Ideas about moving freight efficiently across one or more modes, from the shipping container that made intermodal transfer practical to the scheduling philosophies built on top of it. Belongs here: containerization, cold chain logistics, hub and spoke model, intermodal transport, just in time delivery, last mile logistics and logistics itself as the general concept. Does not belong here: mode-specific operating concepts such as demurrage (maritime) or piggyback transport (rail), which belong to their own mode's subcategory even when they serve a logistics purpose.
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Era of Emergence All Logistics and Intermodal Concepts
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1. Wikipedia: Containerization
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Containerization originated several centuries ago but was not well developed or widely applied until after World War II, when it dramatically reduced the costs of transport, supported the post-war boom in international trade, and was a major element in globalization.
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