Exam 4: Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to E-Business

Figure 1: Consider the four quadrant depiction of the alternatives in omni-channel retail. -In Figure 1,what type of shopping experience is found in Quadrant B?

In general,traditional brick and mortar retail sales outperform online sales along the dimension of

The steps taken to move and store a product from the supplier stage to a customer stage in the supply chain are referred to as

Figure 1: Consider the four quadrant depiction of the alternatives in omni-channel retail. -In Figure 1,a company can offer a much wider selection of products in

Transportation costs are high with drop-shipping because the average outbound distance to the end consumer is large and package carriers are used to shipping the product.

Which of the following is an advantage of distributor storage with last mile delivery?

A decrease in the response time customers desire increases the number of facilities required in the network.

Which of these statements about channel activity is best?

Only niche companies will end up using a single distribution network.

The costs incurred in sending material out of a facility are

To extract the maximum benefit from the online channel for physical goods,firms should keep it separate from their existing supply chain networks.

Customers always want the highest level of performance along all the dimensions response time,product variety and returnability.

Distributors add value to a supply chain between a supply stage and a customer stage if there are many small players at the customer stage,each requiring a small amount of the product at a time.

Which of the following is an advantage of manufacturer/distributor storage with customer pickup?

Explain how the design of the distribution network affects the cost of the four supply chain drivers.

The main advantage of in-transit merge over drop-shipping is

Which of these costs was higher for Netflix than for their vanquished competitor,Blockbuster?

Which distribution network design is being used when inventory is not held by manufacturers at the factories,but is held by distributors/retailers in intermediate warehouses and package carriers are used to transport products from the intermediate location to the final customer?

For physical products,i.e. ,products that cannot be downloaded,customer requests take longer to fulfill through online sales than in a retail store setting.

Which of the following is an advantage of manufacturer storage with direct shipping?