Industrial Safety and Health for Goods and Materials Services - Chapter 2

Hàng hoá, vật liệu được cung cấp bởi người bán buôn bán lẻ các.Ngành thương mại bán buôn (42) bao gồm các cơ sở bán buôn hàng hóa, nói chung mà không cần chuyển đổi, và các dịch vụ dựng hình ngẫu nhiên để bán hàng hóa. Quá trình bán buôn là một bước trung gian trong việc phân phối hàng hóa. Bán buôn được tổ chức bán hoặc sắp xếp việc mua, bán (1) Hàng hoá bán lại (tức là, hàng hoá bán cho người bán sỉ, bán lẻ khác), (2) vốn, hàng hoá nonconsumer bền, và (3) các...
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Industrial Safety and Health for Goods and Materials Services - Chapter 2 2 Wholesale TradeGoods and materials are delivered by the wholesaler to the retailer.The wholesale trade (42) sector comprises establishments engaged in wholesalingmerchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental tothe sale of merchandise. The wholesaling process is an intermediate step in thedistribution of merchandise. Wholesalers are organized to sell or arrange the purchaseor sale of (1) goods for resale (i.e., goods sold to other wholesalers or retailers), (2)capital or durable nonconsumer goods, and (3) raw and intermediate materials andsupplies used in production. Wholesalers sell merchandise to other businesses andnormally operate from a warehouse or office. BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) datashow that wholesale and retail trades make up a large part of the nation’s employmentand business establishments. In the economy as a whole, wholesale trade representsabout 4.4% of all employment and 7.1% of all establishments. BLS estimates showthat wholesale trade employment averaged 5,749,500 during 2005. The composition of the wholesale trade in the North American Industry Classi-fication System (NAICS) breakdown is as follows: Wholesale trade (42) Merchant wholesaler, durable goods (423000) Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (423100) Furniture and home furnishing merchant (423200) Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (423300)ß 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant whole- salers (423400) Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers (423500) Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (423600) Hardware and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (423700) Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (423800) Farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers (423820) Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (423900) Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods (424000) Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (424100) Drugs and druggist’ sundries merchant wholesalers (424200) Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers (424300) Grocery and related product wholesalers (424400) Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers (424500) Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (424600) Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (424700) Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers (424800) Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (424900) Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers (425000) Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers (425100) The wholesale sector is characterized by most workplaces being small, employ-ing fewer than 50 workers. About 7 in 10 work in office and administrative support,sales, or transportation and material-moving occupations. While some jobs require acollege degree, a high school education is sufficient for most jobs. When consumers purchase goods, they usually buy them from a retail establish-ment, such as a supermarket, department store, gas station, or Internet site. Whenretail establishments, other businesses, governments, or institutions—such as uni-versities or hospitals—need to purchase goods for their own use—such as equip-ment, motor vehicles, office supplies, or any other items—or for resale to consumers,they normally buy them from wholesale trade establishments (Figure 2.1). The size and scope of firms in the wholesale trade industry vary greatly.Wholesale trade firms sell any and every type of goods. Customers of wholesaletrade firms buy goods for making other products, as in the case of a bicyclemanufacturer who purchases steel tubing, wire cables, and paint. Customers mayalso purchase items for daily use, as when a corporation buys office furniture, paperclips, or computers, or for resale to the public, as does a department store thatpurchases socks, flatware, or televisions. Wholesalers may offer only a few itemsfor sale, perhaps all made by one manufacturer, or they may offer thousands of itemsproduced by hundreds of different manufacturers. Some wholesalers sell only anarrow range of goods, such as very specialized machine tools; while others sell abroad range of goods, such as all the supplies necessary to open a new store,including shelving, light fixtures, wallpaper, floor coverings, signs, cash registers,accounting ledgers, and perhaps even some merchandise for resale.ß 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, L ...