Logistics Services
Logistics uses lots of acronyms.
• FCL = • Full container Load
• 3PL = • Third Party Logistics
• HGV = • Heavy Goods Vehicle
• DC = • Distribution Center
• LCL = • Less than Container Load
• EDI = • Electronic Data Interchange
• VAS = • Value Added Service
• RFID = • Radio Frequency Identification
• ISO = • International Standard Organization
• GPS = • Global Positioning System
• Full container Load: is a shipment type where the shipment or
cargo requires the full space of the container.
• Third Party Logistics: a partner or service that helps
merchants manage their supply chain.
• A heavy goods vehicle: any vehicle with a total weight over 3,500 kg
including the cargo.
• A distribution center: a product storage and shipping building that
stores goods
• Less than Container Load: It refers to situations when the cargo has
small volumes or dimensions that will not take up the entire space of
a container.
• Electronic Data Interchange: the computer-to-computer exchange of
business documents in a standard electronic format between
business partners.
• Value Added Service: the additional distribution and
warehousing services offered by third-party logistics providers
to business looking to outsource their supply chain operations
such as custom packing, cross-docking and quality controls.
• Radio Frequency Identification: wireless non-contact system
that utilizes radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer
data from a tag attached to an object for the purposes of
automatic identification and tracking.
• International Standard Organization: an international
nongovernmental organization made up of national standards bodies;
it develops and publishes a wide range of proprietary, industrial, and
commercial standards and is comprised of representatives from
various national standards organizations.
• Global Positioning System: a global navigation satellite system that
provides location, velocity and time synchronization.
Match the following words (1-8) with their definitions (a-h) below:
1. Transshipment • a. direct flow of goods from receipt at warehouse
2. Break-bulk to shipping, bypassing storage
3. Cross-docking • b. collecting and handling of used or damaged
goods or of reusable transit equipment
4. Order picking
• c. loading goods from one means of carriage onto
5. Reverse logistics another
6. Tracking & tracing
• d. selecting and assembling items from stock for
7. Warehousing shipments
8. Collection • e. packing goods in small separable units
• f. picking of goods at a named place
• g. receiving and storing goods
• h. locating items in transit
Match the following words (1-8) with their definitions (a-h) below:
1. Transshipment 3 • a. direct flow of goods from receipt at warehouse
2. Break-bulk to shipping, bypassing storage
3. Cross-docking
5 • b. collecting and handling of used or damaged
goods or of reusable transit equipment
4. Order picking
5. Reverse logistics
1 • c. loading goods from one means of carriage onto
another
6. Tracking & tracing
7. Warehousing
4 • d. selecting and assembling items from stock for
shipments
8. Collection 2 • e. packing goods in small separable units
8 • f. picking of goods at a named place
7 • g. receiving and storing goods
6 • h. locating items in transit
Listen to three logistics providers presenting their services.
Complete the sentences
Specialized in Transport
mode
used
Solutions for full container loads and less than sea
Provider 1 (GFT Global Carrier)
container consolidated frieght
Home textiles, road
Provider 2 (Home Tex International)
Consolidated air frieght forwarding
Provider 3 (Cargo Express) air
Listen to the recording again and complete the sentences
provider shipping lines fleet of vehicles air carriers
transport companies documentation
• 1 We are one of the world’s leading __________________ with a freight volume
of 600,000 containers per year.
• 2 We can offer our customers competitive rates with all major
__________________.
• 3 With a modern __________________, we can ensure fast, safe delivery of your
consignments.
• 4 Our services include order picking, packing, distribution, and handling of all
transport
__________________.
• 5 Cargo Express is Asia’s leading __________________ of air freight services.
• 6 We work closely with __________________ around the world for the fastest
delivery available.
Listen to the recording again and complete the sentences
provider shipping lines fleet of vehicles air carriers
transport companies documentation
• 1 We are one of the world’s leading __________________
transport companies with a freight volume
of 600,000 containers per year.
• 2 We can offer our customers competitive rates with all major
__________________.
shipping lines
• 3 With a modern __________________,
fleet of vehicles we can ensure fast, safe delivery of your
consignments.
• 4 Our services include order picking, packing, distribution, and handling of all
transport
__________________.
documentation
provider
• 5 Cargo Express is Asia’s leading __________________ of air freight services.
air carriers
• 6 We work closely with __________________ around the world for the fastest
delivery available.
