ADM 2320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Direct Market, Radio-Frequency Identification, Franchising

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Channel structure: direct distribution, allows manufacturers to deal directly with consumers. Distribution centre: a facility for the receipt, storage, and redistribution of goods to company stores or customers; may be operated by retailers, manufacturers, or distribution specialists. Inbound transportation: dispatcher: the person who co-ordinates deliveries to distribution centres. If a truck misses a time slot, it is fined. Storing and cross-docking: there are three types of distribution centres: traditional, cross-docking, and combinations, traditional distribution centre is a warehouse in which merchandise is unloaded from trucks and places on rack or shelves for storage. When the merchandise is needed in the stores, a worker goes to the rack and places it in a bin. Then it is made ready for shipment to stores: cross-docking distribution centres is one in which vendors ship merchandise pre- packaged in the quantity required for each store. It already contains price and theft detection tags: combination: most modern distribution centre, combining the two pervious approaches.

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