freight forwarder role
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/FreightForwarderRole
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/
SubClass Of: logistics service provider role
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:specifically dependent continuant › bfo:realizable entity › bfo:role › agent role › supplier role › service provider role › logistics service provider role › freight forwarder role
Definition
logistics service provider role held by an agent when it arranges the transportation of shipments on behalf of the shipper (consignor) or consignee
Semi-Formal Definition:
if x is a ‘freight forwarder role’ then x is a ‘logistics service provider role’ that is the ‘role of’ a ‘business organization’ or ‘person’ when it ‘agent in’ some ‘freight forwarding service’ and ‘acts on behalf of at some time’ some ‘consignor’ or ‘consignee’
Explanatory Notes
A freight forwarder, or forwarding agent, is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution.
Examples
- the role of Wagner Forwarders LLC when it picks up shipments from a shipper’s warehouse, carries out customs clearance, transports the goods from the destination, and delivers them to the clients
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Definition
FreightForwarderRole(x) ↔ LogisticsServiceProviderRole(x) ∧ ∃y∃p∃c((BusinessOrganization(y) ∨ Person(y)) ∧ FreightForwardingService(p) ∧ (Consignor(c) ∨ Consignee(c)) ∧ agentIn(y,p) ∧ actsOnBehalfOfAtSomeTime(x,c) ∧ roleOf(x,y))
Description Logic
constr:FreightForwarderRole ≡ constr:LogisticsServiceProviderRole ⊓ ∃ constr:roleOf .((constr:BusinessOrganization ⊔ constr:Person) ⊓ ∃ constr:actsOnBehalfOfAtSomeTime .(constr:Consignee ⊔ constr:Shipper) ⊓ ∃ constr:agentIn .constr:FreightForwardingService)
EquivalentTo: constr:LogisticsServiceProviderRole and constr:roleOf some ((constr:BusinessOrganization or constr:Person) and constr:actsOnBehalfOfAtSomeTime some (constr:Consignee or constr:Shipper) and constr:agentIn some constr:FreightForwardingService)
SubClassOf: owl:Thing