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MBA6328 Chapter 5 - Motor Carriers with 100- correct answers.
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OSM 4700 Transportation CH5 with 100% correct answers
fuel and capacity - answer The truckload (TL) sector's hopes for a
recovery in 2009 can be summarized in two words?
Fuel cost - answer Which cost is the highest in TL?
Motor carrier - answer Which transportation industry dominate since
WWI?
for-hire and private carriers - answer The first major division of motor
carriers is
for-hire - answer Which carrier provides services to the public and
charges a fee for the service ?
Motor carrier - answer Which carrier provides a service to the industry or
company that owns or leases the vehicles,
and thus does not charge a fee, but obviously the service provider incurs
cost ?
for-hire - answer Which carriers can be either local or intercity operators,
or both?
for-hire - answer Which carriers may be common and/or contract
operators?
the truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers - answer Another
important distinction is?
, heavy "LTL" - answer Shipment sizes carried by this type of carrier are in
the upper end
of what can be considered LTL shipments
heavy "LTL" - answer This type of carrier specializes in shipment sizes
less than the TL carriers haul and more than LTL carriers haul. It has some
fixed costs (because of the consolidation terminals) but not as much as in
the LTL industry.
TL - answer In motor carrier industry, which type of carriers are the
most?
LTL - answer Which carriers have terminals that increase the capital
requirements
and thus add a constraint to entry?
number and start-up costs - answer Differences between LTL and TL
carriers?
"hub-and-spoke" system - answer The LTL segment of the motor carrier
industry requires a network of terminals to consolidate and distribute
freight, called
a pickup and delivery (PUD) - answer The LTL carrier collects the
shipments at the shipper's dock with a XXX vehicle.
a pickup and delivery (PUD) vihicle - answer What does the collection and
delivery of all shipments?
line-haul segment - answer For which portion of the trip, the shipments
are loaded into 28-foot, 48-foot, or 53-foot trailers?
manufactured, high-value products - answer Motor carrier vehicles, both
for-hire and private, primarily transport which kinds of products?
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