ship from location

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/ShipFromLocation

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/

SubClass Of: geospatial site

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:immaterial entity › bfo:site › geospatial site › ship from location

Definition

geospatial location at which some dispatch process occurs

Semi-Formal Definition:

every instance of ‘ship from location’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘geospatial location’ that ‘has role’ some ‘ship from location role’

Explanatory Notes

The location from which material is sent [APICS]

Examples

• shipping dock, outbound staging area, Amazon FulFillment Center in San Marcos, TX

Synonyms

• Dispatch Location
• shipping point

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Definition

ShipFromLocation(x) ↔ GeospatialSite(x) ∧ ∃r(ShipFromLocationRole(r) ∧ hasRole (x,r))

Description Logic

constr:ShipFromLocation ≡ constr:GeospatialSite ⊓ ∃ constr:hasRole .constr:ShipFromLocationRole

constr:ShipFromLocation ⊑ ⊤

EquivalentTo: constr:GeospatialSite and constr:hasRole some constr:ShipFromLocationRole

SubClassOf: owl:Thing