Regular route for pickup of mixed loads from several suppliers; one truck makes multiple stops before delivering a load to the customer's plant.

• A. Milk Run
• B. Mura
• C. Nesting
• D. Package-2-Order

Answer: (A)

A milk run is a transportation pattern where one vehicle follows a regular route to visit multiple suppliers, picking up mixed loads and then delivering to a single destination. This approach consolidates shipments from several sources into one trip, reducing the number of trips, handling, and overall transportation cost while improving replenishment speed.

The described scenario matches this idea: a single truck makes multiple stops to pick up goods from several suppliers on a regular route and then delivers the combined load to the customer’s plant. That regular, multi-stop pickup pattern is the essence of a milk run.

The other terms don’t fit this situation. Mura relates to variability and inconsistency in production flows, nesting refers to arranging items efficiently in packaging, and Package-2-Order is about a specific packaging/order strategy, not about multi-stop supplier pickups on a single route.