The typical scenario
You bring in goods from overseas and they get off a boat and are trucked to your location. You (the receiver) unload and move them into a warehouse. Generally you will spend some time inspecting your inventory and organizing it so that you can pick your items and ship in an effective manner. Sometimes if the packaging is not complete, you many find yourself repacking or re boxing items for final shipping. So here is how the “touching” is applied
- Unloading it off the truck, you have to do this
- Into the warehouse
- Organizing in the warehouse
- Possible repacking
- Final pick for shipment to the customer who ordered it
This is five times that the item is touched, moved, processed or handled. If you are smart, you most likely have an employee do this work, which means you pay the employee and manage the process. Not counted here is the managing of the items coming from port and getting to your ware house that is a separate discussion. The warehouse cost is also not included in the cost at this particular point.
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