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Describe the major Cargo Classifications. Provide examples. |
1. Bulk: cargo loose and free flow, no packaging vessel, loaded/unloaded by pumped, scooped, shoveled -rock salt 2. Break bulk: cargo that is packaged/&secured on a pallet. Placed inside standardized container or truck trailer. -packaged orange juice 3. Neo-bulk: large items, don't fit into bulk/break bulk. Not moved in standardized containers. -vehicles, logs livestock |
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Define and identify: Planogram |
Planogram: map of where every product goes on a retail shelf Helpful for chain stores by product category. Efficient and continuous experience. Find product on shelf store fast. |
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Define and identify: Dunnage |
Dunnage: bubble wrap, styrofoam popcorn, small infalatable airbags in boxes, large inflatable bags in shipping containers. Fills empty space. Secures item. Legal requirements. Lighter so no add too much weight. |
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Know what these mean: TL, LTL, TEU, Reefer, Intermodal |
TL: Truckload shippers -large amounts of goods -fill entire truck *Apple move 40k iPads LTL: Less-than-truckload Shippers -Reasonable amount of goods going to a single location -Not enough fill entire truck/container *Custom Car Inc ship 40 car parts TEU: 20' Equivalent Unit -Measure containerized cargo -1 20' container = 1 TEU -1 40' container = 2 TEU -Measure number of things: amount of break bulk cargo imported in/out of country, size of container ship, amount of cargo that enter/leaves port Reefer: controlled atmosphere (CA) standardized containers -refrigerated -modern CA -controls humidity, air composition, pressure Intermodal: -When cargo moved from one vessel to another w/o directly handling the cargo -Fast, secure -Stored inside a standardized container/truck trailer, move from ship > rail car > truck chassis > etc -Good for ship breakbulk cargo -Stack standardized containers |
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Pros and Cons of 4 modes of transportation |
1. ROAD +: Fast, cheap, highly flexible, reasonable and reliable, vital for intermodal, very neutral and reasonable, direct to customer -: Weather, traffic, crime. Need a lot of licensed and reliable drivers. Fuel fluctuates cost. Rules and regulations changes a lot. 2. RAIL +: heavy loads, long distance, cheap, good intermodal ocean/road transport, for low value/weight -: Slooooow, not as easily accessible & available, higher loss b/c vibrations, low reliability b/c not competitive, hard to get directly to customer 3. OCEAN/WATER +: low cost/mile, large, bulky, heavy shipments, almost anything can be shipped with, intermodal rail&/road transport -: VERY SLOW. Low reliability. Exposure to elements and thieves. Hard to get directly to customer. 4. AIR +: Fastest, minimal exposure to risk, good link with road transport to get directly to customer, high value/weight: shipping diamonds -: $$$, not easily link to rail & ocean, no standardized containers, must have accommodating airports |
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Difference between a Warehouse and a DC. |
Warehouse: -store inventory long periods of time -storage: primary -keep safe and preserved for future use DC: distribution centers -efficiently getting items to retail &/ wholesale outlets -large shipments of single good off of a truck -get ready to distribute to many downstream stores -speed -full trucks of 1 large in:full trucks of multiple in small out |
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What is crossdocking? |
Distribution center: move goods from upstream supplier --> downstream customer, minimal handling, less than 24 hr storage times -smallest amount of distribution centers -minimal logistics resources Efficient and effective. Right trucks with right products arrive exactly at DCs when needed. Unloaded. Loaded outbound to stores. |
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Cross docking + garage doors: |
Many garage doors. Inbound. Outbound. 1 cross-docking facility: feed so much inventory |