Stan Raggio,Executive Vice-President of Global Supply Chain at GAP,Inc. ,has the responsibility of managing the global supply chain and quality control for his company.GAP™ designs its lines of clothing at its world headquarters in San Francisco.From there,design plans are shipped to various factories where clothing is contract manufactured.Several million containers of clothing leave factories by ship and are transported to various countries.In the U.S. ,these goods enter through the Port of Los Angeles.From there,they are put on rail,and travel to distribution centers throughout the U.S.At the distribution centers,cartons are packed into trucks and efficiently delivered to retail stores.GAP utilizes ________________,where multiple sources of transportation are used to ship its freight of clothing to retailers.

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The described shipping process involves multiple modes of transportation, including ships, rail, and trucks. Intermodal shipping refers to using multiple modes of transportation to move goods, which accurately describes the supply chain process at GAP. Therefore, the best choice is C) intermodal shipping.