Route Planning

For the conservation of precious fuel and saving the transportation time, route planning exercise is of utmost importance to the carrier owner. Route planning may be advisory or statutory. The advi­sory routes are those with less operational problems and shortest distance. The cost of operation of the truck on such routes is the lowest.

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Containerization

Containerization is making waves in the transportation of goods, ensuring manifold benefits to the users, transport companies and the country’s economy. A container can be defined as a transport device for moving solid or liquid material. It is a case or a tank with adequate strength to be repeat­edly used for packing and transportation

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Consumer Versus Logistical Packaging

Packaging is a marketing tool and is related to the performance of marketing function. It is primar­ily a delimitation of space and setting aside of a product from external environment. Packaging forms the important cost element of the goods and represents 5-30 per cent of the value of the goods depending on the product

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Packaging as Unitization

The physical distribution process involves storage, handling and transportation of the product dur­ing its journey from manufacturing plant to the end customer. For ease in distribution process, individual products are grouped together in quantities to form a package which can be conveniently moved in the distribution system. This process of grouping large number of

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Design Considerations of Logistical Packaging

Logistical packaging is a crucial element in the physical distribution system, which helps in enhanc­ing the system’s efficiency and effectiveness of the supply chain of the company. Proper packaging for logistics application takes care of the cost, which otherwise would have been incurred in the form of product damages during transit, ultimately resulting in

Packaging Material

For logistical packaging variety of materials are in use. However the most common are follows. 1. Corrugated Fibreboard The master cartons are invariably made out of two to three ply corrugated sheets. However, for logistical packaging, thicker corrugated sheets with five to six ply or more are preferred. This material is most commonly used

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Returnable Logistical Packaging

The new trends in logistical packaging today are the use of returnable containers. Returnable pack­aging (RP) is used in consumer durable and automobile manufacturing industry wherein the sup­pliers are located in proximity of the assembly plant. Over the past two decades, the automotive industry has switched over from using disposable packaging to reusable plastic

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Packaging Cost

The logistical packaging helps in reducing the transit damages, enhancing the operating efficiency of the material handling equipment and economizing on space utility. The net result is reduction in operating cost of the system through better asset utilization and prevention of transit damage to the product. However, the gain is more than the loss,

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Logistics Information Needs

Logistics is an information-based process of material movement wherein the flow of information is a key to the success of logistic operations. The starting point of the information in logistics is the customer order. The customer spells out his needs and passes it on to the supplier in the form of a document either

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Designing Logistics Information System

The information system is an interacting structure of people, equipment, methods and control, designed to create information fl ow in the required format for the user to make the decision to reduce the risk element. Like the management information system (MIS), which is designed more for general management information needs, the logistics information system

Desired Characteristics of LIS Logistics Information System

The need for information support of an organization, for planning and implementing logistics deci­sions, depends on the objectives. The quality of management decisions in logistics will depend on the quality of the information generated by the LIS. The criticality of a decision will determine the speed and accuracy needs of the desired information. However,

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CPMC Relocation and Logistics Pvt. Ltd. – Relocation Logistics

CPMC-RLPL, a Kolkata based specialized logistics service provider, was founded in the year 2000, keeping in mind the sweeping changes in the whole concept of re-location business globally. The company identified the need of this service in the given sector, particularly the relocation-related services. The company’s mission has been to become a lifetime packer

Nokia – Reverse Logistics Initiatives for Used Mobile Phones

Distribution centres face new challenges daily. One of the major challenges is how to handle the inflow of returns from retail vendors, seasonal goods, damages, excessive inventory and so on. Reverse logistics is an interesting area for mobile phones. In India every month 6-7 million new mobile handsets are added to the market. Even

Global Logistics Supply Chain Model for Value Creation

The firm, a European manufacturer of ready-made garments, is marketing the products in Ameri­can markets. It has a Hong Kong-based local coordination office to look into the movements of the inventory. The initial conceptualization and design of the garments is done in Hong Kong. The cotton yarn is brought from Korea and dyed and

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Role of Logistics in Distribution Channel

Distribution channels help in creating time and place utilities of the product, which are impor­tant for customer satisfaction. The channel will help the firm to make the product available at the right place and channel efficiency and effectiveness is greatly dependent on the logistics operation of the firm to fulfil the demand. However, logistics

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Distribution Channel Structure

The channel structure refers to the group of channel members to whom a set of distribution tasks has been allocated. The channel structure plays a vital role in the physical distribution of products. It primarily facilitates product flow from the manufacturer to the end consumer through a hierar­chy of channel members. The typical distribution

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Logistic Requirements of Channel Members

The role of a channel member is crucial in the distribution process. According to Alderson, the marketing channel takes care of the five gaps between production and manufacturing. First, the channel takes care of the time gap between the production activity and the purchase of products by the consumer at discreet intervals. Thus, the

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Channel Members

The marketing channel structure consists of a variety of intermediaries performing distribution tasks. These tasks differ in terms of financial involvement, relationship with manufacturer (place and time context) and the functions performed. 1. Wholesaler Wholesalers are quite common in consumer goods industry. They operate as full-fledged market­ing organizations, purchasing goods from the manufacturers in

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Channel Strategy

The design of the logistical program to serve a given channel structure depends on the channel strategy of the enterprise. The channel strategy is based on the broad principles through which the firm expects to achieve its distribution objectives for the target market. Depending on the nature of the product, industry practices and market

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Logistics Support to the Distribution Channel

The success of the distribution channel depends largely on the effectiveness and efficiency of logistic operations of the firm. Channel management is essentially involved in the control of prod­uct flow, information flow, promotional flow and ownership flow. However, the product flow and related information flow are taken care of by logistics management. The channel