[Tagging] Truckage company

[johnw]

On Oct 9, 2014, at 9:18 PM, Dudley Ibbett <dudleyibbett at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Other possible descriptions would be:
> 
> “haulage” for large loads.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haulage
> “courier” for smaller items. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier

Distribution logistics is the *planning* of moving goods from a factory to the customer - the post office isn't a logistics company. Fedex or UPS, wich will pick up, store, warehouse, and ship another company's goods as they request them to be shipped to the customer for them is a Distribution Logistics company. - they plan it (to guarantee delivery) and move it all too.   

It seems that Haulage is like for ore transport or bulk goods - not something you'd do with a truck on the highway. 

I think it is something commonly described as a logistics company. 

Courrier just delivers a package for a to b for a fee, like a local or regional delivery company. 

maybe 
commercial=logistics &

logistics=Distribution
logistics=Courrier
logistics=Trucking  to pick up the remainder, as there are a myriad of special delivery places - piano movers, livestock delivery, boat movers,  for example. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_driver#Job_categories


Javbw
> 
> Dudley
> 
> From: John Sturdy
> Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎9‎ ‎October‎ ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎26
> To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
> 
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Andreas Labres <list at lab.at> wrote:
> 
> > Any suggestion how to tag a transport company (a company forwarding goods, don't
> > know how you call these guys from the "Güterbeförderungsgewerbe" like DPD etc.
> > in English)?
> 
> The companies often refer to their sector as "logistics", although I
> think that's probably the marketing people trying to sound clever, and
> that the people actually driving and loading the trucks will call it
> "transport".
> 
> __John
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