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Consumer - A user of raw materials, goods, commodities, or finished products. Related Terms: Consumer - commodity | finished products | goods | raw materials | Goods - Products, merchandise, commodities, supplies, raw materials, property, stock, inventory, liquids, chemicals, wares, perishables; items of commerce; dry goods, capital goods, consumer goods, perishable goods, canned goods, liquid goods.Related Terms: Goods - durables | inventory | merchandise | products | retail | wholesale | Private Carrier (1) - Business which operates trucks primarily for the purpose of transporting its own products and raw materials. The principle business activity of a private carrier is not transportation. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Private Carrier (1) - for-hire carrier | trucking | Supply - The act of furnishing or providing raw materials, goods or services.Related Terms: Supply - raw materials | goods | services | Warehousing - The act of storing, securing and managing raw materials, goods or merchandise in a warehouse.Related Terms: Warehousing - goods | merchandise | raw materials | security | storage | warehouse |
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