"Lingo" or "Terms and Industry language" is very important. Every industry works with special terms and abbreviations. It is quite helpful to understand these terms not just for communication purpose. In transportation it is also very important to understand these definitions to cover your liabilties and Commitments. Below is a constantly growing list of Terms and Definitions that Truckers, Firms, Coordinators, and other industry professionals might throw at you.
Appointment Service
Appointment Services are allow customers to decide what day, or what time, they would like a shipment delivered or pickedup. Because this affects routes and vairables appointment requests have charges that are often associated with them.