distribution logistics warehousing
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Distribution Logistics Warehousing

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Firms in the trucking and warehousing industry provide a link between manufacturers and consumers. Businesses, and occasionally individuals, contract with trucking and warehousing companies to pick up, transport, store, and deliver a variety of goods. Increasingly, trucking and warehousing firms provide "logistics services" in addition to traditional transportation, warehousing, and storage services. Logistics services include a range of services related to the distribution of goods, such as inventory control and management, order entry and fulfillment, labeling, light assembly, packaging, and price marking. This industry includes two distinct segments, local and long distance trucking and terminals and public warehousing and storage.
Local and long distance trucking and terminals provide over-the-road transportation of cargo using motor vehicles, such as trucks and tractor trailers. This industry segment is further subdivided based on distance traveled and the type of goods delivered. Local trucking establishments primarily carry goods within a single metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas. Long distance trucking establishments carry goods between distant areas. Courier service establishments handle individual letters and light packages.
Local trucking comprised over 60,000 trucking establishments in 1997. The work of local trucking firms varies depending on the products transported. Produce truckers usually pick up loaded trucks early in the morning and spend the rest of the day delivering produce to many different grocery stores. Lumber truckdrivers, on the other hand, make several trips from the lumber yard to one or more construction sites. Some local truck transportation firms also take on sales and customer relations responsibilities, in addition to delivering the firm’s products. Some local trucking firms specialize in local furniture moving, garbage collecting and trash removal, or hauling dirt and debris.

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