Logistics · The cost per movement · Element
The last mile
The final leg to the customer, costed separately because it behaves differently.
The part
What it is
The last mile is disproportionately expensive, resistant to consolidation, and the part the customer actually experiences.
Failed deliveries multiply its cost and are the single largest avoidable component.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
Failed delivery rate
How often it has to be repeated, which multiplies the cost.
Percentage shared type
The other elements in the cost per movement
The freight cost
What is paid to move goods, per leg.
LearnThe handling cost
What it costs to receive, store, pick and dispatch.
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