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Cross docking is one of the techniques to bring down distribution costs significantly in logistics. It refers to the direct unloading of goods from one mode of transportation to direct customer or another mode of transportation, eliminating the need of keeping inventory in storage. Thereby. reducing reducing costs. Cross docking takes place at distribution docking terminals where activities like sorting, consolidating, distributing takes place.

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NDD

A shipping option that guarantees delivery on the following day.

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Pageviews

The number of pages a user views during a single visit to the website. A higher number of pageviews may indicate that users are exploring the content in-depth.

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Shipment deliverd

The shipment has been successfully delivered to the recipient.

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Volumetric divisor

This is a fixed number defined by courier partners and is used as the dividing factor while calculating volumetric or dimensional weight. The divisor can change from courier partner ot courier parntner or depending on the mode of transposrtation used - Air, Surface or Cargo movement

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