A milk run is a regularly scheduled collection route where a vehicle visits multiple suppliers in a set sequence, picks up materials and parts, and consolidates them into a single shipment to a manufacturing plant or assembly facility.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_run_(logistics)
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