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- 4. utility Utility of a good or service created by its availability at a particular time.
- 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.
- 7. logistics for all operations related to the reuse of products and materials.
- 8. a person or business that sells goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale.
- 9. utility include telecommunications, electrical utilities, natural gas, certain transportation services, and also water and wastewater treatment services provided by private companies.
- 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
- 16. a person or company that sells goods in large quantities at low prices, typically to retailers.
- 17. the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.
- 18. utility explains and possibly measures the satisfaction that comes from owning a product or enjoying a service.
- 20. logistics refers to the same for goods going out of a business.
- 21. the marketing of goods or services by means of telephone calls, typically unsolicited, to potential customers.
- 26. the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies.
- 27. intermediaries is the link in the supply chain that links the producer or other intermediaries to the end consumer.
- 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
- 32. handling is the movement, protection, storage and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption and disposal.
- 33. selling marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location.
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- 1. distribution type of distribution that lies between intensive and exclusive distribution.
- 2. of distribution chain of businesses or intermediaries through which a good or service passes until it reaches the end consumer.
- 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.
- 5. distribution system one in which all the organizations in the channel are owned by one firm.
- 11. distribution only certain retailers are given the option of carrying a product in its store.
- 12. wholesalers They help move goods between producers and retailers and the advent of modern technologies help them do this more efficiently.
- 13. retailing is the sale of goods and services through the internet.
- 14. chain the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity.
- 15. utility A central source of information for an organization or group.
- 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.
- 22. a person who buys and sells goods or assets for others.
- 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.
- 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.
- 25. distribution system It is a type of Vertical Marketing Systems (VMS), a category of integrated distribution channel system.
- 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.
- 30. utility The process of increasing the attractiveness of a product to a group of consumers by altering its physical location.
- 31. jobbers A wholesaler who merchandises goods on racks in retail shops.