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Articulation ratio: ratio of trailers to tractor units in an articulated vehicle fleet

Backload: consignment carried on the return journey that a vehicle makes back to its starting location or base.

CANBUS: electrical wiring network within a truck

CSRGT: Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport (main UK government survey of road freight movements)

CSV: comma separated variable (most common type of database formating)

Demurrage: charge imposed by a carrierfor the additional time that a vehicle has to spend at a collection or delivery point as a result of a delay in loading / unloading.

Deviation mileage: the additional distance that a vehicle must travel to collect and / or deliver a backload.

ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning (integrated software system for managing a range of business processes, including order fulfilment)

GIS: Geographical information system

Hire and reward fleet: vehicle fleet owned and operated by a company whose main business is road haulage.

KPI: Key Performance Indicator

Leg: section of a journey (or trip) between two points at which the loading of the vehicle changes.

Load factor: ratio of the actual vehicle load to the maximum that could have been carried, expressed in either weight or volume terms.

Load matching: the assignment of loads to empty vehicle capacity, usually within limiting conditions

MRP: Materials Requirements Planning (software system for managing the replenishment of inventory in a manufacturing operation)

Own account fleet: vehicle fleet owned and operated by a company whose main activity is not transport (e.g. manufacturer or retailer)

Primary Distribution: movement of products between factories and regional distribution centres

RDC: Regional Distribution Centre

Search radius: radius of the circles around the leg origin or destination within which a search is made for suitable backloads.

Secondary Distribution: movement of products between distribution centres and supermarkets Telematics: ‘the integration of wireless communications, vehicle monitoring systems and location devices’ (source: roadtripamerica.com)

Tertiary Distribution: localised delivery of products to small independent retailers and catering outlets, mainly from wholesale depots

Third party logistics (3PL) provider: a company that can be contracted to provide a range of logistical services either individually or in combination

Time window: time period within which the delivery is timetabled to arrive VTS: Vehicle Telematics Systems

Way-point: strategic location at the head of an estuary or bay through which the backloading model routes vehicles to prevent them following straight ‘crowfly’ routes across bodies of water.

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