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Umbrella
Rate: An ICC ratemaking practice that held
rates to a particular level to protect another mode's traffic.
Unbundled Payment/Remittance: The process where payment is delivered separately from its
associated detail.
Uniform Code Council (UCC): A US association that administrates UCS, WINS, and VICS and
provides UCS identification codes and UPC codes. Also, a model set of legal
rules governing commercial transmissions, such as sales, contracts, bank
deposits and collections, commercial paper, and letters or credit. Individual
states give legal power to the UCC by adopting its articles of law.
Uniform Product Code (UPC): A standard product numbering and bar coding system used by
the retail industry. UPC codes are administered by the Uniform Code Council.
They identify the manufacturer as well as the item, and are included on
virtually all retail packaging. Also see: Uniform Code Council.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL): A string that supplies the Internet address of a web site
or resource on the World Wide Web, along with the protocol by which the site or
resource is accessed. The most common URL type is http://, which gives the
Internet address of a web page. Some other URL types are gopher:/, which gives
the Internet address of a Gopher directory, and ftp://, which gives the network
location of an FTP resource.
Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act: The act that sets forth the regulations governing public
warehousing. The regulations define a warehouse manager's legal responsibility
and define the types of receipts he or she issues.
Unit
Cost: The cost associated with a single
unit of product. The total cost of producing a product or service divided by
the total number of units. The cost associated with a single unit of measure
underlying a resource, activity, product, or service. It's calculated by dividing
the total cost by the measured volume. Unit cost measurement must be used with
caution as it may not always be practical or relevant in all aspects of cost
management.
Unit of Measure (UOM):
The unit in which the quantity of an item is managed, e.g., pounds, each, box
of 12, package of 20, or case of 144. Various UOMs may exist for a single item.
For example, a product may be purchased in cases, stocked in boxes, and issued
in single units.
Unit
Train: An entire, uninterrupted
locomotive, car, and caboose movement between an origin and destination.
between the United Nations and Dun
& Bradstreet (D&B). It has a five-level coding structure
(segment, family, class, commodity, business function) for nearly 9,000
products.
United States Railway Association: The planning and funding agency for Conrail; created by the
3-R Act of 1973.
Unitization: In warehousing, the consolidation of several units into
larger units into larger units for fewer handlings.
Unitize: To consolidate several packages into one unit; carriers
strap, band, or otherwise attach the several packages together.
Unplanned
Order: Orders which are received that do
not fit into the volumes prescribed by the plans developed from forecasts.
UPC: See Uniform Product Code.
Upside Production Flexibility: The number of days required to complete manufacture and
delivery of an unplanned sustainable 20% increase in end-product supply of the predominant
product line. The one constraint that is estimated to be the principal obstacle
to a 20% increase in end-product supply as represented in days is Upside
Flexibility: Principal Constraint. Upside flexibility can affect three possible
areas: direct labor availability, internal manufacturing capacity, and key
components or material availability.
Upstream: Principal direction of movement for customer orders which
originate at point of demand or use, as well as other flows, such as return
product movements, payments for purchases, etc. Opposite of downstream.
Urban Mass Transportation Administration: A U.S. Department of Transportation agency that develops comprehensive
mass transport systems for urban areas and for providing financial aid to
transit systems.
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