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Chapter 14 Transportation in the Supply Chain True/False Transportation plays a key role in every supply chain because products are usually produced and consumed in the same location. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy The shipper is the party that requires the movement of the product between two points in the supply chain. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate The carrier is the party that moves or transports the product. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy A distributor makes investment decisions regarding the transportation infrastructure and then makes operating decisions to try to maximize the return from these assets. Answer: False Difficulty: Hard A carrier uses transportation to minimize the total cost (transportation, inventory, information, and facility) while providing an appropriate level of responsiveness to the customer. Answer: False Difficulty: Hard The vehicle-related cost is incurred whether the vehicle is operating or not and is considered fixed for short-term operational decisions by the carrier. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate Trip-related cost depends on the length and duration of the trip but is independent of the quantity shipped. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Overhead cost includes the cost of planning and scheduling a transportation network as well as any investment in information technology. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate A carrier’s decisions are affected by the prices that the market will bear, but not the responsiveness it seeks to provide its target segment. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate Transportation cost depends on the prices offered by different carriers and the extent to which the shipper uses inexpensive and slow, or expensive and fast, means of transportation. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Rail is the dominant mode of freight transportation in the United States and accounts for over 75 percent of the nation’s freight bill. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate A milk run is a route in