Truckload shipments provide economies of scale because they are often made up of several shippers.

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The statement asks us to evaluate whether truckload shipments provide economies of scale because they are often made up of several shippers.
Option 1 (True): This would claim that truckload shipments are commonly composed of multiple shippers collaborating in a single TL move. In practice, truckload (TL) shipments are typically associated with a single shipper moving a full trailer to one consignee, aiming to maximize efficiency for that one origin-destination pair. The idea that multiple shippers make up a single TL shipment misrepresents how TL trades are usually organized, where the economies of scale come from moving a large volume of goods in one trailer rather than from coordinating several different shippers in one TL load.
Option 2 (False): The more accurate view is that TL shipments provide economies of scale primarily because a single shipper uses an entire trailer for a large quantity of goods, reducing handling, waiting times, and loading/unloading costs per unit. The assertion that TL loads are often composed of several shippers incorrectly attributes multi-shipper coordination to this mode, whereas LTL (less-than-truckload) typically involves many shippers sharing space on a single truck, not TL.
In summary, the erroneous aspect of the statement is the claim that TL shipments are often made up of several shippers; the correct understanding is that TL is efficient due to high-volume, single-shipper moves, not multi-shipper composition.

BUSML 4381 SP2025 (4819) Quiz 6 - Consort, Inc.

Truckload shipments provide economies of scale because they are often made up of several shippers.

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