CAC - Computer Aided Calculation/Communication/Coloring - CAC can stand for “Computer Aided Calculation” and thus summarize calculation and simulation methods. In a further sense, it can stand for “Computer Aided Communication” and refer to information exchange and computer-aided information networks. In the textile industry, the term CAC stands for “Computer Aided Coloring,” or computer-aided dyeing. [...]
C2C-Cycle (Cash-to-Cash-Cycle) As a C2C cycle, we define the average period of time (in days) that one zloty spent on raw materials takes to return back to the producer. Brief description The Cash-to-Cash cycle is a valuable and interesting benchmarking tool for supply chain management because it can be quickly compared internally as well as externally. As [...]
Business Process Reengineering By this term, also referred to as Business Process Redesign or Business Engineering, we mean the radical rethinking of a company, its structures and processes. Brief description The term Business Process Reengineering (BPR) was mainly introduced in the 1990s by Michael Hammer. He drew the conclusion that many processes are presented with deficiencies and interruptions [...]
Break Bulk Agent The term Break Bulk Agent comes from air transportation and refers to an agent on the receiving side who is responsible for the disposition of air bulk shipments. A brief description of a Break Bulk Agent is essentially a freight forwarder who, however, in its purest form, is not concerned with acquiring new customers, but is an agent of sorts. On [...]
Bill of Lading - bill of lading The Bill of Lading, B/L (Bill of Lading) is a document confirming the conclusion of a transportation contract in maritime transport, as well as being a document authorizing the appropriate persons to receive and dispose of rights to the goods. RELATED CONTRACTS CMR Railway bill of lading Shipping documents Bill of Lading Maritime transport Airwaybill products Intralog offers:
Initial Run Initial run in transportation describes the transportation of goods from one or more shippers to the place of transshipment (Hub) at the shipper. Brief description The term initial run is used in road transport as well as in air and sea transport. For example, an origin run is said to occur when a shipment is picked up from a customer by a car [...]
Best Practice The term “Best Practice” comes from the field of benchmarking and means the best implemented solution. A brief description of Best Practice is derived from a process that systematizes the available experience of successful companies and users and, based on the company's goals, compares and evaluates various solutions that can be used in practice. It further establishes [...]
Benchmarking (comparative analysis, comparative research) Benchmarking (from “to set criteria”) is the search for best practices (“Best Practice”) that are cross-industry and lead to sensational achievements. Brief description. Organizations or parameters such as costs or results are compared based on certain factors. Better solutions are adapted. Benchmarking serves not only to set goals (Benchmarks), but also [...]
Barrel The term „barrel” describes in the field of logistics the gathering together of goods or a complete cargo unit. Goods can be gathered for transport or storage into the most suitable units or linkages possible. Brief description The original concept of a barrel originated from a container for wine, which was once, as in modern times, filled into bottles and [...]
Balanced Scorecard The Balanced Scorecard is a management method that looks at an enterprise from different perspectives and is holistically oriented, based on purpose and statistics. Through increased transparency and objectivity, this method allows the company to position itself strategically for its target markets. Brief description The Balanced Scorecard is a management calculation that is applied with the help of a system of indicators. [...]