Logistics glossary
Every term in one sentence, with what it means for your operation in Boltrics and in the Baltics.
- SSCC: 18 digits per logistic unit
- Cross-docking: from receipt straight to dispatch
- i.VAZ: consignment note before departure
- EDIFACT: the UN standard for business messages
- Temporary storage: 90 days
Warehouse
- SSCC In full: Serial Shipping Container Code
- An 18-digit GS1 number that identifies one logistic unit, such as a pallet or a carton, from sender to receiver.
- In the Fast Track every pallet or carton is received with its own SSCC, scanned and printed to the GS1 standard, and retail chains prescribe where the SSCC label goes. Fast Track: live in one month
- See also: GS1 and GTIN
- GS1 and GTIN In full: GTIN: Global Trade Item Number
- GS1 is the organisation behind the barcode standards used in logistics, including the SSCC for logistic units and the GTIN for items.
- GS1 labels to the standard are available in the Boltrics Marketplace. Boltrics: one 3PL platform for WMS, TMS and FMS
- See also: SSCC
- VAL In full: value-added logistics
- Work done on goods between receipt and dispatch, such as repacking, kitting, labelling, rework and quality control.
- In Boltrics a VAL order has its own steps, its own material consumption and its own rate, so the work reaches the invoice; recipe management is part of the Tailored Track. Tailored Track: live in three months
- Cross-docking
- Moving goods that only pass through from receipt straight to dispatch, without putting them into the racking.
- In Boltrics cross-docking is a route through the warehouse, not a separate administration. Retail logistics: labels per chain
- Catch weight
- Recording the actual weight per carton instead of a fixed weight per item.
- Part of the Tailored Track, for goods that are not a fixed weight in an ordinary box. Tailored Track: live in three months
Transport
- CMR and e-CMR In full: Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route
- The CMR is the consignment note for international road transport, based on the convention of the same name; the e-CMR is its electronic form.
- In the Fast Track CMR and freight documents come straight out of the system, linked to their order, and in Boltrics TMS the CMR note comes out of the trip. Road transport with your own trucks
- See also: i.VAZ
- i.VAZ In full: Važtaraščių ir krovinių gabenimo dokumentų informacinė sistema
- The Lithuanian system in which, for domestic road transport, the electronic consignment note has to be filed before the truck departs.
- Order, addresses and load therefore have to be complete when the driver pulls away; filing is a step in the plan, and which of these flows run past your system we check per client. TMS for your own fleet
- See also: CMR and e-CMR
Air freight
- AWB, MAWB, HAWB and e-AWB In full: air waybill; master air waybill; house air waybill; electronic air waybill
- The air waybill is the transport document for air freight: the master (MAWB) covers the consolidated shipment with the airline, the house (HAWB) the single shipment of the forwarder, and the e-AWB is the electronic form.
- In Boltrics FMS you print Master and House Air Waybills or send them digitally as e-AWB, and in the Tailored Track documents such as the AWB are set up per client in the Blueprint Editor. Forwarding and warehousing in one system
Messages and invoices
- EDIFACT In full: Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport
- The UN standard for structured business messages such as orders and despatch advices.
- EDIFACT comes in as the trading partner's format and is converted in Boltrics DataHub into Boltrics' own messages; carriers usually connect through a shipping platform instead. EDI through Boltrics DataHub, connected to your WMS, TMS or FMS
- i.SAF In full: invoice register of the Lithuanian tax authority (VMI)
- The monthly return in which invoices in Lithuania go to the tax authority.
- Which of these flows run past your system, and what that asks of your connections, we map out for you per client. EDI through Boltrics DataHub, connected to your WMS, TMS or FMS
- See also: E-invoicing in Estonia
- E-invoicing in Estonia
- Since 1 July 2025 a buyer registered as an e-invoice recipient in Estonia can require an e-invoice; a general B2B obligation has been announced for 2027, and the bill for it is still being drafted.
- Whoever still mails invoices as PDFs has a deadline that is not their own; we check per client what that asks of the connections. EDI through Boltrics DataHub, connected to your WMS, TMS or FMS
- See also: i.SAF
Customs
- Customs warehouse
- A warehouse where goods from outside the EU are stored without import duties or VAT having been paid, until they leave for free circulation or another customs procedure.
- In Boltrics WMS the customs status is an attribute of the stock line, with bonded locations kept apart from free-circulation locations; licence applications stay advisory work. Customs inside your Boltrics WMS, TMS or FMS
- See also: Excise warehouse, Temporary storage
- Excise warehouse
- The same principle for excise goods such as fuel, alcohol or tobacco: excise duty becomes payable only once the goods leave the warehouse for consumption.
- In Boltrics WMS you run excise and customs warehousing side by side on one stock, without posting anything twice. Customs inside your Boltrics WMS, TMS or FMS
- See also: Customs warehouse
- Temporary storage
- The short period right after arrival, before the goods have been assigned a customs procedure, subject to a 90-day limit.
- The status sits on the stock itself, so an inspector can see at any moment which goods are waiting for a procedure. Customs inside your Boltrics WMS, TMS or FMS
- See also: Customs warehouse
- T1 and T2
- T1 denotes non-Union goods on which import duties or VAT have not yet been settled; T2 denotes Union goods, free to move within the EU.
- In the Tailored Track customs statuses such as T1 and T2 sit in the same inventory record as the rest of the warehouse, and goods arriving under T1 keep that status while under supervision. Customs inside your Boltrics WMS, TMS or FMS
- See also: Customs warehouse