The term main road is understood in transportation as the transport of general cargo from the nodal point of the sending shipper to the transshipment point of the receiving shipper. Brief description The term main road is used both in air freight and road traffic. The transport from China to Austria, for example, the section of the departure port all the way to the port of entry in Europe is referred to by this term. [...]
Commodities are packaged or unpackaged goods in solid form up to 3 tons that do not change their form during transportation and are treated as individual units during any logistical procedures. Examples include packages, boxes, cans, bottles, finished and assembled parts, rolls, bags, containers, cargo units, machinery, vehicles and containers. RELATED CONCEPTS Bulk goods Bulk goods
Double Sourcing or Dual Sourcing is a way of acquiring goods in which one and the same product is taken from two different bidders. Brief Description With Double Sourcing, care is taken to ensure that if one supplier drops out, supply is still assured. Unlike Single Sourcing, there is also less risk of over [...]
We speak of an intra-Community supply when goods are sold and shipped inside the economic space of the European Union. Brief description An intra-Community supply occurs when a company sends or a recipient orders goods originating from another country belonging to the Union. The recipient must be a businessman who purchases the goods for his own business. Finally, the purchase of these goods must [...]
A supply is defined as the quantitative or monetary provision of goods or services in an enterprise. Intra-Community supply We refer to an intra-Community supply when goods are sold and shipped inside the economic space of the European Union. Brief description An intra-Community supply occurs when a company sends or a recipient orders goods originating from another country belonging to the Union. The recipient must be an entrepreneur, [...]
The concept of inflow in the area of transport in the field of collective cargo corresponds to the transport from the moment of the receiving shipper's collective to the end customer. Brief description The aforementioned concept defines the release of goods, which, for example, were received during the bulk transport of the forwarder and from that point are distributed to the end customer. Since only a few (mostly large companies) have a direct link to the network [...]
Under the term shipping documents or transport documents are understood all documents that accompany goods and articles during transportation. Brief description The point of transport documents is to identify the goods. They are required to simplify the handling of goods. Depending on the type of transport and goods, the following documents are encountered: waybill (CMR, bill of lading, airwaybill) [...]
T1 (also T1 document) is the term for a customs document used during transport between one customs office and another. Brief description The T1 document or customs shipping receipt is intended to accompany the customs goods during transport so that the quantity and value of the goods remain visible. If immediately after the entry of customs goods into the EU area at the first customs office (border office [...]
A cause-and-effect diagram (fishbone diagram) is a graphical representation (resembling a fishbone) of "action" and "impact magnitudes" or "causes." Most often, the formulation of the problem and the determination of the main magnitudes of influence is done through the criteria: man, machine, material, environment, measurability, management and method, which are taken into account in the search for causes. RELATED CONCEPTS QM-System - quality management system Creative techniques
The Gantt diagram is a well-recognized tool from the field of Projectmanagements, with which a variety of activities can be represented on a time chart. Brief description The Gantt Diagram is a bar chart created by business consultant Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919) that reports on the progress of a project and its progress. This type of presentation is often used to graphically show which (partial) tasks of a given [...]