A transportation management system (TMS) is a logistics platform that uses technology to help businesses plan, execute, and optimize the physical movement of goods both incoming and outgoing. It ensures proper documentation and compliance. TMS is often part of a larger supply chain management system. Distribution management oversees the movement of goods from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler/retailer and finally to the consumer. It involves processes like packaging, warehousing, and inventory management. Transport is defined as the movement of humans, animals, or goods from one location to another. Common modes of transport are railways, roadways, airways, waterways, and pipelines.
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A transportation management system (TMS) is a logistics platform that uses technology to help businesses plan, execute, and optimize the physical movement of goods both incoming and outgoing. It ensures proper documentation and compliance. TMS is often part of a larger supply chain management system. Distribution management oversees the movement of goods from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler/retailer and finally to the consumer. It involves processes like packaging, warehousing, and inventory management. Transport is defined as the movement of humans, animals, or goods from one location to another. Common modes of transport are railways, roadways, airways, waterways, and pipelines.
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT a particular movement of an organism or
Prelim and Midterm Examination thing from a point A to a point B. Modes of
Answer Key transport include air, land, water, cable, pipeline, and space. Test I. 9. These most common five modes of 1. B transport are: railways, roadways, airways, 2. D waterways and pipelines. 3. TRUE 10. Transportation management comprises the 4. D processes and systems used to manage the 5. A needs and requirements specific to the 6. A transportation management system physical transportation of goods and cargo (TMS) is a logistics platform that uses as part of supply chain or logistics technology to help businesses plan, management. execute, and optimize the physical 11. Four factors are used to determine a movement of goods, both incoming and product's classification. They are density, outgoing, and making sure the shipment is stowability, ease of handling, and liability to compliant, proper documentation is damage and theft. available. This kind of system is often part 12. According to the Uniform Commercial Code of a larger supply chain management (SCM) a delivery order refers to an "order given by system. Small and mid-size enterprises an owner of goods to a person in possession (SMEs) are businesses that of them directing that person to deliver the maintain revenues, assets or a number of goods to a person named in the order. employees below a certain threshold. Each Test II. country has its own definition of what Answer depends on student’s understanding. constitutes a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME). Certain size criteria must be met and occasionally the industry in which the company operates in is taken into account as well. 7. Distribution management is the process used to oversee the movement of goods from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler or retailer and finally to the end consumer. Numerous activities and processes are involved, including raw good vendor management, packaging, warehousing, inventory, supply chain, logistics and sometimes even block chain. 8. Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is defined as CATERING MANAGEMENT 42 (a); Final Examination 43 (d); Answer Key 44 (d); 45 (b); 46 (c ); I. Multiple Choice. 47 (b); 1 (b); 48 (b); 2 ( c); 49 (d); 3 (d); 50 (b); 4 (b); 51 (a); 5 (b); 52 (b); 6 (b); 53 (b); 7 (d); 54 (d); 8 (a); 55 (a); 9 (b); 56 (b); 10 (d); 57 (d); 11 ( c); 58 (b); 12 (c ); 59 (a); 13 (b); 60 (b); 14 (d); 61 (c ); 15 (a); 62 (a); 16 (b); 63 (b); 17 (b); 64 (b); 18 (b); 65 (d); 19 (a); 66 (d); 20 ( c); 67 (b); 21 (c ); 68 (b); 22 (b); 69 (a); 23 (c ); 70 (d); 24 (b); 25 (d); 26 (b); 27 (d); 28 (a); 29 (b); 30 (c ); 31 (b); 32 (c ); 33 ( c); 34 (a & b)(b & c)(c & a)(d & b); 35 (b); 36 ( c); 37 (b); 38 (d); 39 (b); 40 (d); 41 (b);