freight forwarding service
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/FreightForwardingService
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/
SubClass Of: logistics service
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:occurrent › bfo:process › planned process › business process › commercial service › logistics service › freight forwarding service
Definition
logistics service that consists of at least one freight forwarding process
Semi-Formal Definition:
every instance of ‘freight forwarding service’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘logistics service’ that ‘has occurrent part’ some ‘freight forwarding process’
Explanatory Notes
Freight forwarding is the act of arranging commercial transportation for the cargo/shipment of other firms.
Examples
- the service provided by 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
FreightForwardingService(x) ↔ LogisticsService(x) ∧ ∃p(FreightForwardingProcess(p) ∧ hasOccurentPart(x,p))
Description Logic
constr:FreightForwardingService ≡ constr:LogisticsService ⊓ ∃ bfo:has_occurrent_part .constr:FreightForwardingProcess
EquivalentTo: constr:LogisticsService and bfo:has_occurrent_part some constr:FreightForwardingProcess
SubClassOf: owl:Thing