Glossary · IND — industry term

forwarding service

Provenance class: IND — industry term
Terminology layer: Industry context
Introduced in version: 1.0

Status: Explanatory
Version: 1.0
Canonical source: Canonical Specification v1.1 §9, §10.1
License: CC BY 4.0; Report a correction

Contextual meaning (industry term)

The service principally receives or transports goods that the customer has purchased elsewhere.

— Canonical Specification v1.1, §9, typical organizing relationship

From the canonical source

In PRISM, the customer purchases from the PRISM retailer. The platform's upstream purchase is its procurement activity, not merely transport of the customer's separate purchase.
— Canonical Specification v1.1, §9, distinction from PRISM Commerce

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Permanent URL: https://prismcommerce.org/en/glossary/forwarding-service/

Cite

“forwarding service.” PRISM Commerce Glossary, Version 1.0. https://prismcommerce.org/en/glossary/forwarding-service/. Source: PRISM Commerce — Canonical Specification, Version 1.1, SPEC §9, §10.1, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22978762.

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