>
> Distribution logistics is the *planning* of moving goods from a factory to
> the customer - the post office isn't a logistics company. Fedex or UPS, wich
> will pick up, store, warehouse, and ship another company's goods as they
> request them to be shipped to the customer for them is a Distribution
> Logistics company. - they plan it (to guarantee delivery) and move it all
> too.
>
> It seems that Haulage is like for ore transport or bulk goods - not something
> you'd do with a truck on the highway.
>
> I think it is something commonly described as a logistics company.
>
> Courrier just delivers a package for a to b for a fee, like a local or
> regional delivery company.
>
> maybe
> commercial=logistics &
>
> logistics=Distribution
> logistics=Courrier
> logistics=Trucking to pick up the remainder, as there are a myriad of
> special delivery places - piano movers, livestock delivery, boat movers, for
> example.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_driver#Job_categories
>
missed a couple:
logistics would also cover the intermodal companies - moving shipping
containers from boat to train to truck, as well as moving companies (people who
move your house contents to another house) and storage/delivery companies.
logistics=yard [for freight yards]
logistics=warehouse [for the gigantic warehouses they use]
logistics=intermodal
logistics= movers
> Javbw
Javbw
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