If the costs of each logistical activity are minimized, total logistical costs for the enterprise will be minimized.
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Question 2For supply chain management, functional products typically have predictable demand patterns while innovative products do not.
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Question 3For innovative products, the goal is to design a supply chain that minimizes logistics and inventory costs, and assures low- cost manufacturing.
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Question 4Firms that adopt supply chain management generally find that costs increase but are more than offset by higher profit margins and revenue growth.
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Question 5Properly implemented, supply chain management will lead to longer order-to-delivery cycle time.
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Question 6Supply chain management may require that all firms in the supply chain share sensitive and proprietary information about customers and corporate strategic plans.
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Question 7The surest way to lose intermediary support is____________________ policies that do not meet industry and competitive standards.
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Question 8The last step of the channel design process is to evaluate and select ____________________.
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Question 9Channel____________________re
fers to the number of channel levels, the number and types of intermediaries and the linkages among channel members.
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Question 10Full-service intermediaries that take title to the products they sell and perform the full range of marketing functions are known as____________________.
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