Industry Terms
This stands for "Less than Truckload".
This team handles any freight that is less than truckload - either by weight or pallet count.
What is the LTL Team.
This is the hotkey to save and close out of a window in Navisphere.
What is Shift +F9
SLA stands for this
What is Service Level Agreement.
This brand is known for carbonated beverages and their polar bear mascot.
What is Coca Cola.
This is large-volume shipments from a single customer that weighs over 10,000lbs or takes up the trailer space so no other freight can be loaded.
What is Truckload
The team in charge of coordinating with carriers and dispatchers.
Board used to view all created, ready to plan, booked or planned freight within Navisphere.
What is the Order Board.
This is updated regularly with step by step instructions for building orders with specific customers.
What is (an) SOP.
This retail store has a striking red and white logo that corresponds with their name.
What is Target.
This is the request from a customer to move freight.
What is (an) Order.
The team that works with growers/farmers locally and internationally and assists transporting produce.
What is Robinson Fresh team.
This acronym stands for Electronic Data Interchange.
What is EDI.
The item or product being shipped.
What is commodity.
This giant manufacturer and marketer is known for their baked goods mixes, cereals, and snack foods.
What is General Mills.
This is the entity that pays CHR for goods and services
What is Bill To
Team in charge of building orders within Navisphere.
What is the Order Entry Task team.
This function within Order Edit and Order Load Edit allows the user to check for any errors with their build.
What is Validation Errors
This is the offer of goods for transportation by shipper or offer of delivery on part of the carrier.
What is (a) tender.
This brand makes home appliances from washers and dryers to ovens and fridges.
What is Whirlpool.
The main program used by CH Robinson for organizing shipments.
What is Navisphere.
Team that combines two or more shipments to save money on freight shipping costs.
What is the Consolidation Team.
A number provided by the account team that can be used to search for a particular lane with a specific rate within Navisphere.
What is (a) Quote ID.
This is the turnaround time for any regular, non-urgent request for load builds.
What is 4 hours.
This brand recently aired a 2021 Super Bowl ad for their potato chips that CH Robinson helped transport produce from local growers to the manufacturing plant to the consumer.