Primary Terminology
Name | Also Know As | Definition | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advance Shipment Notice Electronic Shipping Notice | ASN ESN | Advance Shipping Notice – (ASN) is a notification of pending pick-ups/ deliveries, similar to a Packing List. It is usually sent in an electronic format and is a common EDI document. |
| 2 | Chain of Responsibility | CoR | The chain of responsibility is a policy concept used in Australian transport legislation to place legal obligations on all parties in the transport supply chain or across transport industries generally. |
| 3 | Consignment | A Consignment is a logical grouping of goods (one or more physical entities (Logistics Units) that is intended to be transported as a whole from a Consignor to a Consignee by a Carrier or freight forwarder via one or more modes of transport, subject to one single transport contract. Identical to Shipment if Consignor is the Shipper / Original Consignor and the Consignee is the Receiver (Final/Ultimate Consignee). | |
| 4 | Shipment Unit | SU | A Shipment Unit is a Unit(Box, Carton Pallet) that can each be identified (uniquely) within a Shipment. |
| 5 | Stock Keeping Unit | SKU | Stock Keeping Units are the Physical stock that may be placed within the Shipping Unit. 1 SU may contain 5x Boxes of Pencils |
| 6 | Warehouse Management System | WMS | The system used to manage stock on hand and other warehousing activities |
| 7 | Enterprise Resource Planning system | ERP | Enterprise resource planning is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. This is often where an Sales/Purchase order will originate, forwarding to the WMS/FMS to be fulfilled |
| 8 | Manifest | A list of Consignments to be carried by a Carrier, A manifest can only exist per Sender/Carrier | |
| 9 | Dimensions | DIMS | The Dimensions of a shipping Unit include LxWxH Length, Width, Height all measured in Cm's |
| 10 | Dangerous Goods | DG's |
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