A national manufacturer of car parts has six warehouses and has a pricing policy of charging freight from the closest warehouse to the customer, regardless of where parts are shipped from. For instance, if the customer is in Vancouver, British Columbia, the closest warehouse to the customer is in Seattle, Washington. If the ordered car part actually comes from the Alabama warehouse, the customer still pays freight from Seattle. The manufacturer uses ___ pricing.
a. FOB origin
b. uniform delivered
c. zone
d. basing-point
e. freight absorption
ANSWER: d