Logistics Terms

noun a person who dispatches something, especially a person who sends out vehicles according to a schedule

• The dispatcher coordinated the delivery schedule for the entire fleet of trucks.
• The dispatcher told the driver to head to the warehouse for the next pick-up.
• The dispatcher is the one who calls the shots and keeps everything running smoothly.
• In a way, the dispatcher is like the conductor of a symphony, directing all the moving parts to work together harmoniously.

noun A person or company that supplies goods to stores and other businesses for sale to consumers.

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• The distributor is responsible for delivering products to various retail stores.
• The distributor guy always shows up early in the morning with new shipments.
• I heard the distributor is the one who hooks us up with all the goods.
• As a distributor of information, he spreads knowledge far and wide.

noun a person or thing that transports or carries something from one place to another

• The transporter is responsible for safely moving goods from one location to another.
• I heard the new transporter is really efficient at their job.
• The transporter dude always gets the job done quickly.
• In the world of business, a good transporter can help you navigate through challenges and reach your goals.

noun the right to operate in the coastal waters of a particular country

• Cabotage laws restrict the transportation of goods or passengers within a country to only domestic carriers.
• You can't just hire a foreign company to transport goods within the country due to cabotage regulations.
• They got fined for trying to do cabotage with an international shipping company.
• The cabotage of ideas within the organization led to a lack of innovation.

noun a type of bus with an articulated or flexible section allowing it to bend in the middle

• The city decided to invest in a fleet of bendy buses to improve public transportation.
• I prefer taking the bendy bus because it's more spacious than the regular one.
• Let's hop on the bendy bus and head downtown for some shopping.
• Her argument was like a bendy bus, twisting and turning to avoid addressing the main issue.

noun a person, place, thing, or idea

adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb to indicate time, manner, degree, or frequency

preposition shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The project was completed according to plan, meeting all deadlines and requirements.
• The party went off without a hitch, everything went according to plan.
• We totally nailed it, everything happened just like we planned.
• Life doesn't always go according to plan, sometimes we have to adapt and make changes.