Archive for October, 2007
Optimize Warehouse Operations Inbound
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007To optimize warehouse operations you must have a strategy, it is not all done by computer systems. You must document processes and analytically configure what works and doesn’t work. To optimize your warehouse to its full value you must first start with your inbound.
1. First you must have a evenly scheduled schedule. Do not let […]
Rail Transport
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run along railways or railroads. Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates the international trading and economic growth in most countries.
A typical railway/railroad track consists of two parallel rails, normally made of steel, secured to […]
Crossdocking
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Cross-docking is a practice in logistics of unloading materials from an incoming semi-trailer truck or rail car and loading these materials in outbound trailers or rail cars, with little or no storage in between. This may be done to change type of conveyance, or to sort material intended for different destinations, or to combine material […]
Food Distribution
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Food distribution, a method of distributing (or transporting) food from one place to another, is a very important factor in public nutrition. Where it breaks down, famine, malnutrition or illness can occur. During some periods of Ancient Rome, food distribution occurred with the policy of giving free bread to its citizens under the provision of […]
Transportation
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans (”across”) and portare (”to carry”). Industries which have the business of providing equipment, actual transport, transport of people or goods and services used in transport of goods or people make up a […]
Logistics
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Logistics is the art and science of managing and controlling the flow of goods, energy, information and other resources like products, services and people from the source of production to the marketplace. It is difficult or nearly impossible to accomplish any international trading, global export/import processes, international repositioning of raw materials/products and manufacturing without a […]