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A value-added service (VAS) is a popular telecommunications industry[1] term for noncore services, or in short, all services beyond standard voice
calls and fax transmissions. However, it can be used in any service industry, for services
available at little or no cost,[citation needed] to promote their primary business.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international

standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards
organizations.
Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promotes worldwide proprietary,
industrial and commercial standards. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland,[4] and
as of 2015 works in 196 countries.[5]
It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United
Nations Economic and Social Council.

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is the transfer of data from one computer system to
another by standardized message formatting, without the need for human
intervention. EDI permits multiple companies -- possibly in different countries -- to
exchange documents electronically.
A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL, or sometimes TPL) is a firm that
provides service to its customers of outsourced (or "Third Party") logistics services for
part, or all of their supply chain management functions.
A third party, is any entity that a company does business with. [2] This may include
suppliers, vendors, contract manufacturers, partners brokers, distributors, resellers,
and agents.[2] Third parties can be both upstream (suppliers and vendors) and
downstream, (distributors and re-sellers) as well as non-contractual parties. [2]
In business, 3PL has a broad meaning that can be applied to any service contract
that involves storing or shipping things. A 3PL service may be a single service such
as transportation or warehouse storage or it can be a system-wide bundle of
services capable of managing the entire supply chain.
The term 3PL was originally coined to differentiate logistic providers who used the
Internet to enhance their services from those that did not.
What is FCL?
If an exporter has goods to accommodate in one full container load, he books an
FCL (Full Container Load) to stuff his cargo. In an FCL cargo, the complete goods in
the said container owns by one shipper. In an FCL owned by one shipper, the cargo
in the container need not have fully loaded cargo in the container. Let the cargo be
half loaded or quarter loaded container, if booked by one shipper under one
shipment, the said shipment is called FCL shipment.
What is LCL?
Under an LCL cargo, where in a shipper does not have enough goods to
accommodate in one full container, he books cargo with a consolidator to console
his goods along with goods of other shippers. This type of shipment is called LCL

shipment. The said consolidator arranges a fully loaded container (FCL), and
consoles the shipments of other shippers and deliver each shipment to final
destination by separating each shipment at final destination.
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and
track tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically stored information.