Saturn's Manufacturing Plant Uses a Computerized System That Directs Trucks

Multiple Choice

Saturn's manufacturing plant uses a computerized system that directs trucks to deliver preinspected Parts at specific times 21 hours a day, six days a week to one of the plant's 56 receiving docks. Ryder Integrated Logistics is charged with making sure the Saturn plant has what it needs to build Saturn cars at the time it is needed. Ryder Integrated Logistics is a(n) _____ for Saturn.

A) third-party logistics provider
B) marketing mix outsourcer
C) channel captain
D) import/export agent
E) supply chain ombudsman