A Tradeflow is one or more shipments collected in one order. On your dashboard, all Tradeflows are displayed in a list:
About the logistics structure in Dockflow
To accurately represent logistics flows, we use a standardized, hierarchic model. Let’s start at the bottom level, the most basic object: a product. We will work our way up to a Tradeflow.
Products and their packing
| Object | Examples | Description |
| Product Category | A batch of apples from a specific harvest or of a certain variety | |
| Product | – A single apple – Six apples, packed in a small tray, intended to be sold that way | A specific selection from a Product Category |
| Cargo | A pallet with 40 boxes of apples | A combination of multiple products, packed for transport |
| Transport unit | – An intermodal container – A trailer – A train goods wagon – A vessel | Transport units can hold Cargo. Some Transport Units can also hold other Transport Units. |
Stages of transportation
| Object | Examples | Description |
| Movement | An ocean vessel leg from the port of sailing to the transhipment port | The most basic element: a Transport Unit (and its contents) moves from point A to B without interruption |
| Subshipment | – A road shipment from warehouse to sea terminal – An ocean shipment under a single booking, with transshipment | |
| Shipment | A shipment of apples from a warehouse in France to a warehouse in Japan, including multiple subshipments | The entire shipment from point of loading to point of discharge |
| Tradeflow | A customer order containing multiple shipments, under one internal reference n° |
