type of Vertical Marketing Systems (VMS), a category of integrated distribution channel system.
  15. 28. logistics integral element of business operations for a manufacturing firm, involving the processes of receiving, storing and distributing raw materials for use in production.
  16. 30. utility The process of increasing the attractiveness of a product to a group of consumers by altering its physical location.
  17. 31. jobbers A wholesaler who merchandises goods on racks in retail shops.