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Delivery Systems
Business Studies-Junior Cycle-Delivery Systems
Question | Answer |
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What are the 5 Factors affecting the choice of delivery? | Cost, Speed, Reliability, Destination, Convenience. |
What are the 5 Main forms of delivery? | Road, Rail, Air, Sea, Pipelne. |
Advantages of Road | Fast, Convenient, Door-to-Door delivery, Advertise. |
Advantages of Rail | Fast,Few delays,Cheaper than Road. |
Advantages of Air | Fastest,Safe. |
Advantages of Sea | Cheaper than Air,Roll-on-Roll-off. |
Advantages of Pipeline | Safe, Cheap to maintain. |
Disadvantages of Road | Bulky goods, Roadworks, Weather. |
Disadvantages of Rail | Fixed Timetables, Other transport needed. |
Disadvantages of Air | Expensive, Fixed Timetables, Other transport needed. |
Disadvantages of Sea | Slow, Fixed Timetables, Other transport needed. |
Disadvantages of Pipeline | Slow, Only certain goods. |
What is a delivery system? | The means used to transport goods and people from one place to another |
What is the chain of distribution? | Movement of goods from Producer of raw materials, Manufacturer, Wholesaler, Retailer and Consumer. |
Carriage inwards | Cost added to purchases by the seller for getting them to you. |
Carriage Outwards | Cost you add to sales for getting them to the customer. |
Other common carriers of goods? | Courier, refrigerated vehicles, trucking company. |
Distance = | SpeedxTime |
Time = | Distance÷Speed |
Speed = | Distance÷Time |