Transportation Logistics Dictionary

This dictionary is testimony to the dynamic nature of the transportation and logistics field. The field continues to grow and evolve into an increasing myriad of orientations. This work stems back to the middle 1970s with the first edition by Wallace I. Little (1921 - 1977). The second edition in 1982 contained over five hundred additions and nearly sixty major alterations. This tJ:llrd edition contains over three hundred additional entries as well as major ai~erations to over fifty of them. Transportation continues to change into a market driven industry. The user side reflects market- and management-driven emphases that would have been labeled as pure fiction just a decade ago. Some of these changes are: • Deregulation • Purchasing evolving closer to logistics and having greater roles in with traffic • Logistics having close association with production, scheduling, and related areas • Computers and electronic links becoming major parts of the traffic/ transportation/purchasing landscape • Greater international corporate orientations • Need for logistics flexibility regarding pro-action in the face of energy, interest cost, inflation, international competition, and other major environmental forces • Increased roles of non-economic regulations and policies In addition to the changes in the transport-traffic management interface, the shipper side of the world has extended to be linked with such titles and functions as materials, distribution, warehousing, inventory, customer service, order entry, planning, production scheduling, and in many cases purchasing. This dictionary is a document that will continue to grow.

Contains over 3.000 terms and abbreviations.

Now in its Fourth Edition, the Supply Chain and Transportation Dictionary maintains its position as the most comprehensive dictionary in the field. A one-of-a-kind reference, the dictionary remains unmatched in the breadth and scope of its coverage and is the primary reference for professionals working in the areas of supply chain management, transportation, distribution, logistics, material, and purchasing. The Fourth Edition features over 5,000 entries and is noted for its clear, precise, and accurate definitions.

This unique, single volume dictionary aims to make sense of the language of generic terms, jargon, abbreviations and management buzzwords, to say nothing of the legal terms and definitions, that has grown up around the transport and logistics industries. -Provides clear, unambiguous definitions of some 3,000 terms, -Endorsed by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. -UK and EU terms covered; -A work of reference for everyone in the sector, from newcomers to senior management David Lowe has been actively involved in the road transport industry for more than 40 years, gaining 'hands'on' road haulage and logistics experience and a detailed knowledge of UK and EU transport law. He is the author of The Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook now in it's 31st year of publication, and has written many other books, guides, study manuals and magazine articles on transport and logistics. He is an active member for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and is Champion of the Institute's Freight Transport Special Interest Group. He is also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen and a Freeman of the City of London. Freight transport and logistics operations have become so technically sophisticated that a whole language of generic terms, jargon, abbreviations and managements to say nothing of the legal terms and definitions, has been generated. Vehicle manufacturers now strive to find new terms to describe technical achievements and new products, while legislators give such long titles to new regulations that they have to be identified with acronyms. Furthermore, recent developments in logistics and supply chain concepts have spawned a plethora of management concepts and new IT terms, initials and acronyms. The aim of this dictionary is to identify these terms and, in clear unambiguous English, provide accurate descriptions and definitions. With some 3,000 terms and abbreviations and acronyms included this is the most comprehensive dictionary of its type currently available. It will prove invaluable to readers from all sectors and at all levels from students and junior staff to top management, all of whom may need to source the meaning or relevance of industry terms not generally found in standard English language dictionaries.

This logistics dictionary is a book that includes all logistics aspects, both in the commercial and the military fields: Supplies, storage, transport/transportatin, recovery, Maintenance, Repairs, support (food, clothing and Pay). This dictionary aims to civilian and military people, as both of them are very deeply concerned with the implementation of assets that enables experts to be fully operational, whatever the prevailing conditions are.

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This straight forward dictionary is a ready reference for members of the transportation industry including freight forwarders, customs brokers, steamship companies, airlines, motor carriers, surface transportation brokers, railroads, importers and exporters as well as attorneys. This book is also useful for students in logistics and transportation classes as well as law students studying Admiralty, Transportation and International law. The book includes forms, citations, and websites.

Hardbound. Elsevier's Dictionary of Transports and Logistics contains a collection of words and expressions pertaining to the transport profession, not only transport, but also the related semantic fields, such as: accountancy, customs, insurance, handling and warehousing. Also the various branches of transport itself (road transport, rail transport, air transport, maritime transport, fluvial transport) and their inevitable companion, logistics, which is also covered by numerous items.The manifold entries by alphabetical order are designed to render this book user-friendly. To make it a valuable time-saving tool, not only at the office, but also when working in the field abroad, whenever possible the semantic field concerned has been specified in brackets with a view to making this wide-ranging dictionary an easy-to-consult publication.The book is meant for both students of transport and for all the actors of the transport profession who