Exam 14: Managing Marketing Channels and Supply Chains

Hi-Tech Recycling Canada,a computer and electronics recycling firm based in Toronto,is a lucrative business that focuses on the disposal of obsolete computer systems.Every monitor has four to six pounds of lead,which is mixed with phosphorous to protect users from radiation.The problem is that if the computers are thrown away in landfills,the lead and the phosphorous can get into the water supply,which is why many landfills won't accept computers.Hi-Tech Recycling Canada is divided into different divisions for taking care of computer board and memory recovery (which can often be recycled).The monitors it disposes of in accordance with legal regulations.Hi-Tech Recycling Canada has made a business out of:

A contractual arrangement between a parent company and an individual or firm that allows the individual or firm to operate a certain type of business under an established name and according to specific rules is called:

Spring Creek Careers has an area on their website,a secured portal,for customers to log into and place a pickup/delivery order.This portal is referred to as (an):

Which type of distribution density is used by Rolls Royce when the car manufacturer maintains only one dealership in any large metropolitan area?

Which of the following statements describes a major benefit of distribution centres?

As the level of customer service increases,what happens to total logistics costs?

Canada has gone from producing and marketing no diamonds to being the third-largest producer of diamonds in the world.This is largely due to the construction of a(n)_____________.

Replenishment time may be more important to retailers or wholesalers than consumers.Replenishment time is sometimes referred to as:

Facebook,Amazon.ca,Expedia.ca,and Dell.ca are all examples of:

According to the text,which of the following sales growth strategies will Amazon most likely be using in the future?

Ford is having issues with some dealer-owned retail stores from a marketing perspective.Which type of conflict is Ford experience?

An intermediary that performs a variety of marketing channel functions involving selling,stocking,and delivering a full product assortment as well as providing financing for industrial goods and services is known as a(n):

The just-in-time concept requires very low inventories but fast,on-time delivery.When must parts needed for production arrive from suppliers?

Lab Safety Supply is a large distributor of MRO items and a channel captain.It requires its suppliers to meet strict quality standards.It now wants greater price breaks from its suppliers so it can promote lower prices in its newest catalogue.The source of Lab Safety Supply's power is:

Dramatic cost savings are possible when efficient transportation and information systems can reduce _____ costs.

Business distributors perform functions that are most like which intermediary in the consumer goods marketing channel?

Which of the following types of vertical marketing systems is likely to experience the least channel conflict?

What reasons do companies use to justify the carrying of extensive inventories?

Dual distribution is considered illegal if:

The three basic functions performed by intermediaries are: