While in many cases, companies will send a full conveyance directly from origin
to destination, this is not always so and thus transportation companies may
consolidate a group of less-than-conveyance-loads into a single conveyance load.
In some cases, such a load may move directly to a destination but, more often, into a consolidating terminal. In such a terminal the full loads will be built and sent to a
destination terminal, where the load will be ‘‘broken’’ and the individual shipments
delivered to the specific consignees. Such deliveries will follow a delivery/pickup
route in which a truck will conduct a multiple-stop tour at specific shipper
locations.
When these pickup/delivery tours are conducted within a logistics cluster, they
become more efficient as the cluster grows, since the distances between pickup (or
delivery) locations are short. This increases the efficiency of the ‘‘last mile’’ which
is usually the most expensive one, allowing motor carriers to charge less for
serving the logistics cluster, attracting more companies to the park, increasing
further the efficiency of the transportation service.
While in many cases, companies will send a full conveyance directly from originto destination, this is not always so and thus transportation companies mayconsolidate a group of less-than-conveyance-loads into a single conveyance load.In some cases, such a load may move directly to a destination but, more often, into a consolidating terminal. In such a terminal the full loads will be built and sent to adestination terminal, where the load will be ‘‘broken’’ and the individual shipmentsdelivered to the specific consignees. Such deliveries will follow a delivery/pickuproute in which a truck will conduct a multiple-stop tour at specific shipperlocations.When these pickup/delivery tours are conducted within a logistics cluster, theybecome more efficient as the cluster grows, since the distances between pickup (ordelivery) locations are short. This increases the efficiency of the ‘‘last mile’’ whichis usually the most expensive one, allowing motor carriers to charge less forserving the logistics cluster, attracting more companies to the park, increasingfurther the efficiency of the transportation service.
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