Match each warehouse type to its description.

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Hub$-$and$-$spoke system

Break$-$bulk warehousing

Cross$-$docking

Consolidation warehousing

Answer

Pulls together shipments from a number of sources $($often plants$)$ in the same geographic area and combines them into larger$$and hence more economical$$shipping loads.

Large incoming shipments are received and then broken down into smaller outgoing shipments to demand points in a geographic area.

Incoming shipments are from a single source or manufacturer.

A form of warehousing in which strategically placed warehouses are used as sorting or transfer facilities. These facilities are typically located at convenient, high$-$traffic locatio