"Logistics" Is Concerned With

question 6

Multiple Choice

"Logistics" is concerned with:

• A) reducing spatial separations between producers and consumers.
• B) transporting, storing, and handling of physical goods along channel systems.
• C) transporting, storing, and handling of physical goods within individual firms.
• D) physical distribution.
• E) All of these are included in Logistics.

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