What is Consolidation (sammanslå)?

• To fill up a shipment with multiple orders to the same destination or customer • The fill rate is increased by the coordination of several smaller shipments • Delivery directly to the stock • Fixed delivery points in time • Distribution by Hub and Spoke – Hub = terminal (loading/unloading, sorting, storing), warehouses, distribution centres – Spoke = route – Coordination between hubs: larger shipments are separated and transported further to the customer – Flows of goods merge from the spokes to be separated or consolidated