Assignment:
Answer the 10 questions below:
1. Explain the four ways that warehousing facilitates the regrouping function.
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of private warehousing?
3- What is the building-blocks concept? How is it applied to the handling of packaged goods?
4-The chapter describes approximately 10 functions that a protective package should accomplish. Does every package have to accomplish every function? Explain.
5-Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the unit load.
6-Pick three modes of transportation, name the federal agency responsible for safety regulation for each of the modes you picked, and provide a safety-related issue for each mode.
7-Discuss advantages and disadvantages to private transportation.
8-How does the class rate system simplify with respect to product, weight, and distance?
9-Discuss the four factors used in determining a product's freight classification.
10-The bill of lading is the single most important document in transportation. Discuss some of the basic functions it performs.