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A leading packaging consultant has indicated that improved packaging efficiency can lead to a typical client achieving a ___________ percent reduction in packaging,transportation,and warehousing costs.

A) 5
B) 7
C) 10
D) 14

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Question 32

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Packaging and materials handling decisions can be made in isolation from other logistics activities.

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B) False

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Certain products should not,for safety or health reasons,be packaged together.

Load-planning software can be used to suggest how to load a container with different sizes of cartons.

Shipping hazards include vibrations,dropping,rough handling,and overexposure to extreme temperatures.

___________ refers to the short distance movement that usually takes place within the confines of a building such as a plant or distribution center and between a building and a transportation service provider.

Weighing out refers to a container that has been weighed prior to its departure from a container yard.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of plastic packaging?

The International Chamber of Commerce developed the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).

Transportation consolidation has been described as the "last frontier" of logistics savings opportunities.

Procurement can be thought of in terms of the building-blocks concept.

The text indicates that there has been a marked increase in the usage of reusable plastic containers by ___________.

Carriers' tariffs and classifications influence the type of packaging and packing methods that must be used.

The severity of the distribution environment is the primary consideration in properly designing a protective packaging system.

Which of the following statements is false?

Plastic pallets tend to be less expensive than wooden or metal pallets.

Which of the following is not an example of materials handling storage equipment?

When a unit load is secured to a pallet,it is more difficult for pilferage to take place.

Most package labeling takes place at the end of the assembly line.

The building blocks concept is associated with which logistics function?