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Increasing customer value and decreasing distribution costs with merge-in-transit

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A broad product assortment is usually valued highly by customers. However, holding a great number of product variants in inventory increases the costs of a supplier. It is possible to reduce need for warehousing with direct deliveries from manufacturing units, but customer value is reduced when orders are received on several shipments. Merge-in-transit is a distribution method in which goods shipped from several supply locations are consolidated into one final customer delivery while they are in transit. This article examines the effects of merge-in-transit distribution on delivery costs. The analysis is performed with a maintenance, repair, and operations products distributor as the case company. The evidence in this article supports the claim of merge-in-transit being a cost efficient distribution alternative in business networks. Based on the results advocates that companies in multi-company networks should study the possibility of using the merge-in-transit delivery model.

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

No. Panggil

ATC LO HOL i

Penerbit

Finlandia : Emerald Insight., 2003

Deskripsi Fisik

19 p.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

LO

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

Vol. 33 No. 2, 2003

Subjek

Logistics
Customers
Supply-chain management
Value

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Jan Holmstrom

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