When companies at the same supply chain tier – two regional distributors or several fresh-food logistics providers, for example – jointly operate refrigerated vehicles, cold stores, and reefer containers instead of running parallel capacity, the arrangement is called horizontal asset consolidation for the cold chain.
Source: https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/horizontal_asset_consolidation_cold_chain
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