What is being transported?
Describes the product, item being transported.
Description
FEDEX, UPS, DHL are examples of these
Logistics Service Provider (LSP)
This is a Fast transport, highly dependable in meeting schedules.
Air
Typically a next day delivery by 11am for Air shipments
Expedited/Next Flight
__________ is the transfer of data from one computer system to another by standardized message formatting, without the need for human intervention.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Examples of these are KL, LBS
Weight
___________ providers typically specialize in integrated operation, warehousing and transportation services which can be scaled and customized to customers' needs based on market conditions, such as the demands and delivery service requirements for their products and materials.
Third Party Logistics (3PLs)
Mode type that is ighly flexible in handling goods but very slow.
Ocean
5 - 7 days delivery by road
Standard
A standard set of syntax rules have been ratified by the United Nations.
EDIFACT
What is 1, 2, 3 boxes?
Quantity
___________ is in the business that transports people and/or goods according to defined and published routes, time schedules and rate tables upon the approval of regulators.
Common Carrier
Mode type that provides average speed but low in frequency of shipment.
Rail
Minimum of 7 days delivery by sea
Standard
An ordinary file that has no structure for indexing or structural relationship between the records. They are either plain text or binary file.
Flatfile
Perishable goods, dangerous goods are examples of these.
Characteristics
_________ is in the business of hiring “transport space” from transportation means (carriers, ships, etc.). Group and integrate loads and shipments.
Freight Forwarder
Shipment that takes up the whole container.
Full Container Load (FCL)
Time-sensitive: delivery by end of next possible day for Parcel
Next day delivery
Is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.
XML
SKU, Serial Number, Part Number, Commodity Class are examples of this.
References
___________ is also used to generally identify a transport provider.
SCAC
Consolidated shipment from different shippers by land
Less than truck load (LTL)
5 -7 days for Air shipments
Deferred delivery
Data that are submitted to Trax using the Excel or Trax proprietary worksheet
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