Roller-bed floor

1) Floor accommodating many rollers (ie like large ball bearings) which can be raised hydraulically to allow easy manual movement of pallets, etc in any direction to achieve maximum space utilization, and then lowered to leave flat, solid floor on which pallets will not move. Found mainly in aircraft freight holds and in some goods vehicles.

Roll-on/roll-off

1) Also written as RO/RO. Form of ferry ship (mainly used on short-sea crossings) which accommodates wheeled freight (and other) traffic.

RoL

1) Re-order level. A pre-established stock level at which point reordering takes place or is automatically initiated.

Robotics

1) Science of designing and building robots (ie machines that operate as though human) following instructions from computer (ie the brain) to perform multiple and intricate functions.

RoadRailer

1) Form of road-going semi-trailer, emanating from North America, which can be converted, by switching bogies, to run on rail for intermodal transport operations.

Roadnet

1) Computerized road network database (see above) available from Synergy Distribution Systems Limited.