•Pool distribution is the distribution of product to numerous destination points- customers, stores, stop points within a particular geographic region.
•Pool distribution is is useful when high frequency regular shipments in LTL quantities are involved.
•Pool distribution represents an excellent cost effective alternative to the higher cost of individual LTL shipments.
•Instead of LTL direct, product is shipped to regional terminals in truckload quantities.
•There it is offloaded, then segregated and sorted by delivery point then reloaded on local delivery trucks for delivery to the individual destinations.
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