33:799:301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Reverse Logistics, Purchase Order, Customer Service
23 May 2019
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Chapter 9: logistics: warehousing, transportation, & reverse logistics. , and marking and labeling the container with customer shipping destination data, and other information that may be required: shipping outgoing shipment of parts, components, and products. Includes packaging, marking, weighing, and loading for shipment. 75% utilization: disadvantages, high start-up cost: capital to build or buy a warehouse. Purchase of material handling equipment: fixed location: not easy to move to another location if the market changes, fixed size and costs: when volume is low, the company still assumes the fixed costs. Types of warehouses: consolidation = operation that receives products from different plants or suppliers, stores them, and then combines them with similar shipments from other plants or suppliers for further distribution. Located closer to the customer base so that the smaller ltl shipments travel the shorter distance, while the larger ftl shipments from the single source travel the longer distance before arriving at the break- bulk warehouse.
