What is Physical Distribution Management?
Physical distribution is the activity that is concerned with: receiving parts or finished goods storing them until they are required and then delivering them to the customer. Key Concepts: Transport operator: The person or company who provides the actual delivery of your orders. Interposal: interchange point from one transportation mode provider to another. Consolidation: the process of receiving multiple lots in small quantities, which are accumulated and then repackaged into one larger lot. Cross docking: unloading the cargo from several trucks and then immediately reload it into one container for delivery to a final destination. Distribution warehouse: a facility designed to assemble and then redistribute goods in a way that facilitates rapid movement to customers. Unitisation: a technique for grouping boxes on a pallet or skid for later movement by pallet jack, forklift, conveyor and / or truck. Containerisation: the process of combining several unitised loads into a single well-pr
