Deck 23 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Agents

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Intermediaries who bring buyers and sellers together and do not own the goods they sell

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Allowance

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A partial return of the sale price for merchandise that the customer has kept

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Blind Check Method

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The receiver of a delivery writes the description of the merchandise, counts the quantities received, and lists them on a blank form or dummy invoice

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Bonded Warehouses

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Public or private warehouses that store products requiring the payment of a federal tax

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Budget Accounts

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Accounts that allow the payment of a purchased item over a certain time period without a financial charge

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Category Management

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A process that involves managing product categories as individual business units

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Collateral

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Something of value that a person pledges as payment for a loan in case of a default

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Contract Carries

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For-hire trucking companies that provide equipment and drivers for specified routes

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Cost Plus Tracking

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All costs and expenses are calculated, and the desired profit is added to arrive at a price

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Cycle Counts

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Local chain store managers or their designated buyers who are authorized to make special purchases for their individual stores

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Decentralized Buying

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Local chain store managers or their designated buyers who are authorized to make special purchases for their individual stores

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Direct Check Method

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The merchandise is checked directly against the actual invoice or purchase order

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Doing Business As Registration

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The registration by which a county government officially recognizes that a new proprietorship or partnership exists

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Dollar Control

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The planning and monitoring of the total inventory investment that a business makes during a stated period of time

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Embargo

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A total ban on specific goods coming

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Emotional Motive

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A feeling experienced by a customer through association with a product

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Empowerment

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Encouragement of team members to contribute and take responsibility for the management process

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Endless Chain Method

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The process of asking previous customers for names of potential customers

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Extensive Decision Making

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The process used when there has been little or no previous experience with an item

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Foreign Direct Investment

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Investments in factories, offices, and other facilities in another country that are used for a business’s operations

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Free-On-Board

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The prices for goods includes delivery at the seller’s expense to a specific point and no further

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Freight Forwarders

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Private companies that combine less than carload or truckload shipments from several businesses and deliver them to their destinations

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Horizontal Organization

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A structure where top management shares decision making with self managing teams of workers who set their own goals and make their own decisions

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Implied Warranty

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A warranty that takes effect automatically by state law whenever a purchase is made

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Indirect Distribution
Sales of goods or services to customers through one or mores intermediaries
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Infrastructure
The physical development of a country including it's roads, ports, sanitation facilities, and utilities
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Integrated Distribution
A distribution system in which manufactures act as wholesaler and retailer for their own products
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Inventory Management
The process of buying and storing materials and products while controlling costs for ordering, shipping, handling, and storage
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Just In Time Inventory System
An inventory system that controls the flow of parts and material into assembly and manufacturing plants
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Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
As economic law stating that consumers will buy only so much of a given product
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Limited Decision Making
The process used when a person buys goods and services that he or she has purchased before but not regularly
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Limited Liability Company
A relatively new form of business organization that a hybrid of a partnership and corporation
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Loss Leader
An item priced at or below cost to draw customers into a store
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Maintained Markup
The difference between an item's final sale price and its cost
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Marketing Information System
A set of procedures and methods that regularly generates, stores, analyzes, and distributes information for use in making marketing and other business decisions
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Memorandum Buying
A buying process in which the supplier agrees to take back any unsold goods by a certain pre-established date
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Middle Management
Managers who implement the decisions of top management
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Mixed Brand
A combination of manufacture, private distributor, and generic brands as a strategy to sell products
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Never-Out List
An inventory monitoring plan used for best selling products that make up a large percentage of sales volume
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Objective Analysis Sheet
A document that lists common objections and possible responses to them
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Occupational Information Network
An online database that includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations
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One-Price Policy
All customers are charged are charged the same price for the goods and services offered for sale
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Open-Ended Questions
Questions that require respondents to construct their own answers
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Open-To-Buy
The amount of money left for buying goods after all purchases received and on order have been considered
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Penetration Pricing
A pricing policy that sets the initial price for a new product very low
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Performance Bonds
A type of insurance that provides financial protection for loses that might occur when a construction project is not finished due to the contractors impaired financial condition; also know as surety bonds
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PreRetailing
Marketing method when pricing information is marked in advance on the purchase order
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Pull Policy
A process that directs promotion towards customers
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Reverse Auction
Sale in which companies post what they want to buy and suppliers bid for contract
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Which Close
A method of closing a sale that encourages a customer to make a decision between two items