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tractions journalières

English translation: daily shipments

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French term or phrase:tractions journalières
English translation:daily shipments
Entered by: Dominic Gourd

10:02 Aug 5, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Parcel carrier
French term or phrase: tractions journalières
Presentation about a parcel carrier.

Under the heading 'CENTRES DE TRI', it says:

• 6 Centres de tri (hubs) mécanisés qui traitent jusqu’à 310 536 colis par nuit.
• Mode opératoire
- Traitement monocolis (pas de palettes)
- Transit strictement organisé pour optimiser les connexions
• 219 tractions journalières nationales, 12 tractions européennes

Help appreciated!
Dominic Gourd
Local time: 08:35
Daily shipments
Explanation:
A "traction" is a shipment of goods from the sorting centre to the distribution centre.
So its seems reasonable to translate "traction" in this context by "shipment".
It's possible that supply-chain or logistics specialists have a specific term for this.
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Duncan Moncrieff
France
Local time: 13:35
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Daily shipments
Duncan Moncrieff
3 +1daily hauls
polyglot45
Summary of reference entries provided
Definition of traction
Duncan Moncrieff

  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Daily shipments


Explanation:
A "traction" is a shipment of goods from the sorting centre to the distribution centre.
So its seems reasonable to translate "traction" in this context by "shipment".
It's possible that supply-chain or logistics specialists have a specific term for this.


    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistique
Duncan Moncrieff
France
Local time: 13:35
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
3 mins
  -> Thanks B D
agree  philgoddard: Yes, based on your Wikipedia reference, this is a good approximation.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Phil
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
daily hauls


Explanation:
from the back of my memory

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 204

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rkillings: "hauls per day" is usual. They're counting truckloads, not just "shipments".
3 days 5 hrs
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Reference comments


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Reference: Definition of traction

Reference information:
le transport aval (après le lieu de stockage), qui se décompose en :
« traction », c'est-à-dire le transport jusqu'à un point de répartition ou d'éclatement ou de mise en tournée,


    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistique
Duncan Moncrieff
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  mchd
36 mins
  -> Thanks mchd
agree  rkillings: Yep. Transport of the *container*, for sure. But empty backhauls happen, even at the most efficient carriers. They count as hauls, but do they count as shipments?/ And wouldn't they still count as 'tractions' by a tractor+driver, even with zero payload?
3 days 7 hrs
  -> Only if they're with payloads (I would imagine).// From the definition of tractions I don't see how so. You could also just count them as delivery rounds, in which case you'd only count each entire trip and not the component parts.
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