Distribution Channel Management

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Path a product takes from producer or manufacturer to final user

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Channel of Distribution

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All the businesses involved in sales transactions that move products from the manufacturer to the final user (aka middlemen) are called

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intermediaries

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Goods or services sold from producers directly to the final user, no middlemen

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Direct Channel

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Channel that involves one or more middlemen

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Indirect Channel

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The final intermediary in an indirect channel that sells products to consumers

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Retailers

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This type of transportation is cheap and is great for bulky, non-perishable items, however, it is slow.

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Ship/Water

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Expensive to construct line of connected pipes that are used for carrying liquids and gases over a long distance.

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pipeline

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This type of transportation is the most expensive to distribute product.

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Air

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a detailed list of all goods or merchandise that a store has in stock

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inventory

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This is the most flexible of the major transportation methods. This method is used for 26 percent of the intercity freight traffic in the United States.

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Trucks