physical distribution
noun[U]
ukusPRODUCTION,COMMERCE
theprocessof makinggoodsavailabletocustomers:
Minimize thetotalcostofphysicaldistributionfor a givenlevelofcustomerservice.
Examplesofphysical distribution
physical distribution
The first is thephysicaldistributionof sorted objects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The leg was developed for the purpose of digital as well asphysicaldistributionof all the film soundtracks released under the banner.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Physicaldistributionfirms are places such as warehouses that store and transport the companys product from its origin to its destination.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is also through thephysicaldistributionprocess that the time and space of customer service become an integral part of marketing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each company distributes retail product via websites andphysicaldistributionchannels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was assigned to logistics planning and concurrently functioned as staff assistant to thephysicaldistributiondirector.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Distributed power thus describes thephysicaldistributionthroughout the length of a train of separate motive power groups.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The remaining drawbacks mostly result from thephysicaldistributionof the participants when meeting online.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It includes the supply andphysicaldistributionconsiderations above as well as more fundamental engineering considerations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has been designed to provide programmers with primitives for handling thephysicaldistribution, scoping and mobility of processes.
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- procuring
- prod
- Proddie
- pro-democracy activist
- pro-democracy movement
- prodigal
- prodigality
- prodigally
- prodigal son
- prodigal-son
- prodigious
- prodigious amount
- prodigiously
- prodigious memory
- prodigious output
- prodigy
- produce
- produce box
- produce-box
- produced
- produce meat
- producer
- producer goods
- producer goods
- producer-goods