Exam 11: Transportation

Transportation plays a key role in supply chain design, strategy development, and total cost management.

Railroads have accessibility limitations.

Given the availability of information, transportation buying has become comparatively easy.

Economic deregulation sparked competition among carriers in several areas. Which of these is not an area of competition?

Railroads fall into a group called:

The growth of outsourcing has created transportation challenges.

Pipeline costs are predominantly fixed.

Outsourcing transportation is a "buy" decision.

What are the three types of freight documentation? Discuss how each is used.

Railroad's length of haul is longer than that of motor carriers.

A carrier is never excused from a claim.

Liner offers a global ocean freight transportation that schedules departures and arrivals between major ports.

Rail is the mode of transportation that is the fastest shipment travelling over 800 miles.

Following the trend in deregulation of most transportation modes, freight rate negotiations are being decentralized.

Challenges for the trucking industry include:

All modes of transportation provide the same basic service.

Motor carrier cost is highly variable.

The main strategy behind routing guides is to maintain very tight control of transportation costs.

Which of the following modes of transportation is considered the most "capable"?

A key requirement for service quality monitoring is information.