Value-added Activities Performed at Logistic Zones

The main value-added logistics activities are:

• Simple storage, distribution, and order picking part of the inventory management systems of manufacturers, distributors and retailers.
• Quality control (inspection) and testing of products before being sent to customers.
• Transloading international load units into domestic load units. This applies notably to container transportation.
• Receiving goods, breaking shipments and packing (preparing for shipment). Can also involve packaging were goods are broken down into retail units.
• In part related with packaging, labeling provides information on the product for consumers such as brand and price. More advanced activities involve the tagging of units using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) for distribution or retail purposes.
• Light manufacturing tasks such as assembly and customizing to country-specific (or culture-specific) demands, adding parts and manuals.
• A variety of reverse logistics activities such returning empty packaging, the recycling of used goods back into the commodity chain.
• Providing specialized storage facilities, mainly to support cold chain logistics.

The transport activities of pickup and delivery are also part of the added value process since they support logistical activities and provide employment.

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