Dukaan Atlas Dukaan Atlas Everyday commerce routes

FIG. MECHOperations board

Commerce Mechanics

The repeating jobs underneath Indian routes: holding stock, moving it, breaking bulk, keeping it cold when required, and bringing some of it back.

Warehousing

BAY

A warehouse earns its place when it can receive, locate, and issue. The bays below are a teaching diagram of that sequence, not a layout from a real shed.

01 INCheck the truck against the note.
02 HOLDGive the cartons a location.
03 PICKBuild the next order from locations.
04 OUTHand a counted load to the next carrier.

Inventory Movement

SEQ
  1. Goods become visible when they are identified, not when the vehicle parks.
  2. A transfer between locations inside one campus is still a movement and still needs a count.
  3. Issue should respect any date or batch rule the product carries.
  4. The record and the floor are reconciled by counting, not by hope.

Last-Mile Delivery

HOP
LoadThe van takes a mix sized for a beat, not for a factory run.
RoundStops are many. Time is lost in parking and in finding the counter, not only in driving.
DropThe shop checks what it can. A rushed drop becomes tomorrow's dispute.
ReturnEmpties, refusals and paperwork ride back with the same vehicle.

Wholesale Distribution

REL
Regional holder

Breaks a trunk load into territory stock.

→
Wholesale counter

Sells mixed lots to shops and smaller traders.

→
Retail shelf

Sells the piece. Refuses what will not turn.

Cold-Chain Logistics

TMP
01 Condition

Only goods that actually need a temperature band belong on a cold route. The band has to be the one written for the product.

02 Gaps

Docks, queues and open van doors are part of the chain. A cold room does not cover them by reputation.

03 Handoff

The next holder should accept both the goods and the duty to keep the condition. A signature without a glance is a gap.

Reverse Logistics

REV
  1. A shop or household separates what may return.
  2. The beat or a dedicated pickup gives the item a status, not a casual seat on the van.
  3. A checking area decides: back to saleable stock, repair, or removal.
  4. The credit or the record matches the object that arrived.

Packaging Systems

PKG
Primary pack
The unit a person buys. It has to survive display and a short trip home.
Shipper
The unit a loader stacks. Marks on it are the warehouse's language.
Inner count
How the shipper relates to shop orders. Awkward counts create loose stock.
Identity
Batch, model or date, readable without destroying the pack.

Regional Distribution

MAP

Regional distribution places a range of goods where several towns can draw on it. The region is a service area, not a live boundary on this website. Trunk vehicles fill it. Shorter vehicles empty it toward shops. If either side runs without the other, stock sits in the wrong town.

Retail Operations

POS

Neighbourhood counter

Small storage, frequent refill, an owner who edits the range, and credit decisions made face to face.

Larger store

Bigger orders, more formal shelf plans, and a back room that starts to look like a small warehouse.

Both are retail nodes. They send different order sizes back up the same kind of route.