There are three basic questions to be considered when designing a transportation network between two stages of a supply chain.Which of the following is not a question to be considered?
A) Should transportation be direct or through an intermediate site?
B) Should intermediate site stock product or only serve as a cross-docking location?
C) Should each delivery route supply a single destination or multiple destinations (milk run)?
D) Should transportation costs be minimized?

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All three questions listed (A, B, and C) are important considerations when designing a transportation network between two stages of a supply chain. However, minimizing transportation costs is not necessarily a question to be considered, but rather a goal that should be kept in mind while answering the other questions.

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