A B C D E F G H I K L M O P Q R S T U V W Z

Car Rail Logistics

Company founded by ÖBB, i.e. Rail Cargo Austria, and Hödlmayr Holding (car forwarder) which provides logistics packages for the automobile industry (special car-carrier waggons, etc).

Carrier

Undertakes the transport of goods on land, water or in the air

Category Management (CM)

Market-oriented process management for a specific group of waggons, product groups (categories) and relevant customer target groups focussing on joint initiatives by industry and trade. Groups of merchandise as strategic business units, customized optimization

CCG: Centrale for Coorganisation GmbH, Cologne

Member of EAN International Proposal for pallet loading height (bottleneck in transport): 15 cm + 45 cm or a multiple thereof (cf. ECR Europe: 15 cm + 105 cm or a multiple thereof)

Chaotic warehousing

Allocation of goods or storage units to one of several storage locations. According to this principle there is no dedicated storage location

Chep pallet

Reusable pallet made of plastic or wood

Combi Cargo

See Unaccompanied combined transport

Combined Transport

See Intermodal Transport

Consignment

Refers to the number of goods handed over by shipper to consignee.

Consignment Purchasing

Vendor maintains a merchandise inventory on buyer’s premises. Title to the goods remains with the vendor up to the point when the goods are withdrawn from the consignment stock. The withdrawals are reported to the vendor at regular intervals and invoiced accordingly.

Consignment Stock

Term used to refer to a store in which activities are carried out that go beyond the mere storage of goods

Consignor

Is the direct customer of the carrier

Container

(Large-)Units to carry freight, strong enough for repeated use, stackable and fitted with devices for transshipment between different modes. They were first used as transport devices in Austria in 1967.

Container Depot

Storage location for containers.

Continous Replenishment Program (CRP)

Aim: To ensure that the supply chain to retailers is as troublefree and cost-efficient as possible. Retailers send manufacturer weekly requirement forecasts covering a period of three weeks. The nearer the delivery deadline draws, the more detailed forecasts are transmitted allowing the manufacturer to optimize production volumes.

Continuous-Flow Conveyors

Continuously operating appliances used to move goods horizontally, vertically or on an incline, generally on a predetermined track or path. Benefits: minimum energy consumption, low operating expenditure, high safety (comprises: conveyor belts, drag chains, roller conveyors, jigger conveyors) Antonym: Discontinuous conveyors, work discontinuously. Vertical: lift, horizontal: floor conveyor

Conventional Traffic

Traditional full-load traffic

Co-pack

If a delivery unit contains, in addition to an article with a part reference number, another article (sample or articles in plastic bag) such additional article is referred to a co-pack

Corner Fitting

Fixed points usually located on the top and bottom corners of a container into which twist locks or other devices engage to enable the container to be lifted, stacked and secured.

Cross-Docking

Distribution system where products received are routed directly to regional centers, bypassing the storage and picking process, thus eliminating significant labor.

Customs Clearance

Arrangement of import and export clearance by ÖBB customs agents at all Austrian customs and border stations. Furthermore, import and export customs clearance can be arranged in all sending and destination countries. Preliminary talks with customs authorities in the event of special customs procedures, such as merchandise subject to market regulations, merchandise requiring export and import permits, etc., as well as organisation of advance transmission of documents needed for import and export customs clearance. This service ensures faster transports and shortens (border) stops to a level that is unavoidable.