Who am I?
I drive a machine that moves pallets.
What is a forklift operator?
I am designed to keep products safe and dry.
What is a General Warehouse?
This is a legal document that guides shipping and declares ownership.
What is a Bill of Lading?
Movement of spare parts from manufacturers to the customers via dealers.
What is spare parts logistics?
This is blending two forms of transportation
What is intermodal?
I provide one or more of the components needed to make something.
What is a supplier?
Robots do most of the work here.
What is an automated warehouse?
I am the document that shows the weight, size, how many cartons or containers, and other physical features of a shipment.
What is a manifest?
Movement of semi-finished items from one machine shop to another.
What is manufacturing logistics?
Putting a motor carrier trailer on a flat rail car.
What is piggyback?
I buy large quantities of merchandise to re-sell to other businesses.
What is a wholesaler?
I'm designed to keep ice cream from melting.
What is a climate-controlled warehouse?
The network of businesses involved in providing goods and services to a customer. It includes all the processes related to making, storing, and moving products.
What is a supply chain?
Movement of finished products from the end of the production line to the consumer.
What is outbound logistics?
Driving a motor carrier onto a cargo ship.
What is fishyback?
I buy merchandise to sell in my store.
What is a retailer?
Merchandise arrives and leaves as quickly as possible at this type of warehouse.
What is a distribution center?
The process of managing the flow and storage of supplies, merchandise, information and finances. Good planning and organization are required.
What is Logistics?
Movement of used goods being returned to the manufacturers by the customer.
What is reverse logistics?
A plane delivers cargo onto a ship.
What is airship?
I am the final link in any supply chain.
What is a customer?
When a business doesn't have their own or needs to store things short-term, they use this type of warehouse.
What is a public warehouse?
This occurs every time a supply, component, or product is moved. It can be raw material being shipped to to a manufacturer, a box being moved in a warehouse, or a finished product being delivered to a customer.
What is physical distribution?
This type of logistics depends on how long a product will last. It includes fresh produce such as lettuce and grapes. It also includes biologicals such as blood and DNA samples.
What is Life-Cycle logistics?
When coal is unloaded from a railcar onto a barge.
What is trainship?