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Visibility

Meaning in logistics & supply chain, with examples

/ˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/nounCommon term

In logistics & supply chain, visibility means: The ability to see where goods, orders and stock are at any moment along the supply chain, usually through shared real-time data.

In Turkish: görünürlük, izlenebilirlik

How it is used

A common goal in supply chain projects and software sales: end-to-end visibility, real-time visibility, inventory visibility. A lack of visibility is blamed when nobody knows where a shipment is or how much stock exists.

Example sentences

  1. We have no visibility of the containers once they leave the port in China.

  2. The new platform gives customers real-time visibility of their orders.

Common collocations

  • end-to-end visibility
  • real-time visibility
  • supply chain visibility
  • lack of visibility
  • improve visibility
  • tracking numberA unique number given to a parcel or shipment so that the sender, the receiver and the carrier can follow its progress online.
  • ETAShort for estimated time of arrival: the date and time when a ship, plane, truck or shipment is expected to arrive.
  • RFIDShort for radio-frequency identification: technology that uses small tags and radio waves to identify and track items without needing a direct line of sight.
  • TMSShort for transportation management system: software used to plan, book, carry out and track shipments and to manage carriers and freight costs.
  • supply chainThe whole network of companies, people and activities that turns raw materials into a finished product and moves it to the final customer.

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