Glossary

Similar to supply chain management, but with an emphasis on consumer pull versus supplier push and driven by users rather than manufacturers of goods.

Systems that support the process of identifying, aggregating, and prioritizing all sources of demand for the integrated supply chain of a product or service.

In manufacturing, triggering the material movement to a work center only when that work center is ready to begin the next job.

Using information gained through market research, surveys, focus groups, and performance or cost modeling to identify product or service needs.

An action that provides information, such as a purchase from a customer or operational inventory level reduction, that triggers the issue of product or raw material.

Identifying and measuring the gaps and imbalances between demand and resources in order to determine how best to resolve the variances.

Continuous improvement model with four steps. See Plan-Do-Check-Action (PDCA).

In marketing, dividing potential markets by characteristics of potential customers, such as age, gender, ethnicity, income, education, and other factors.

A surcharge billed to shippers or consignees for delaying the carrier's equipment beyond the allowed free time. Can also apply to containers.

Organizations or businesses that are not authorized to submit a bid for an activity or to receive a specific product.

The weight of cargo per cubic foot or other unit. Important factor in ratemaking since it affects the utilization of a carrier’s vehicle.

Freight charge based upon the density and shipment weight.

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.

See Design for Manufacture/Assembly (DFMA).

See Defective Goods Inventory (DGI).

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.