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Evidencia 4 Resumen Product distribution the basics

Resumen “Product distribution: the basics” CRISTHIAN JAHIR MORA FORERO aprendiz Actividad de aprendizaje 2 Evidencia 4: Resumen “Product distribution: the basics” In this text we are given a brief, but very complete description of the types of goods transport that exist today, and that always as exporters we will have to interact with them and that the way to choose the means as we will transport The goods must be balanced between time and cost, also taking into account the nature of our merchandise. Another factor to take into account is the economic resources that the company possesses: In general, land transport is a cheaper and more flexible, however, it has greater geographic restrictions and can be affected by the state of roads and traffic. Air transport is faster and allows greater coverage, but is considerably more expensive and subject to greater restrictions on cargo. Meanwhile, maritime transport allows a greater variety of products to transport and has a lower cost than air. As we see, there are many transportation options for companies. It is only necessary to consider the needs, resources and objectives of the company in order the choose the most convenient alternative. Road transport is cheap comfortable and flexible but the disadvantage is not eco-friendly, and may be subject to weight, dimensions of load and occasionally to long delays. Glossary Nº English Spanish 1 Aerial Aéreo 2 Consider Considerar 3 Friendly Amigable, simpatico 4 Goods Bienes 5 Hazardous Peligroso 6 Heavy Pesado 7 Inflexible Inflexible 8 Insurance Seguro 9 Likewise Igualmente 10 Maritime Marítimo 11 Means Recursos 12 Particularly Particularmente 13 Perishable Perecedero 14 Planning Planificación 15 Shipping Envió 16 Supplier Proveedor 17 Unlucky Desafortunado 18 Voyage Viaje 19 Wagons Vagones 20 Wrong Incorrecto