Glosor intro Flashcards
Consignor
the person who sends goods to someone (leverantör, avsändare)
Consignee
the person to whom merchandise is sent (gods-/varumottagare)
Perishables
foods that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated (färsvaror)
freight forwarder
person or business that arrange documentation and transportation facilities for companies dispatching goods to costumers (speditör)
vendor/supplier
company which supplies parts or services to another company (leverantör, säljare)
reverse logistics
collecting and handling of used or damaged goods or of reusable transit equipment (omvänd logistik, återvinning)
multimodal/intermodal transport
combination of two or more movement modes of goods
procurement/purchasing
the act of obtaining or buying goods and services (inköp)
outbound
departing (passengers/freight) or leaving (utgående)
incentive
a positive motivational influence (drivkraft, bonus)
volatile/volatility
tending to vary often or widely (ombytlig, rörlig, labilt)
commodities
articles of commerce (varuslag)
surcharge/accessorials
an additional charge (tilläggsavgift)
tarpaulin
a waterproof cloth used to cover & protect construction materials or other goods stored outdoors (pressening)
tare weight
the weight of an empty vehicle or container (tara)
gross weight
sum of the weight of the goods + weight of container (bruttovikt)
quotation
an offer stating prices and conditions (offert)
fragile
when something breaks easily (ömtålig)
hazardous
when something involves risk or danger (riskabel)
inbound
arriving (passengers/freight) or coming in (such as a flow) (ankommande)
emission
pollution discharged into the atmosphere (utsläpp)
backlog
value of unfilled order, or the number of unprocessed jobs (orderstock, eftersläpning)
transshipment
the transferring of goods from one vessel, or mode of transport, to another
cabotage
a law, in some countries, which sets rules for foreign owned ships/trucks for participating in domestic transportation in another country
consolidation/groupage
a grouping of different shipments into one combined shipment (samlastning)
route scheduling/planning
a method of optimizing your fleet in the most efficient way between 2 or more start/stop points (rutt/färdvägsplanering)
manifest
summary of gods, content, pieces & weight mf in a unit (ex container) (godslista/manifest)
cargo/freight
last, gods, frakt
transittimes
the time calculated from origin to destination
origin
place of departure (ursprungsort/ställe)
destination
place of arrival or delivery
mode of transport
refers to the selected way of transporting (transportslag)
tariffs
list of prices for transportation
consignment/shipment
sändning, försändelse, skeppning
return load/freight
refers to freight on return after a delivery (returfrakt)
notify party
person or business to whom shipment information shall be given (underrätta/avisera)
content
innehåll
SLI - shippers letter of instruction
the shippers/customers instruction on a perticular shipment (sändningsinstruktion)
SOP - standard operating procedures
an agreed set of instructions (checklist) between customer and ex forwarder or internal work instructions
SLA - service level agreement
an agreed level of services to be delivered such as quality, on-time performance, billing accuracy, communication, KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) etc. (serviceöverenskommelse)
collection/pick-up
of shipment/freight (upphämtning)
sustainability
normally refers to a company’s environmental program (hållbarhet)
capacity utilization
the ability to make the most use of available space/room (kapacitets användning, nyttjandegrad)
peak periods
in transportation, the times of the year when freight available is at it’s highest (black friday, jul, chinese new year) (periode rav högtryck)
duration
the time of a specific transportation, ex the flying time between STO and NYC is 8 hours duration time (varaktighet)
booking
when a customer books a shipment for transportation (bokning)
customs
tullmyndigheten
east-/west-/north-/southbound
the geographic direction of transport (ex a shipment from Stockholm to Shanghai is going Eastbound and from Stockholm to LA is Westbound)
cut off’s/deadlines
can refer to the latest time you can i.e. deliver a container to a steamship line for a specific departure (senast inlämningstid i hamn/deadline)
dispatch
to send something off (avsända, skicka)
pallets/skids
lastpall (ena är US andra är UK)
pre-alert
to advice a person/company of i.e. the arrival information of a shipment (avisering)
