Glossary Terms

Document in evidence of a contract of carriage, e.g. road haulage waybill, between consignor and carrier. The railway waybill, is accompanying document and documental evi-dence of carriage in courts of law. The airwaybill (AWB) is a contractual document for the cariage by air. According to the Warsaw Agreement it con-stitutes the sole transport document between […]

Container traffic refers to a special type of container transport based on intermodal, stackable metal containers (such as air freight containers, ISO containers, etc.). These containers are manufactured according to standardised dimensions and can be efficiently loaded, unloaded, stacked, transported and transferred between different means of transport. This system had its origins in container transport

Goods that may pose a risk to people and the environment and which must therefore be transported and stored in compliance with special legal regulations and ordinances. In cadis, dangerous goods information can be imported via the master data interface.

The deconsolidator is responsible for delivering the consignments delivered by the consolidator. The field of activity of the deconsolidator is very broad, it begins with the unloading of the general cargo consignments that arrive at him in the morning. Here he is already obliged to report any damage to the consignments immediately to the consolidator

Announcement of the delivery and agreement of a delivery date.

Loading instructions issued by the forwarder to the driver of a truck according to the instructions of the consignee (consignor) with a fixed sequence of unloading points to be approached and detailed goods positions. The detailed loading list replaces all other freight and delivery documents with the exception of dangerous goods documents (and the consignment

A dispatcher is responsible for allocating and monitoring services and goods. He coordinates and monitors the tours for the vehicle fleet. At the same time, he collects information for billing and quality assurance of services rendered. In contrast to the planner, a dispatcher does not have the task of planning tours. In forwarding companies, however,

Assignment of service orders, resources, materials and technical staff, including time planning for execution.

The runsheet that is transmitted to the mobile device. Contains all open delivery orders for a mobile device, i.e. it may contain delivery orders for several loading tickets. Several runsheets can also be transferred to one vehicle.