True or False? No explanation needed. But please try your best. Will give excellent ratings if you answer each one :)

(l) Over the past 20 years, there has been considerable consolidation in retailing because large companies with a broad geographical scope and larger sales volumes can achieve inventory economies not feasible for smaller-scale or regional firms.

(m) For cross-docking to be cost-effective, significant volumes are required and multiple origins and/or multiple destinations are required.

(n) Distributor integration is more difficult to achieve when some distributors have much larger inventories than other distributors with whom they compete.

(o) Manufacturers whose products are sold through affiliated, independent distributors are better off if customers are encouraged to be loyal to their local distributor.

(p) Direct shipping eliminates intermediate warehouses and thus reduces total system inventory. (q) Quick response reduces transportation costs more than continuous replenishment does.