As with metals, purchasers can opt to receive the goods from the warehouse rather than trade the contract on.
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) -- are already stockpiling goods at a warehouse in Termez in anticipation of the beginning of the new humanitarian mission.
Federated gave Stambouli free rein to access the inventory of its East Coast warehouse, letting him deliver goods directly from there to East Coast customers if he agrees to pick up the shipping tab.
How's this for clumsy goods handling: Warehouse managers can't decide in advance how to allocate storage space or assign labor to unpack and store shipments because, in some situations, until a container is unsealed, no one knows whether it contains glass ornaments or dining room tables (the containers aren't marked).
Carphone Warehouse said the focus would now be on selling more electronics goods from Best Buy Europe's 805 Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK, and 1, 648 Phone House shops in continental Europe.
Via Trading buys merchandise and stores goods at its own warehouse in Vernon, an industrial area just outside Los Angeles.
They gave the impression of reliability and speed, with a confirmation of orders after they were made and again when goods were despatched from the warehouse.
It also means that spare pallets take the most economical route from a retailer's loading dock back to a warehouse or factory that is shipping out goods.
The advantage for Chinese buyers is that goods are mailed to a warehouse in Dallas and bulk-shipped to China, saving on postage costs, with 10 to 14 days of delivery time.
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Recently, Ms. Greenham drove a truckload of goods from San Francisco to a warehouse in San Bruno, Calif.
Southern California is the nation's warehouse: some 40% of all imported goods arrive in the country through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
They looked at 65 workers who were performing the core work of the warehouse, picking up customer orders, gathering together the goods, packing them onto a hand truck and moving it to the area where the products could be picked up.
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Governments soon began to abuse this, issuing more and more warehouse receipts without enough gold to back them, which enabled the government to buy more goods and services.
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