The right to transport in a specific territory. More specifically, it refers to transportation between two terminals located in the same country, irrespective of the country in which the mode providing the service is registered. Cabotage is subject to restrictions and regulations. Under such circumstances, each nation reserves for its national carriers the right to move domestic freight or passenger traffic.

Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products. In the context of capacity planning, design capacity is the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period.

Way of funding operations and growth by using different sources of funds, e.g. equity, debt or preference share capital.

In marketing, carrying cost, carrying cost of inventory or holding cost refers to the total cost of holding inventory. This includes warehousing costs such as rent, utilities and salaries, financial costs such as opportunity cost, and inventory costs related to perishability, shrinkage and insurance.

Used to facilitate the planning and control of cash.

The flow of cash begins with the payment for raw materials and ends with receipt of cash on goods sold.

the mention of the author’s name from whose work you obtained the idea as well as the date of the publication

A person who travels regularly between home and work or school.

Fixed-route bus service, predominantly in one direction during peak periods, with limited stops, using multi-ride tickets and routes of extended length, usually between the central business district and outlying suburbs.

Local and regional passenger train operations between a central city, its suburbs and/or another central city.

Concurrent engineering is a work methodology emphasizing the parallelization of tasks, which is sometimes called simultaneous engineering or integrated product development using an integrated product team approach.

Occurs when transport demand exceeds transport supply in a specific section of the transport system.

words which are used for their subtext rather than their literal meaning: your manager may dislike being called “boss” because of the negative meaning associated with the word

Refers to the actions taken (both on and offline) by consumers before buying a product or service.

Consumer surplus is defined as the difference between the total amount that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service (indicated by the demand curve) and the total amount that they actually do pay (i.e. the market price).

The background to something you do.

The definition of control is power to direct, or an accepted comparison model in an experiment, or a device used for regulation.

The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole

A linear orientation of transport routes and flows connecting important locations that act as origins, destinations and point of transhipment. Corridors are multi-scalar entities depending on the types of flow being investigated. Thus, they can be composed of streets, highways, transit routes, rail lines, maritime lines, or air paths.

The cost of equity is the return a company requires to decide if an investment meets capital return requirements. ... A firm's cost of equity represents the compensation the market demands in exchange for owning the asset and bearing the risk of ownership.

An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.

Culture is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.

These organisations oversee the movement of goods through customs and ensure that the documentation for a shipment is complete and accurate.

Definition of customer engagement: Customer engagement monitors the relationship between a consumer and a company. This relationship is important for encouraging customer loyalty, increasing awareness and looking at customer satisfaction.

Market survey is the survey research and analysis of the market for a particular product/service which includes the investigation into customer inclinations. A study of various customer capabilities such as investment attributes and buying potential.

Customer service is the provision of service to customers before, during, and after a purchase. 

customer service metrics, as the name suggests, provide data on your customer service team's performance in terms of efficiency and speed. These metrics focus purely on numbers, such as how many emails you receive per day, how many calls you answer, the rate of response, and so on.