11'4 Shipping Costs

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11.4 Shipping Costs
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Shipping Charges

• Things to consider when deciding how to ship
  items
• Speed
• Distance
• Size
• Weight
• Shape
• Insurance or not?
• COD
• Special handling
• Weekend delivery
• Door-to-door pickup/delivery

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• Can use U.S. parcel if pkg weighs 70 lbs or less
  combined length girth is 130 inches or less
• Fractions of lb ? round up!!!
• Example 1
• Clarion Corp ships a 14-lb pkg to zone 6.
  Insuring the pkg costs 7.50 more. What is the
  total cost to ship the pkg using the shipping
  rate table on p. 481 of the textbook

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Freight Charges

• Freight used for shipping heavy, bulky items
  (plane, truck, train, barge, ship) see sample
  freight table p. 482 in textbook
• Free on board (FOB) says city of who pays
  shipping charges

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Example 2

• A 1500 lb pkg is to be delivered in 3 days by
  Curry Freight Express to a firm in zone 5.
  What is the freight charge? Use the table on p.
  482

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Wrap It Up