Glossary

When a vessel leaves a location with its next destination being the anchorage of the destination port. See also Anchorage.

The demand for products or services - such as transportation - that emerge when the demand for other products and services related to them changes.

An engineering methodology that focuses on optimising the manufacturing and assembly aspects of a product to improve quality and/or minimize costs.

A systematic method used in applied statistics for evaluating the many possible alternatives in one or more design variables. Also known as experimental design

Location designated as a receipt point for goods/shipments and where the carrier turns over cargo to consignee or his agent. Also called the delivery point.

In marine, charges occur when the consignee holds onto the carrier’s container outside of the port, terminal, or depot beyond the free time that is allotted.

The fee - penalty or accessorial charge - associated with detention. See Detention.

Unloading cargo from a container or other equipment. Also called stripping.

Amount added or deducted from a base rate to make a rate to or from some other point or via another route.

Established in 2019 to be the de facto standards body for the industry, setting the technological foundation for interoperable IT solutions. https://dcsa.org/

Your company - as the seller - ships the product directly to the customer, and owns the sales contract and retains rights to the receivable from the customer.

A price that can be directly tied to the production of specific goods or services. They are often variable costs and fluctuate with production levels such as inventory.

Measures the net profit contribution attributable to a specific product or product line.

Material, from raw items to parts, used in the manufacturing process to make products.

Retail locations that purchase products directly from your organization or responding entity.

Shipping orders directly from a manufacturer’s plant or distribution center to the customer’s retail store, and bypassing the customer’s distribution center.

See Direct Store Delivery (DSD).

Plans to recover hardware and software related to information system outages. See Contingency Planning.

The port where cargo is unloaded from the vessel.

A production process where the output can be counted and the object being created is a distinct unit.

Cutting out the middleman in a supply chain, such as when a manufacturer ships directly to a retailer and bypasses the distributor.

The port or carrier's location from which a shipment departs.

Carrier activities involved with the controlling of equipment and driver management. Includes arranging for fuel, drivers, crews, equipment, and terminal space.

Geographically dispersed inventory, such as where a company maintains inventory in multiple distribution centers to provide a higher level of customer service.

All aspects of managing the movement of materials from the manufacturer to the customer, including transportation, warehousing, and inventory control.