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Chapter 4 Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain True/False 1. Distribution occurs between every pair of stages in the supply chain. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 2. Distribution only occurs between manufacturing and consumers in the supply chain. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate 3. Companies in the same industry often select very different distribution networks, because the choice of the distribution network can be used to achieve a variety of supply chain objectives ranging from low cost to high responsiveness. Answer: True Difficulty: Moderate 4. Companies in the same industry should always select similar distribution networks, because their objectives will be similar. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate 5. A customer always wants the highest level of performance along all dimensions of customer service, including response time, product variety, product availability, customer experience, order visibility, and returnability. Answer: False Difficulty: Moderate 6. A customer does not necessarily want the highest level of performance along all dimensions of customer service, including response time, product variety, product availability, customer experience, order visibility, and returnability. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy 7. Outbound transportation costs per unit tend to be lower than inbound costs, because inbound lot sizes are typically larger. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy 8. Outbound transportation costs per unit tend to be higher than inbound costs, because inbound lot sizes are typically larger. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy 9. Transportation costs are high with drop-shipping because the avera