Shippers will have two options in order to comply. The first is to drive the container over a weighbridge and subtract the weight of the truck, chassis, and fuel. The second option is to weigh each cargo item (including packaging, pallets, and securing material). The sum of these items’...
within≤1h if measured in a nearby SCSA laboratory, or 1–3days if results are sent via the WEB to an outside clinic. Frozen clinical samples may be sent internationally on dry ice or inliquid nitrogendry shippers by FEDEX, or equivalent, to an SCSA Diagnostic Center, or equivalent (Fig...
In an effort to increase fuel efficiency in transportation, US EPA's SmartWay program is a collaboration between the freight transportation industry and EPA that helps logistic companies, freight shippers, and carriers improve their fuel efficiency and save money [52]. Among other things, to ...
Chen, Chen, Parlar, and Xiao (2011) consider a scenario in which two stores, apart from serving in-store customers, act as drop-shippers fulfilling orders for an online retailer. The authors propose heuristics to help retail stores decide on the optimal inventory policy as well as whether to...