Energy Saving Function: Less amount of economic and consumption activities to be done with using less amount of resources
- Low pollution vehicle
- Eco driving
- Modal Shift
- Improvement of product and packaging
- Minimisation of physical distribution volume
Materials Revolving Function: Optimum utilisation of revolving system of materials
- Usage of rental materials (pallets for trucks,etc)
- Re use of materials for transportation and others.
Collaborative Function: Collaboration with outsiders and in house divisions
- Levelling of physical distribution
- Collaborative physical distribution
- Network of physical distribution
- Normalisation of commodity exchange
IT functions: Prompt exchange of appropriate information (information sharing)
- Order taking systems
- System for vehicle /cargo quest
- Transportation Management System for vehicle allocation
- Warehouse management system (WMS)
- IC tags