Work Item
ASTM WK95024
New Terminology for Supply Chain Locations
1. Scope
1.1 Throughout the supply chain and the goods movement process, stakeholders and their systems need to know where things happen, their location. There are at least two levels at which the location question “where?” may be responded to: 1.1.1 Referring to the location by a commonly understood term for a class or category of locations, e.g., at the port; or 1.1.2 providing an identifier associated with one specific instance of a class of locations, e.g., at the port of USLGB (Port of Los Angeles Long Beach), where USLGB is the globally unique United Nations Location Code (UN/LOCODE) associated with the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the United States of America. In this terminology document the focus is exclusively on the commonly understood terms and definitions referred to in 1.1.1 and not in 1.1.2.Keywords
supply chain, location, goods movement process, transportation, logisticsRationale
Supply chain location terms and definitions as they are related to the supply chain and the goods movement process. This standard will expand in an iterative process, so this is not yet the complete list of all supply chain locations. There will be additions and amendments to the standard as time progresses and as need arises. Also note that WK88966 Supply Chain Stakeholders, a work item for a new standard terminology on the different stakeholders in the supply chain, should be reviewed alongside this proposed new standard terminology for Supply Chain Locations
Work Item Status
Date Initiated: 05-20-2025
Technical Contact: Michael Darden
Item: 001
Ballot: F49.01 (25-02)
Status: In Balloting