1. What does cost per ton-mile mean and how is it calculated? In what way is this a better metric than cost per hundred-weight or cost per mile?
2. Briefly describe what the Sysco Inbound Transportation Transformation is all about.
3. Describe several different purposes of warehouses and functions that warehouses serve.
4. What are some of the important considerations in laying out a warehouse?
5. Describe several transportation and warehousing issues that are strategic to a corporation.