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Term of the Road Dictionary

positive release

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
Theme : Operations Transport General Items
Definition : Process by which products may be shipped to a new location or customer in a quarantine status and held at that location until released. Note: positive release requires lot, pallet or shipment level control of the goods by the supplier’s quality assurance and shipping departments and the customer’s goods-in and stores departments [EN 14943].

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