| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Aerodynamic | Having a low drag coefficient through air or liquid |
Air Deflector | A wing-shaped object that is positioned above a trucks cab. It is designed to reduce air resistance and thus optimise fuel efficiency |
| Ambient (temperature) | The natural (unrefrigerated) temperature of any given area |
| Axle | Shaft connecting two wheels |
| Brake Lining | The material on the brake shoes |
| Brake Shoes | Devices that grip the brake drum in order to slow or stop a wheel from turning |
| Bulkhead | A partition that separates chambers |
| Commercial Vehicle | A vehicle that carries out work for a commercial organisation. i.e. a truck |
| Control statistics | A data set depicting typical or average conditions |
| Data Set | List of information where each piece of information is relative to other pieces of information in the same set |
| Dolly | Wheeled platform |
| Drag (vehicles) | Drag Coefficient |
| Drag Coefficient | The extent to which an object resists air or liquid because of its shape or movement |
| Easy Sheet | A sheet of durable and waterproof material that fully covers a truck load of loose items such as aggregate or waste. The easy sheet is used on trucks whose load area has an open top |
| Fibreboard | Cardboard |
| Fleet | A group of vehicles (or sometimes other objects) that collectively form a group |
| Fleet Manager | The person who manages the fleet |
| Gas Fuel | This can either be a generic term for fuel or can mean a particular fuel (such as gasoline in the U.S.) |
| Goods Vehicle | A commercial vehicle that carries products |
| Gross Weight | The weight of a given item or items plus the weight of its container or carrier |
| Logistics | Planning and execution (of product distribution) |
| Multiple Axle | An assembly of more than one axle joined together |
| Pallet | A flat base on which goods (usually in boxes, trays or bags) are stacked and moved |
| Pallet Shroud | Polythene cover that completely shrouds palletised goods |
| Palletised | Goods that are stacked on a pallet |
| PE | Polythene |
| Polyethylene | A thin and flexible thermoplastic |
| Polythene | Polyethylene |
| Price Hedging | The method of reducing the risk of price fluctuations |
| Refine (oil) | Turn crude oil into consumer fuel |
| Refinery | The plant that refines fuel (it can also be applied to other plants that refine chemicals) |
| Refrigerate | To regulate the temperature of goods |
| Rogue Data | Information that is out of the ordinary or excessively at variance with the average |
| Roll Cage | A trolley with either 2, 3 or 4 vertical sides that is about 2m (6.5′) tall that holds and moves goods |
| Roll Cage Cover | A shroud that completely covers a roll cage |
| Roll Pallet | Roll cage |
| Satellite Navigation | Method of navigating where a computer polls a geo-positioning satellite for its precise position information and plans a route automatically using pre-programmed route knowledge |
| Secondary Packaging | The container in which several finished packs would be distributed (and sometimes displayed in) |
| Short-haul | Relatively short journey |
| Shroud | Complete covering |
| Side Curtains (trucks) | Durable sheets that are drawn across the length of a truck’s open sides. The sheets can be drawn back to reveal part of or most of the load, allowing side un/loading |
| Side Un/loading | The ability to load or unload a truck from the long sides (usually with a fork truck) as opposed to un/loading from/to the back doors |
| Slip Sheet | A thin fibreboard or plastic base on which goods (usually in boxes or trays) are stacked and moved |
| Streamlined (vehicles) | Shaped to reduce air or water resistance |
| Tachograph | A device that records variable events in a vehicle’s journey. The events record will vary according to jurisdiction, but will typically include speed, the travelling time and idle time |
| Tare Weight | The weight of the container or carrier of a given item or items |
| Temporary Chilled Storage | Storage for temperature-reliant goods that is used for a limited period of time |
| Tertiary Packaging | The carrier for the secondary packaging |
| Thermoplastic | Flexible plastic that turns to liquid when heated sufficiently and goes brittle when frozen sufficiently |
| Transit | Movement between domains |
| Transit Packaging | Items that are used to protect goods during transit such as boxes, roll cages and pallets |
| Viscous (liquid) | Thick |
Packaging that moves