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What is LCL

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Handbook of Research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management for the Global Economy
Less than container load. It indicates that the cargo in a container belongs to more than one cargo owner or buyer. Whether the container is 20ft or 40ft, if the term LCL is mentioned in the bill of lading, it is understood that the goods belong to more than one cargo owner.
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Disruptive Logistics and Green Supply Chain Management
Yasin Galip Gencer (Yalova University, Turkey) and Ulas Akkucuk (Uşak University)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4601-7.ch005
Abstract
Today, when global warming and its negative effects are more apparent, companies and individuals have given importance to green logistics practices. At the same time that computer technologies and smart applications serve in this field, new and innovative ideas are emerging every other day. Examples of disruptive innovation can change the way we do business in an industry, such as the Uber application. These new players in the sector tend to disengage the existing players. In this chapter, sector-changing national and international instances of disruptive logistics will be presented and discussed. Also, the effects of Industry 4.0 and smart cities on green logistics will be explained.
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