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Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), also referred to as podcars or guided/railed taxis, is a public transport mode featuring small low-capacity automated vehicles operating on a network of specially built guideways.

PRT is a type of automated guideway transit (AGT), a class of system which also includes larger vehicles all the way to small subway systems.

In terms of routing, it tends towards personal public transport systems.

A freight forwarder or forwarding agent is a person or a company who co-ordinates and organizes the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper (party that arranges an item for shipment) by liaising with carriers (party that transports goods).

The carriers may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads, and often use multiple modes for a single shipment.

A freight forwarder does not move the goods but acts as an agent in the logistics network and will carry out freight consolidation, rate negotiations, shipment tracking, customs and other documentation, among other tasks.

FIATA describes a freight forwarder as the "Architect of transport".

A supply chain, sometimes expressed as a "supply-chain", is a complex logistics system that consists of facilities that convert raw materials into finished products and distribute them to end consumers or end customers.

Meanwhile, supply chain management deals with the flow of goods within the supply chain in the most efficient manner.

Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.

Logistics management is a component that holds the supply chain together.

The resources managed in logistics may include tangible goods such as materials, equipment, and supplies, as well as food and other consumable items.

Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it, and a distributor is a business involved in the distribution stage of the value chain.

Distribution can be done directly by the producer or service provider or by using indirect channels with distributors or intermediaries.

Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix: the other three elements being product, pricing, and promotion.