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Laden Length

Laden Length (a.k.a. loading meters) defines the number of linear feet or meters (that is, floor space) that would be required to transport the goods using a standard width trailer. Laden Length will be multiplied by a Laden Length Factor to arrive at an equivalent weight that can be used as the basis for rating. Some carriers will use the greater of actual weight, dimensional weight and laden length equivalent weight as the basis for establishing a weight based rate.

Land-Bridge

Port of call on the west coast of North America with rail shipment inland.

Lane

A tariff entity linking two zones and/or hubs against which a specific service, as published in a tariff, is provided by a carrier or to a customer. If zones had previously been defined for the greater Los Angeles and greater Dallas areas, a lane could be established on a tariff from Los Angeles to Dallas for a TL service.

Layover Charges

Lodging charges incurred when handling multi-day journeys.

LCL (Less Than Container Load)

See Less Than Container Load (LCL).

Leg

See Load or Shipment Leg.

Load Merge-in-Transit Consolidation Class (Load MITCC)

Transportation Manager forces the first or last shipment leg of shipments referring to a common load MITCC to be assigned to the same load.

Less Than Container Load (LCL)

A freight service used to move a shipment or group of shipments that do not require a full shipping container (for example, only a fraction of a 40 foot container).

Less Than Truckload (LTL)

A freight service used to move a shipment or group of shipments that do not require a full truck’s capacity.

Liability

An accounting term used to represent a classification of a G/L account. Liability accounts and asset accounts are combined in the general ledger financial reporting module to produce the balance sheet.

Live Loading or Unloading

Loading or unloading is performed while the carrier waits for the goods to be loaded onto or removed from a trailer.

LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas.

Load

A freight service provided by a carrier to move goods from one or more points to one or more points. It is made up of one or more shipment legs. Also see Manifest.

Load planning

When a shipment referencing a load MITCC is attached to a load plan, unassigned legs for all other shipments referencing the same load MITCC will be attached to the same load plan. When a shipment leg is removed from a load plan, unassigned legs for all other shipments referencing the same load MITCC will also be removed from the plan.

Load Leg

See Load.

Load Leg Detail

See Shipment Leg.

Load Scheduling

See Scheduling.

Load-at

A shipping location where freight is picked up that is neither a hub nor a distribution center. If referenced by a shipment, this will be the origin point for the freight movement. Freight will always be outbound from a load-at.

Loaded Distance

The total distance covered between the first pick up stop and the last drop off stop with a loaded vehicle. For loads using a point-to-point tariff, the loaded distance will be the same as the Total Distance.

Loading Meters

See Laden Length.

Logical Distribution Center

A separate facility or building, or a specific area within the distribution center used to store a specific product.

Logistics Group

A subset of a division that groups operations within your organization. Freight from different logistics groups can be combined onto loads and trips by authorized users.

Logistics Planner

The individual responsible for load planning and carrier assignment.

Logistics Procurement

Logistics Procurement is a strategic decision support tool meant for periodic use in support of transportation contract negotiations. The goal is to find the lowest feasible cost to service regular freight. The tool considers factors such as service requirements, carrier capacity, and total network cost.

Logistics Procurement is not a shipment optimization tool. Rather, it is a procurement optimization tool that ensures that the right strategic decisions are made; other transportation applications (such as Transportation Manager and Transportation Planner) ensure that these strategic decisions are properly executed.

Look Ahead

Look Ahead indicates that Transportation Manager will rate using the cost for the actual rate range (based on the attributes of the load, shipment, etc.), or at the lower end of the next rate range, whichever is lower.

Look Back

Look Back indicates that Transportation Manager will rate cost for the actual rate range (based on the attributes of the load, shipment, etc.), or at the higher end of the previous rate range, whichever is lower.

Load MITCC Sequence Number

A numeric identifier to identify the sequence of shipment legs while picking up or delivering the load, when the shipments with the same load MITCC are consolidated.

LTL (Less Than Truckload)

See Less Than Truckload (LTL).

Lumper Charges

Charges for additional labor for individuals hired by a trucking company to assist a driver and/or customer with the unloading or loading a trailer.