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* Distribution - Best Practice Guides *
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These free online tools and downloadable guides are designed to help you reduce road miles, improve load fill, consolidate your distribution operations and identify opportunities to reduce transport costs.

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* Optimising Load Fill: A Best Practice Guide
Optimising Load Fill: A Best Practice Guide October 2009
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Increase your load fill and reduce costs with this free online resource. It will help you make your deliveries more efficient, show you best practice examples from across the industry, and guide you to the most appropriate load fill solution for your business.
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* Transport Technology User Guide & Assessment Tool
Transport Technology User Guide & Assessment Tool October 2009
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Improve the use of technology within your supply chain with this free online resource from ECR UK. Measure your current logistics technology maturity, see how Asda, Sainsbury's, Pepsico and others use vehicle technology and discover the best solution for your business.
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* Road Miles Savings Calculator
Road Miles Savings Calculator November 2008
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Capture and record the road miles you are saving as a result of changes made to logistics activities with this free interactive calculator.
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* Consolidated Distribution
Consolidated Distribution November 2008
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Find the right consolidation solution for your business with this free online resource from ECR UK. It includes retailer and manufacturer case studies, an interactive map of consolidation sites and advice on the best consolidated distribution approach for your business.
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* Transport Collaboration
Transport Collaboration October 2008
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Identify and implement opportunities to increase vehicle utilisation, reduce road miles travelled and reduce transport costs with this practical support guide to transport collaboration.
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* Collaborative Green Distribution
Collaborative Green Distribution February 2007
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The grocery supply chain must act to improve collaboration across transport networks. Find out how with this free guide, which examines the opportunities, challenges, learnings and future steps for creating multi-partner logistics solutions.
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* Distribution Advice for Regional Food & Drink Producers
Distribution Advice for Regional Food & Drink Producers January 2004
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A free guide to distribution designed to help regional food and drink producers find innovative and cost effective routes to market, this guide highlights the distribution options available to small producers, shows case studies to help overcome distribution barriers, and includes a 'jargon busting' glossary.
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