The figure like 1/10/2007 in British English will be understood as January 10,2007.

In air cargo transport, each consignment is identified by the AWB number.

Procurement is concerned with purchasing and arranging outbound movement ofmaterials, parts, and/or finished inventory from suppliers to customers.

Usually, an Air Waybill is non-negotiable, that is, the goods must be sent to theconsignee titled in the Air Waybill.

E-commerce not only involves exchanges among customers, business partners andvendors, but also includes operations that handled within the business itself.

From legal point of view, the Notify Party on the B/L is not the party of thecontract of the carriage of goods by sea.

The objective in inventory strategy is to achieve desired customer service with theminimum inventory commitment.

General Cargo Rates are normally higher than Specific Commodity Rates in aircargo transportation.

Multimodal transport refers to a transport system usually operated by a carrierwith one mode oftransport under the control or ownership of one operator.