Would you recommend that Procter & Gamble use any mode of transportation other than trucks to transport cartons to retailers? Explain your answer

What is the transportation model's purpose?

Discuss the physical functions that will be required for distributing your product, focusing on materials handling, warehousing, and transportatio

When is the distribution channel of business to consumer viable ?  Cite an example ?

Even though specialization and division of labor is the fundamental basis for allocating distribution tasks, can the channel manager make decisions about using intermediaries and facilitating agencies solely on that basis? Explain why or why not.

Discuss the impact that current transportation issues may have on supply managers.

How are nontraditional channels of distribution affecting your organization and its marketing strategy? Appraise the situation and discuss.

Choose an organization that creates products that are sold to other businesses and uses at least two different sales channels (the organization may or may not use any intermediaries). Briefly describe the organization, its target market, its competitive situation, and the products that it produces (NOTE: If the company is very large and produces many diverse product lines, you should narrow your focus to just one division or product line of that company). Classify and describe the multi-channel distribution system for the product line and assess the appropriateness of its design in relation to its desired service output levels (e.g., lot size, waiting time, spatial convenience). Discuss the role that business-to-business e-Commerce plays in the marketing channel associated with the selected organization (e.g., eCommerce involving business-to-business transactions). Explain how the distribution system does or could operate as an integrated logistics system (i.e., use of information…