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Integrated Logistics
This term indicates the evolution of industrial logistics, where the concept of integration aims to underline that it doesn’t refer to the sum of traditional activities (order management, transport and storage), but to a managerial approach aimed at systematically optimizing the entire logistics chain.
Integrated Logistics Support
Iterative and integrated process aimed at developing a strategy and obtaining the human and material resources necessary for optimizing logistical support. It also influences and guides the engineering project of a product with the ultimate goal of reducing its Life Cycle.
Integrated Supply Chain
The network of companies and businessmen and women who work closely together in the manufacture, transport, distribution and sales of retail goods. Unlike a regular supply chain, an integrated supply chain is more collaborative and can involve the joint development of products, shared information and common systems.
Intelligent Transport System (ITS)
Intelligent transport systems based on telematics.
Intermediate Point
Location where cargo is transferred from one means of transport to another
Intermodal transport
The transportation of goods that uses multiple modes of transport (rail, road, air, sea) but with the same load unit, whether it’s a road vehicle or an intermodal transport unit, without breaking up the load itself.
