Tell me the following questions are correct and wrong and why? 1.Overall automation in logistics is high, because the technology is more efficient than manual processes. 2.The layout of a warehouse impacts the efficiency because walking may account for a considerable amount of the working time of pickers. 3.Most logistics companies in Germany have more than 10 employees 4.Including penalty clauses in logistics outsourcing contracts will always improve the service level

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Tell me the following questions are correct and wrong and why?

1.Overall automation in logistics is high, because the technology is more efficient than manual processes.

2.The layout of a warehouse impacts the efficiency because walking may account for a considerable amount of the working time of pickers.

3.Most logistics companies in Germany have more than 10 employees

4.Including penalty clauses in logistics outsourcing contracts will always improve the service level

5.Increasing responsiveness results in lower market mediation costs.

6.The more specific the product and its related processes, the more it makes sense to outsourcing the logistics.

7.The total cost of transportation depends on the value of the product.

8.When having a large customer base merge-in-transit tends to be more efficient than cross-docking.

9.With cross-docking, the loading devices are changed at the cross-dock.

10.Point-to-point delivery is a good approach for same day shipments.

11.Order batching can be reduced by lowering the transaction costs.

12.In distribution, the costs of inventory are a linear function of the number of locations.

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