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  2. FOB (shipping) - Wikipedia

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    In the past, the FOB point determined when title transferred for goods. For example, at year- and period-end goods in transit under "FOB destination" (North American usage) appear on the seller's balance sheet but not in the buyer's balance sheet, as the risk and rewards of ownership change to the buyer at the "destination" port.

  3. Cash-in-transit - Wikipedia

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    Cash-in-transit (CIT) or cash/valuables-in-transit (CVIT) is the physical transfer of banknotes, coins, credit cards and items of value from one location to another. The locations include cash centers and bank branches, ATM points, bureaux de change , large retailers and other premises holding large amounts of cash, such as ticket vending ...

  4. Vendor-managed inventory - Wikipedia

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    The demand information that are visible to the supplier are: sales data, stock withdrawal, production schedule, inventory level, goods in transit, back order, incoming order and return. It is argued that sharing data and inventory can improve the supplier’s production planning, make it more stable and increase its visibility.

  5. Supply chain finance - Wikipedia

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    Knowing where the goods are in transit, the financial services provider can more confidently extend financing at various milestones within the supply chain. There is a critical role missing in this equation, however, and that is the supply chain finance “translator” – the entity that is experienced in both logistics/transportation and ...

  6. Inventory - Wikipedia

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    Finished goods: Goods ready for sale to customers. Goods for resale: Returned goods that are salable. Stocks in transit: The materials which are not at the seller's location or buyers' location but in between are "stocks in transit". Or we could say, the stocks which left the seller's plant but have not reached the buyer, and are in transit.

  7. Bill of lading - Wikipedia

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    The growth of mercantilism (which produced other financial innovations such as the charterparty or carta partita, the bill of exchange and the insurance policy [14]) produced a requirement for a title document that could be traded in much the same way as the goods themselves. It was this new avenue of trade that produced the bill of lading in ...

  8. Freight forwarder - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] A carrier is an entity that transports goods for a fee, [5] and may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads, including multiple modes for a single shipment. For example, the freight forwarder may arrange to have cargo moved from a plant to an airport by truck, flown to the destination city and ...

  9. XPO, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    [37] [38] LTL is a freight model which involves shipping smaller quantities of goods for multiple customers at a time. [39] In 2022, XPO's CEO stated that the company operates in 99% of US zip codes. [40] As of March 2022, XPO also produced new and re-manufactured trailers at a factory in Searcy, Arkansas. [40] [41]