1. Time from when a customer places an order to when the goods are received is called 2. To the time from when the customer places an order until the seller receives the order is called.................... 3. List the four stages of order cycle 4. List five possible ways of transmitting order 5. .....................refers to the time from when the seller receives an order until an appropriate location (such as a warehouse) is authorized to fill the order.

6. Checking an order for completeness and accuracy, checking the buyer's ability to purchase, entering the order into the system, crediting a salesperson with a sale, recording the transaction, determining inventory location, and arranging for outbound transportation are the standard order processing activities. Among these list the two which can be done simultaneously and which have to be done sequentially.

7. What are the factors that affect transportation system of a country?

8. Nonuniform .............. within a country, or between neighboring countries, means that shipments moving by rail will need to be transferred from one vehicle to another

9. The relevant infrastructure statistic for air transportation is .......... runways over 3,047 meters (approximately 10,000 feet).

10. List the criteria to check while making a mode selection

11. Receivers of freight is called ..........

12. Transportation service that is supplemental to the line-haul is called ...................

13. Airfreight which is carried in the freight compartments of passenger airplanes is called .......... .

14. Airfreight is best suited to ...................................................................................................... 15. Airfreight rates use...................., which considers a shipment's density (the amount of space occupied in relation to actual weight) to determine a shipment's billable weight.

16. .............. carriers focus on shipments of greater than 10,000 pounds, and although the exact weight depends on the product, it is close to the amount that would physically fill a truck trailer. For glassware, this might be 18,000 pounds; for canned goods, it might be 40,000 pounds (1 pound ~0,45 kg). 17. TL shipments tend to move directly from the shipper's location to the consignee's location. Unlike TL carriers, LTL carriers operate through a system of .................. (a facility where freight is shifted between vehicles), and from each terminal small trucks go out to customers, delivering and picking up shipments. 18. Although motor carriers can travel wherever there are roads, their length of haul is mitigated by several factors, such as .......................................... rules . 19. Compared with the other transportation modes , the primary advantage for motor carriers is ................. . 20. In Pipeline transportation, ...................... which are 6 inches or smaller in diameter, start at each well and carry crude oil to concentration points. .................. carry crude oil from gathering-line concentration points to the oil refineries. Their diameter varies from 3 to 48 inches; 8-to 10-inch pipe is the most common size. These products are stored at the ................. and then delivered to customers by truck or by rail. 21. Railroads are .......(less/more) expensive than air and motor, they are ......... (less/more) expensive than pipeline and water. Rails possess ........(less/more) flexibility (ability to deliver the product to the customer) than motor carriers; rails generally are ......... (less/more) flexible than air, water, and pipe-line . 22. ............................ Refers to transportation when using a container or other equipment that can be transferred from the vehicle of one mode to the vehicle of another mode without the contents being reloaded or disturbed (Intermodal transportation) 23. Containers are moved by mechanical devices such as................... , and companies need only handle a container and not the freight inside itthus providing a dramatic reduction in freight handling costs . 24. Water port capacities are often assessed in terms of the number of ............... that are handled in a particular period of time. 25. Air freight containers, often referred to as .................................... 26. ...................... consolidators of freight. There are two types: surface and air. They exists by offering a service to shippers that use LTL rates because they do not generate enough volume to use TL rates. 27. ............ are another type of transportation specialist; they are companies that look to match a shipper's freight with a carrier to transport it. 28. List three primary factors that determines transportation rates 29. What are the two transportation rate calculation system ? 30. .................... is followed by either "origin" or "destination" and this location specifies the point at which the title and control of a shipment passes from buyer to seller. With.................. , the buyer assumes title and control of a shipment at the point of pickup, while with ....................... the seller retains title and control of a shipment until it is delivered. 31. Currently non-asset-based third-party logistics companies have the ability to develop multi-modal solutions to a client's transportation problems. ....................... refers to a transportation manager who purchases a prespecified level of transportation service (e.g., two-day delivery for a particular price) 32. .......................... is the formal document which is the basic operating document in the industry that functions as a delivery receipt when products are tendered to carriers. 33. ...................... Is another document which is an invoice submitted by the carrier requesting to be paid 34. .............................. which refers to a document that notifies a carrier of wrong or defective deliveries, delays, or other delivery shortcomings. 35. What are the two possible dimensions to consolidate small shipments ? 36. ........................... is a penalty payment made by the shipper or consignee to a railroad for keeping a railcar beyond the time when it should be released back to the carrier. 37. Process of determining how a shipment will be moved between origin and destination is called ..................... 38. ....................refers to the need to rapidly move a shipment to its final destination 39. List possible criteria that can be used in a carrier performance scorecard .