High-bay warehouse
High-bay warehouses are warehouses that are more than 12 meters tall. High-bay warehouses either have a permanent building structure (concrete construction method) in which the storage units are free standing or the storage units are part of the supporting structure for walls and the roof of the warehouse.
High-bay warehouses are single-purpose facilities that cannot be used for other needs. They are different from low-storage and multi-story warehouses, which, with slight modifications, can be used as production facilities or offices if the building design is acceptable.
Home delivery
Home delivery is a logistics concept in which the supply chain extends all the way to the end consumer. The transport chain is coordinated with the customer’s orders. Home delivery is an important element of home shopping. A distinction is drawn between companies that focus solely on home delivery (e.g., sales of frozen goods) and companies that offer the service as a supplement to their traditional business activities (e.g., online shopping at department stores).
Hub-and-spoke system
Hub-and-spoke systems achieve savings from consolidation effects, but increase the costs of hub operation and transport as a result of longer transport distances.
At low transport volume, hub-and-spoke systems are especially suited when individual routes are used, time windows are not particularly tight and costs for erecting the hub are reasonable.
