Logistics and supply chain terminology · MLC-0105

Logistics and supply chain terms: C (40)

• CabotageThe right of a country to regulate and restrict the operation of foreign-owned or foreign-registered...
• Capacity hedgingA strategy of securing access to more production or logistics capacity than is required by a baseline...
• Cargo load factor (CLF)The ratio of the actual cargo volume or weight carried by a transport vehicle to its maximum available...
• Cargo manifestA document prepared by a carrier that lists all the goods being transported on a specific vessel, aircraft...
• Carriage and insurance paid to (CIP)An Incoterm where the seller delivers goods to a carrier they appoint and pays for carriage and insurance to...
• Carriage paid to (CPT)An Incoterm where the seller arranges and pays for the transport of goods to a specified destination. Risk...
• CartageThe service of transporting goods by road over a short distance, such as within a single city, commercial...
• Centralized examination station (CES)A privately operated facility authorized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive and inspect...
• Certificate of originA document declaring the country in which a commodity or good was manufactured, produced, or grown. It is...
• Chain of custodyThe chronological documentation showing the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of...
• ChassisA specialized trailer frame designed to carry intermodal containers, allowing them to be transported over...
• Circular economyAn economic model that aims to keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from...
• CITESAn international agreement between governments, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...
• CMRThe Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, an international treaty...
• Cold chain integrationThe process of connecting and coordinating all components of a temperature-controlled supply chain, including...
• Cold chain logisticsThe management of all activities related to the procurement, storage, and transportation of goods that must...
• Commercial invoiceA document issued by the seller to the buyer in an international transaction, serving as a bill for the goods...
• Composite leading indicator (CLI)An economic statistic created by combining multiple individual leading indicators into a single index to...
• Computer visionA field of artificial intelligence that enables computers to interpret and understand visual information from...
• ConsigneeThe party to whom a shipment of goods is to be delivered, as specified in the shipping contract or bill of...
• Consignment / consignor / consigneeA commercial arrangement where goods are transferred from a consignor, the owner, to a consignee, who acts as...
• Consolidated shippingThe practice of combining multiple smaller shipments from different shippers into a single, larger shipment...
• Container freight stationA facility where less-than-container-load (LCL) cargo is consolidated into full container loads for export...
• Container per diemA daily charge levied by a shipping line or container owner when a container is held by a shipper or...
• Cost and freight (CFR)An Incoterm (International Commercial Term) where the seller is responsible for arranging and paying for the...
• Cost, insurance and freight (CIF)An international shipping agreement, defined by Incoterms, where the seller is responsible for all costs to...
• Cross tradeThe shipment of cargo between two countries, where the transaction is managed by a third party located in a...
• Cross-dockingA logistics practice where incoming goods from a supplier are directly transferred to outbound shipments with...
• CryptocurrencyA digital or virtual currency secured by cryptography, making it nearly impossible to counterfeit or...
• Custom dutiesA tax imposed on goods when they are transported across international borders. These duties are levied by the...
• Customer lifetime value (CLV) or lifetime value of a customer (LTV)A financial projection of the total revenue a business expects to generate from a single customer over the...
• Customs bondA contract between three parties: the principal (importer or customs broker), the surety company, and the...
• Customs brokerageA service provided by licensed professionals who act as intermediaries between importers or exporters and...
• Customs clearanceThe formal procedure of passing goods through customs authorities to facilitate their movement into or out of...
• Customs compliance automationThe application of software and technology to manage and execute tasks related to international trade...
• Customs declarationA formal statement, either written or electronic, submitted to customs authorities by an importer or exporter...
• Customs dutyA tax levied on goods when they are transported across international borders, typically paid by the importer...
• Customs paperworkThe set of documents required by a country's customs authority to allow the import or export of goods across...
• Customs tariff numberA specific numerical code assigned to goods to classify them for customs purposes, determining the applicable...
• CzarLite tariffA widely recognized base rate publication used in the less-than-truckload (LTL) freight industry in North...

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