Work Item
ASTM WK93229
New Terminology for Supply Chain Locations
1. Scope
Throughout the Supply Chain and the Goods Movement Process, stakeholders and their systems need to know where things happen. There are at least two levels at which the question “Where?” may be responded to: Referring to the location by a commonly understood term for a class/category of locations e.g., at the port providing an identifier associated with one specific instance of a class of locations e.g., at the port of USLGB (Port of Los Angeles Long Beach), where USLGB is the globally unique United Nations Location Code (UN/LOCODE) associated with the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the United States of America.Keywords
locations, places, supply chain, goods movement processRationale
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Work Item Status
Date Initiated: 12-17-2024
Technical Contact: Michael Darden
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