Distribution Review

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Across
  1. 2. A building designed to store large amounts of products until it can be used or sold.
  2. 3. _____ distribution, or logistics, makes up all the activities that help ensure the right amount of product is delivered to the right place at the right time. It involves order processing, transporting, storing, stock handling, and inventory control.
  3. 5. In an indirect channel of distribution, this type of business is often the last stop between the producer and the final consumer. Sells the goods to the customer for personal use.
  4. 12. Distribution correlates to the ______ component of the marketing mix
  5. 13. ______ and brokers are independent businesses that do not own the products they sell. They are intermediaries bringing buyers and sellers together.
  6. 14. Being the only Mercedes dealership in the middle Tennessee area would be an example of which level of distribution?
  7. 16. Producer to wholesaler to consumer, or producer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer are examples of what type of distribution channel?
  8. 18. The most flexible of the major transportation methods
  9. 20. The channel of distribution begins with the:
Down
  1. 1. Almost all overseas freight is transported by:
  2. 4. All of the businesses that are involved in the process of moving products from the producer to the final consumer are known as:
  3. 6. Distributing a brand of gun to gas stations across the United States where many people will see and purchase it is an example of what level of distribution?
  4. 7. A loss of products due to theft, fraud, negligence or error is known as inventory _______.
  5. 8. These types of businesses often buy in large quantities from manufacturers, store the goods, then resell them to other businesses
  6. 9. The ______ function involves determining the best methods and procedures to use so that the prospective customers can locate, obtain, and use a business's products and services
  7. 10. All parties/businesses involved in a channel of distribution are:
  8. 11. The major advantage of this form of transportation is speed, but a disadvantage is high cost
  9. 15. Producer to consumer is an example of what type of distribution channel?
  10. 17. The channel of distribution ends with the final:
  11. 19. The path a product takes from the producer to the ultimate consumer is a distribution _________.