Glossary · ADAPT — adapted term

Asset-Light Global Retail Platform

Provenance class: ADAPT — adapted term
Terminology layer: Technical / investment / operational
Frozen terminology: DEC-006
Introduced in version: 1.0

Status: Normative
Version: 1.0
Canonical source: Canonical Specification v1.1 §7.3, §10.2, §12.5
License: CC BY 4.0; Report a correction

Normative definition

The approved short technical/investment/operational description.

— Canonical Specification v1.1, §10.2

From the canonical source

Asset-light describes reduced dependence on capital committed to pre-purchased inventory. It does not mean absence of infrastructure, working-capital needs, operational responsibility, logistics costs, risk, or regulatory obligations.
— Canonical Specification v1.1, §7.3

Related terms

Asset-Light Global Retail Platform with Virtual Inventory, On-Demand Sourcing and Distributed Expert Curation

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Permanent URL: https://prismcommerce.org/en/glossary/asset-light-global-retail-platform/

Cite

“Asset-Light Global Retail Platform.” PRISM Commerce Glossary, Version 1.0. https://prismcommerce.org/en/glossary/asset-light-global-retail-platform/. Source: PRISM Commerce — Canonical Specification, Version 1.1, SPEC §7.3, §10.2, §12.5, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22978762.

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