SERVICE DEFINITION
Freight Brokerage
A freight broker is an intermediary between a shipper and a freight service provider.
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Truckload
a quantity of goods that can be transported in a truck.
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Less than Truckload
Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds. Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers.
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Rail or Intermodal Freight
the transportation of shipping containers and truck trailers by rail — allows railroads to provide their customers with cost-effective, environmentally friendly service for almost anything that can be loaded into a truck or a container.
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Expedited Freight
Expedited shipping refers to the fast delivery of time-sensitive freight.
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Flatbed
A flatbed truck is a type of truck which can be either articulated or rigid. As the name suggests, its bodywork is just an entirely flat, level 'bed' with no sides or roof.
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Heavy Haul
A heavy hauler is a very large transporter for moving oversize loads too large for road travel without an escort and special permit. A heavy hauler typically consists of a Ballast Tractor and hydraulic modular trailer.
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Temperature Controlled
It is a specialized means of transportation for products, such as food and pharmaceuticals, that require refrigeration for protection from heat and humidity. Trailers hauling these loads have built-in refrigeration systems to maintain the pre-shipped state of a product.
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Supply Chain Solutions
In commerce, supply chain management deals with a system of procurement, operations management, logistics and marketing channels so that the raw materials can be converted into a finished product and delivered to the end customer.
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Operation Management
Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) includes
a broad area that covers both manufacturing and service industries, involving the functions of sourcing, materials management, operations planning, distribution, logistics,
retail, demand forecasting, order fulfillment, and more.
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Transportation Planning
Transport planning is the process by which carriers determine which items will travel a particular route with which vehicle and at what time. This varies from simple route planning to planning international freight flows across various modes of transport.
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Compliance
Compliance refers to successfully meeting the requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the federal agency that enforces rules (DOT regulations) governing the operation of commercial motor vehicles. Failure to be DOT compliant results in a violation of these rules.
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Cost Management
The purpose of Freight Cost Management is to gain control of a company's transport costs in order to lower the total costs for transport and ensure that you only pay for the services that have been agreed on and delivered and also the possibility to allocate and distribute the cost internally.
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Technology
Transportation technology uses software infrastructure that support's travel and covers movement via land, water, and air.
Warehousing
Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, and transport businesses for storing goods.
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Pickup & Distribution
When goods are collected, they are picked up directly from a specific collection address, transported and then delivered.
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Transload and Cross Docking
Transloading is the sorting and re-palletizing of items product, and cross-docking is the movement of an intact pallet (or pallets) from one truck to another.
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E-fuliment
E-commerce fulfillment is the process of storing inventory,
picking and packing products, and shipping online orders to customers. This process can be completed in-house by an ecommerce company or outsourced to a third-party logistics (3PL) provider.
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In-house Logistics
In-house Logistics is referred to the practice wherein the company or the brand itself takes measures to include services like planning, network, management and communication for the logistics of its products. It is a smooth and crisp way of decomposing the various tasks involved in Logistics.
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Reverse Logistics
Reverse logistics refers to the supply chain process of returning products from end users back through the supply chain to either the retailer or manufacturer.
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Project Logistics
Project logistics—also known as bulk logistics—involves planning, organizing, managing, processing, and controlling the complete flow of goods, materials, and information associated with the successful completion of a specific project.
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Heavy Lift
In transportation, heavy lift refers to the handling and installation of heavy items which are indivisible, and of weights generally accepted to be over 100 tons and of widths/heights of more than 100 meters. These oversized items are transported from one place to another, then lifted or installed into place.
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Oversize / Overweight Cargo
In road transport, an oversize load (or overweight load) is a load that exceeds the standard or ordinary legal size and/or weight limits for a truck to convey on a specified portion of road, highway, or other transport infrastructure, such as air freight or water freight.
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Charter Solutions
Charter solutions refers to the contracting use of a vehicle for a certain amount of time, with a detailed itinerary, at a fixed rate.
Intermodal
Intermodal shipping refers to moving freight by two or more modes of transportation. By loading cargo into intermodal containers, shipments can move seamlessly between trucks, trains and cargo ships. Intermodal shipments typically fall into one of two categories: international intermodal or domestic intermodal.
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Port Drayage / Trucking
Drayage is the transport of goods over a short distance in the shipping and logistics industries. Drayage is often part of a longer overall move, such as from a ship to a warehouse.
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Import / Export Containers
Any container received at the Terminal Facility for loading or unloading onto a vessel for shipment to a foreign port or point.
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