A milk run, in logistics, is a round trip that facilitates both distribution and collection.
The terms are defined by the customer or by the service providers. Here, the exact number of suppliers, each of which defines the available volume and weight, and the time window for collection from the respective suppliers and the time window for delivery to the customer.[1] With consistent planning, capacity increases to an average of 90% can be achieved.[2]
Something more specialist, the Milk-run is described as a concept that is a sequential collection of goods from multiple sources and the direct service to the customers without intermediate handling features of the goods.[3] As a prerequisite for the Milk-Run approach is the spatial proximity between the supplier and the customer.