ABC analysis
A method for classifying company resources according to their importance with
respect to stocks of raw materials, components, suppliers, customers, etc.
Accessibility
A carrier's ability to provide transportation services from an origin to a
destination.
Accessorial charges
A carrier's fee for additional services specified in the contract, such as
loading, unloading, pickup, and delivery.
Action message
An alert that an MRP or DRP system generates to modify an existing planned or
approved order.
Active stock
Goods ensuring the continuity of production supplies or sale of products
between two consecutive deliveries.
Activity-Based Costing
A method of cost managing associated with the operations of the physical
movement of goods, by type of activity and finished product.
Additional Commercial Invoice
An invoice with additional information.
Advanced shipment notice
A list with the designation of the goods transmitted to a customer or
consignor (sometimes includes the expected arrival time).
Affreightment, Contract Of
An agreement between the shipowner and the charterer on the hiring of a ship
(all or part of its premises) for the carriage of goods. In this case, a consignor undertakes to pay the
established fee (freight) for transportation, and a carrier - to deliver the goods to the port of destination.
Agency Fee
Payment of agent services for servicing a vessel in a port, that is, for an
agent performing the usual functions of representing the interests of a shipowner and assistance to the ship's
captain in a port. Sometimes called attendance fee.
Agency tariff
Tariffs of an agent for his/her services for carriers.
Agent
An authorized person (entity or individual) performing certain actions on
behalf of another person (principal) on his behalf and in his interests.
Agglomeration
Form of combining different companies into a whole by location.
Aggregate tender rate
A special rate for a shipper if you offer more than 2 class-related shipments
at the same time and one place.
Air cargo / Air freight
Transportation of goods by an air carrier.
Air Cargo Agent
A transport company that provides customers with a wide range of services to
simplify the transport of goods by air.
Air Cargo Containers
This is a pallet or container used to transport air cargo. Air Cargo
containers fall into three categories: 1) air cargo pallets 2) lower deck containers 3) box type containers.
Air Carrier
Freight forwarding company that provides air transportation services via air.
Air taxi
Public means of transport are designed to carry passengers for a fee by air.
Air Waybill
A document issued by a consignor or his agent which confirms the existence of
an agreement between a shipper and a carrier on the carriage of goods by carrier’s airlines.
Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF)
A fund that provides funding for federal obligations under the United States
aviation system through several aviation-related excise taxes.
Alameda Corridor Surcharge (ACS)
Surcharge for a container transported by rail through the ports of Long Beach
and Los Angeles.
All Water
The term used when transportation is carried out exclusively by water.
All-cargo carrier
An air carrier that carries only cargo.
Amazon Reference ID
A unique number used by Amazon.com to identify Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)
shipments upon arrival at the warehouse.
Amendment Fee
Payment of changes or corrections to the contract or any other legal document
of legal significance.
Antidumping Duties (ADD)
Determining the correct transportation charges due the carrier; auditing
involves checking the freight bill for errors, correct rate, and weight.Additional import duty on goods
exported at prices below the normal prices of the world market or domestic prices of the exporting country.
Any-quantity rate
A rate that doesn’t depend on the quantity of cargo and is the same for any
cargo.
Arrival Notice
Notification of the estimated time of arrival of the vessel at a specific
location (normally the destination).
Assignment
One party to an agreement, contract, or financial instrument, with the consent
of another party, transfers the rights, obligations, responsibilities, and benefits to a third party.
Audit
The term is used to determine the accuracy of freight bills.
Auditing
Assessment of the company's activities for compliance with certain criteria
and requirements, in accordance with regulatory documents.
Automate Manifest System (AMS)
The system used by US Customs for submitting documents they require for
electronic declaration of goods coming into the US.
Average cost
Total cost, fixed plus variable, divided by total output.