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14.11.2011 23:03 |
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CCT
1) (1) Compulsory competitive tendering. Local authorities, public utilities, etc must seek competitive tenders from external sources (eg private enterprise industry) to undertake public services. (2) Common customs tariff.
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14.11.2011 23:01 |
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CCC
1) Customs clearance certificate.
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14.11.2011 22:59 |
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CB truck
1) Counterbalanced fork-lift truck. Lift truck with forks (ie tines) ahead of the front axle, which needs a counterbalancing weight at the rear. Advantage is their ability to get close to the warehouse racking or road vehicle, but they require a wide turning area as opposed to reach trucks, which withdraw their forks within the wheelbase.
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14.11.2011 22:57 |
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Cause (ie the use of)
1) An illegal act whereby one person persuades another by instruction or direction to breach the law (to overload vehicle, use defective vehicle on road, exceed driving hours, falsify tachograph charts, etc).
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14.11.2011 22:55 |
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Caterpillar
1) Renowned American manufacturer of heavy truck and plant diesel engines and of heavy duty earthmoving plant.
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14.11.2011 22:53 |
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Category management
1) The management of groups of products that are interchangeable or substitutable in meeting consumer needs as opposed to the traditional concentration on individual products and brands. (Source: ILT Supply-Chain Inventory Management SIG)
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14.11.2011 23:02 |
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CCLT
1) Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Transportation. Specialist teaching and research facility at Cranfield School of Management, Bedfordshire, England.
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14.11.2011 23:00 |
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CBI
1) Confederation of British Industry. Britain’s business voice. The UK’s leading independent employers’ organization, representing public and private sector companies employing 10 million of the workforce.
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14.11.2011 22:58 |
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CB
1) (1) Citizen’s band radio. Mobile radio system used in vehicles to allow communication between vehicles and with base stations. Less efficient for business use than private mobile radio and cellular telephone systems because of undisciplined use by CB enthusiasts.
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14.11.2011 22:56 |
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Catwalk
1) Grid, usually found mounted behind the driver’s cab of articulated tractive units to enable the driver to safely walk across to connect brake hoses and electrical connections, etc. Often comprising safety cover for long-range fuel tanks mounted across vehicle chassis behind cab.
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14.11.2011 22:54 |
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Catenary
1) The structure of overhead wires/power cables on an electric railway from which the train draws its electric power via the pantograph mounted on its roof. Also applies in tram and trolleybus operation.
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14.11.2011 22:51 |
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Cash flow budget
1) A budget or plan to control the cash flow through a firm’s bank account to ensure funds are available to meet needs as they arise.
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