Glossary

Accompanying document in the freight business (freight traffic), which serves as proof of the conclusion of the freight contract between the sender and the carrier (e.g. freight forwarder).

Container management includes the planning, control and monitoring of stocks and movements of loading equipment. The aim of container management is the availability of the load carriers required for production, transport and storage with the lowest possible number of containers.

A converter provides for the technical connection between the mailbox and the local location. In such a way received data can be converted in Inhouse formats.

Cumulative quantities (in short CQ) record the progress. If it is recorded in which way the requirement proceeds it is obvious until which deadline e. g. stock suffices. The delivery progress shows all deliveries on a cumulative basis. If e. g. a transaction takes place both cumulative quantities are put side by side and one … Read more

The cumulative received quantity is the total of all quantities delivered up to the release date. If an additional quantity is delivered on the release date, this increases the cumulative received quantity. If, on the other hand, the delivery quantity is reduced, the cumulative received quantity is reduced accordingly.

Identification number that the automobile manufacturer assigns to an article. This number is used throughout the logistics cycle. The number is a speaking key for many automobile manufacturers.

Each automotive manufacturer assigns numbers of identification for his production plants and spare part stocks.

Describes which data fields can appear in a data record, what they mean and which formal conditions must be met.

Determines how the data is structured and presented and how it is to be interpreted during processing.

Data Exchange remote data transmission network of telecom.