GLOSSARY
Said To Contain: Expression inserted in a Bill of Landing of Shipment to mean that the transporter does not know the content of the packaging of volumes received on board. Sample: Part or piece representing a series or batch. Shipper: The one responsible for the shipment of the commodity by means of transport, in the majority of the cases it being the exporter himself and who has contracted the transport before the shipowner. SSCC - Serial Shipping Container Code: Serial code for containers, it is a code of 14 or 18 characters for individual transport packagings, such as boxes, pallets, containers, etc. This code is a single digit number valid worldwide to identify a certain packaging. SSCC-14 - Serialized Shipping Container code 14: Serialized code for shipment containers, according to the UCC/EAN 14 format, for use on transport boxes. SSCC-18 - Serialized Shipping Container code 18: Serialized code for shipment containers, according to the UCC/EAN 128 format, for use in logistics to identify pallets, special boxes and containers. Stowage: Stowing - the act, manner or process of placing and arranging the load on board. The cost of such service is paid by the shipowner or freighter. Strategic Systems International (SSI) Ltd.: It offers SCM, ERP, CRM systems and related products and services. Stuffing: Filling, placing, for ex. of load in a container. Supplier: Provider, purveyor. Supplier-oriented marketplace: Market oriented to supply, it is an electronic market, in which the supplying companies passively wait for clients. Supply Channel Management: Management of the supply channels, it refers to the actual strategic objectives and the structures and functions of businesses channels, institutions, values and physical operations that define the form through which a certain channel moves goods and services to the market by means of the supplies flow. Supply Chain Management International: It offers consultancy services for just in time inventory and stock control procedures. Supply Chain Online: It provides training on SCM concepts by means of a series of on-line modular programs. Supply Chain Systems, Inc.: Experts in finite programming, assets planning, and supply decisions. They provide software selection, training, analysis, and modeling with MILP (Mixed Integer Linear Programming) & heuristics. Surveyor: Expert. |
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