Transportation
5 modes of Transportation
Motor Carriers - Air Carriers - Pipeline - Water Carriers - Rail Road
When a large shipment is received and needs to be broken into smaller quantities for delivery at multiple locations
Break-Bulk
3PL stands for
Third Party logistics
Number of trucking jobs are in Arkansas
97,950 trucking jobs
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The most used mode of transportation in the US to move freight
Trucking - Motor Carriers
Two basic functions performed by warehouses
Control of inventory of stored products
Breaking up larger shipments
Services 3PL's provide
warehousing & inventory management of Receiving, storing, packing, and shipping orders
Number of trucking companies are located in Arkansas
9,520 Trucking companies
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Define intermodal
involves two or more different way of transportation
A practice in logistics of unloading materials from a manufacture or mode of transportation directly to the customer or another method of transportation with little to no storage in between.
Cross - Docking
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Expected demand for truck drivers over the next ten years in the US
1.2 million Drivers
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What is 1.4 Million Dollars
practice of unloading materials from a manufacture where goods are unloaded and quickly reloaded on to another transportation.
What is cross-docking
Type of automation that is used in warehouse/distribution
Collaborative robots
Conveyor systems
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The annual wages in Arkansas trucking industry
$48,629 Salary
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fuel taxes pay for in Arkansas
48% of all taxes and The department of road construction and transportation
6 Areas in a warehouse/distribution center
receiving - storage- shipping - order picking - office - order assembly
Steps in the order fulfillment process
1. Order is received online or in store 2. Ordered entered into back office systems 3. Customer notified order has been received 4. Order sent to warehouse 5. Order is picked 6. ordered is packed to prepare for shipping 7. order is shipped 8. Customer notified order is on it way. 9. Order arrives
Percentage of communities in arkansas depend on trucking industry to move goods
86.8%
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