Suppose the LTL rate is $2．00 per hundredweight, the TL rate is $1．40 per hundredweight and the TL minimum is 18,000 pounds. What is the weight break?（ ） A、5,294 pounds B、10,588 pounds C、12,600 pounds D、30,0000 pounds E、cannot be determined

What are the advantages and disadvantages of private warehousing?

Which of the following is an advantage of a centralized logistics organization?（ ） A、less expensive than a decentralized organization B、good opportunities for freight consolidation C、can be responsive to customer service requirements D、easier to manage than a decentralized organization

Define what is meant by a cost trade-off. Do you believe that this concept is workable? Why or why not?

Global positioning systems often pay for themselves within six months.（ ）

COLUMBIA LUMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY Question 1: Draw a new organization for Columbia Lumber Products Company (CLPC) that you feel overcomes best the directors’ criticisms of CLPC’s present (January 31, 1996) organization. Indicate the geographic location of all operations shown on the new chart. Explain why you established the organization chart the way you did. Question 2: Assume that the firm should be reorganized in a manner that emphasizes sales and marketing. This would include a physical distribution system, which would support the marketing effort. Draw an organization chart that you think would accomplish this aim. Indicate the geographic location of all operations on the new chart and explain why you drew the chart as you did. Question 3: Assume that the firm wants to reorganize into a highly centralized form, closely managed from a single home office. Draw a new chart that takes this into account. Indicate the geographic location of all operations on the chart and explain why you organized it as you did. Question 4: Assume, instead, that the firm wants to reorganize into a highly decentralized form, where many important decisions can be made out in the field. Draw up a new chart, including the geographic location of all activities. Explain why you drew it up as you did. Question 5: Young Irwin Buchanan III, the firm’s senior traffic manager, heard rumors that the number of vice presidents was to be reduced. He felt that this would reduce his chances of ever achieving vice presidential—or presidential—status. Luckily, he had access to some money in a family trust fund. He wondered whether he should propose to form a separate, third-party firm to contract with CLPC to perform CLPC’s logistical operations. What functions should it offer to perform? Question 6: (This is a continuation of the situation described in question 5.) Assume that young Buchanan does decide to form an outside firm to handle CLPC’s logistics operations. Draft his letter to CLPC’s management containing such a proposal.

Top management is sometimes hesitant to fully commit to supply chain management.（ ）

Contemporary voice-based picking systems are less costly than earlier voice-based systems.（ ）

What services do export management companies perform?

How do ISO 9000 and the Baldrige Quality Award differ?

Discuss the importance of timely and accurate information to a logistics information system.

“How well a company does what it says it’s going to do” represents（ ）. A、efficiency B、productivity C、leading edge logistics D、effectiveness

What are some practical implications of the idea that one logistics system does not fit all companies?

HDT TRUCK COMPANY Question 1: Assume you are Vanderpool. Draft the comparison Pon just requested. Question 2: Which of the two routing alternatives would you recommend? Why? Question 3: Assume that the buyer in Saudi Arabia has made other large purchases in the United States and is considering consolidating all of its purchases and loading them onto one large ship, which the buyer will charter. The buyer contacts HDT and, although acknowledging its commitment to buy FAS Doha, asks how much HDT would subtract from the $172,000 per truck price if the selling terms were changed to FOB HDT’s Crown Point plant. How much of a cost reduction do you think HDT should offer the buyer? Under what terms and conditions? Question 4: Answer question 3 with regard to changing the terms of sale to delivery at port in Baltimore. The buyer would unload the trucks from the railcars. Question 5: Is there an interest rate that would make HDT change from one routing to another? If so, what is it? Question 6: Assume that it is the year 2005 and the cost to HDT of borrowing money is 12/% per year. Because the buyer will pay for trucks as they are delivered, would it be advantageous for HDT to pay overtime to speed up production, ship the trucks as they were finished via the Port of Baltimore, and collect their payment earlier? Why or why not?

Contract warehousing tends to be more cost effective than public warehousing.（ ）

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of locating manufacturing, assembly, or distribution facilities in countries with relatively low wages.

Ordering by（ ）can be fast and convenient, but order errors are generally not detected until the order is delivered. A、telephone B、mail C、fax D、electronic

The carrier selection procedure appears to be less straightforward than the procedure for modal selection.（ ）

The U.S. railroad industry is dominated by four freight carriers.（ ）

Why is the carrier selection process less straightforward than the modal selection process?