Within a distribution of goods center, (also goods distribution center or central place of transshipment) goods ah and long-distance traffic of one or several forwarding businesses are linked with one another. Goods are re-sorted according to their Destinationen and coordinated with one another travels.

Demarcation problem

The term is used frequently synonymously or only in indistinct demarcation of the term goods traffic center. The difference is in the emphasis of goods traffic centers on the intermodalen linkage of different during distribution of goods centers on the connection is specialized by close and long-distance traffic. However this demarcation applies not absolutely: also in goods traffic centers close and long-distance traffic are linked; vice versa takes place also in distribution of goods centers frequently a connection of different

Expirations in distribution of goods centers

In distribution of goods centers goods, which were taken up both to collecting operating in the suburban traffic with customers and by own forwarding business branches and - partners in long-distance traffic to be against taken, after their goal relations are again distributed. A relation represents a certain area that both a rough relation (e.g. after branches) or a fine relation (e.g. after truck routes) contained can. For example Berlin receives the 1 as rough relation and for a route within Berlin Spandau the route number 32, thus arises the goal relation 132. Relations are firm specific, in almost all cases however apply: Relations refer to postal zip codes and give a route number against. Partner forwarding businesses receive usually likewise their own relation, thus their own route number.

The main movement of goods usually takes place between 18 o'clock to 6 o'clock and goes in the following order of: First the goods are unloaded and turned off on the basis the relation spent by the planning manager to the parking bays planned for it (frequently circumscribed by lines and marked with the appropriate relation). In the further process of the night the vehicles will again load according to the relations. Here the further dispatch possibilities result from the relation:

1. The receiver is in catchment area of the forwarding business, the transmission in the suburban traffic is set.
2. The transmission is passed on to a branch or to a further distribution of goods center in long-distance traffic.
3. The transmission is shipped over a partner forwarding business.

Not all relations can be served daily. Therefore a distribution of goods center is to be also always regarded as temporary storage facilities for the period of up to one week. By customers also fixed delivering dates are partly given, which can likewise make a short storage necessary. This applies in particular when Just in Timeoperating. Fees result for customers for this service only in rare cases.

When desired the customer exists in most cases against storage fees also the possibility of storing transmissions in a camp during longer period, attached to the distribution of goods center.

see also:

• Goods traffic center
• Town center logistics
• Multimodaler traffic
• Stroke and Spoke

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