shipment

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Shipment

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/

SubClass Of: bfo:material entity

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › shipment

Definition

collection of material entities delivered to a receiver’s location that have undergone the same dispatch and receipt processes

Semi-Formal Definition:

every instance of ‘shipment’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘material entity’ that ‘has role’ some ‘shipment role’

Explanatory Notes

1- A grouping of logistic and transport units assembled and identified by the seller (sender) of the goods travelling under one dispatch advice and/or Bill of Lading to one customer (recipient) [GS1]

2- An item or group of items delivered to one party’s location at one moment in time that have undergone the same dispatch and receipt processes [GS1]

  1. a shipment may contain one or more logistic units
  2. A shipment is prepared as prescribed according to some shipment plan and is intended to be transported by some carrier and delivered to some receiver.

Examples

  • Examples include truckload, vessel, 10 pallets of various items.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Definition 

Shipment(x) ↔ MaterialEntity(x) ∧ ∃r(ShipmentRole(r) ∧ hasRole(x,r))

Description Logic

constr:Shipment ≡ bfo:material_entity ⊓ ∃ constr:hasRole .constr:ShipmentRole

constr:Shipment ⊑ ⊤

EquivalentTo: bfo:material_entity and constr:hasRole some constr:ShipmentRole

SubClassOf: owl:Thing