Logistics and transportation
Warehousing and third-party logistics
Storage billing, inbound/outbound and many clients. The core operation lies outside a point-of-sale catalog; only ancillary counters, cash desks or stores could use it.
Peripheral Planned NAICS 493 / 4881
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- multiple clients in one warehouse
- storage and handling fees
- inbound and outbound scanning
- returns processing
- value-added services
Typical roles
- warehouse manager
- picker
- receiving clerk
- client services
- billing
Day-to-day flows
- receive inbound
- put away
- pick and pack
- ship
- bill storage and handling by client
- process returns
Tenders and payments seen
- invoice on terms
- bank transfers
- cash on small jobs
Inventory and assets
- client-owned inventory
- bin locations
- lots
- damaged stock
Reports they ask for
- storage utilisation
- handling billings
- accuracy
- returns
Integrations they need
- client systems
- carriers
- ERP
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | P Partial | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Delivery, waybills, logistics | C Catalogued | DLV, CONN, LOGI |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | P Partial | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | C Catalogued | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Enterprise accounting (consolidation, intercompany) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no warehouse management system: no slotting, wave picking or bonded-storage records
- no per-client storage billing engine
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Double-entry journal BK-0008
- Multi-currency ledger BK-0027
- Cost centers / classes / locations BK-0030
- Cross-outlet reports MULTI-0012
- Fixed assets register BK-0083
- Item info popup SALE-0041
- Bank transfer / CCI / interbank record tender SALE-0065
- Sale number allocation SALE-0071
- Sale lock to cashier SALE-0084
- Ticket merge TKT-0003
- Ticket transfer between staff TKT-0004
- Ticket transfer between tables TKT-0005
- Dining option / order type TKT-0008
- Work order (service/repair) TKT-0032
- Order fulfillment status TKT-0040
- Counter order number for pickup TKT-0041
Sub-verticals
Small bonded warehouse
duty-suspended stock
Open →Sub-verticalE-commerce fulfilment centre
many small orders
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- customs bonded storage
- hazardous-goods storage
- contract and liability terms (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- client stock disputed
- damaged goods
- mis-picks
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 493 / 4881 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 48-49
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Transportation and Logistics
- Fit
- Peripheral
No public reference was gathered for this industry; the description is domain analysis, not sourced research.
Questions
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