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lumping
A term applied to a person who assists a motor carrier owner-operator in the loading and unloading of property: quite commonly used in the food industry.
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allocation
allocation of available inventory to customer and production orders Audit:
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audit trail
Manual or computerized tracing of the transactions affecting the contents or origin of a record. Auditing:
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available inventory
The on-hand inventory balance minus allocations, reservations, backorders, and (usually) quantities held for quality problems. Often called “beginning available balance". Synonyms: Beginning Avai [..]
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backhaul
The process of a transportation vehicle returning from the original destination point to the point of origin. The 1980 Motor Carrier Act deregulated interstate commercial trucking and thereby allowed [..]
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bar code scanner
A device to read bar codes and communicate data to computer systems. Batch Number:
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batch picking
A method of picking orders in which order requirements are aggregated by product across orders to reduce movement to and from product locations. The aggregated quantities of each product are then tran [..]
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bill of lading
A transportation document that is the contract of carriage containing the terms and conditions between the shipper and carrier. Bookings:
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broker
An intermediary between the shipper and the carrier. The broker arranges transportation for shippers and represents carriers.
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carrier
A firm which transports goods or people via land, sea or air Certificate of origin:
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