Distribution network
A distribution network is a whole of installations and organizations making it possible to convey and deliver a product (even a service), since places of production or arrival of Transport approximately, worms of the places of final use.
The routing of distribution is generally done by Route, or Canalisations. Other modes of routing such as the Rail or the waterways or maritime are rather reserved for transport.
Some examples of distribution network:
Oil industry
See also: Distribution of oil
In oil industry, a distribution network is a whole of deposits of storage, means of transport (tankers for example), sales outlets and of service station official which makes it possible an oil company to run out and to sell the products resulting from the treatment of the crudes in the refineries.
The distribution network is divided into branches (or channels) depend on the large quantity of past products. A company can not have a refinery and to have only one distribution network (example supermarkets) or on the contrary to have refineries without distribution network (example: independent refiners). In this case those rent the units of refining to make service bureaus.
Gas industry
Electric industry
See also: Electrical communication
Electricity is generally conveyed production centres (the powerplants) towards the consumers using electric lines exploited at various levels of tension, and inter-connected by electric stations. The electrical communication must also ensure the dynamic management of the production unit - transport - consumption, because the electrical energy is not easily storable.
See too
- shaping/processing in the chapter Distribution of the oil products of Oil.
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