Operations

SaaS

Software as a Service. Software delivered over the internet, paid for by subscription, updated continuously by the vendor. The default operating model for modern business software, including Nash. Distinguished from on-premise software, which customers install and maintain themselves.

Where this fits

The day-to-day vocabulary of running deliveries. Routes, waves, drops, manifests, ETAs, SLAs. These are the units operators reason in, and the inputs every downstream model needs.

Related terms

ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning. The system of record for finances, inventory, procurement, and HR at a larger business (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics). Logistics decisions Nash makes show up in the ERP as completed transactions; the ERP rarely makes them.
HITL: Human-in-the-loop. A system design where automation handles the routine and a human is pulled in for exceptions, overrides, or high-stakes judgment calls. Nash dispatches autonomously by default but surfaces exceptions to the dispatcher for review. Compare with fully autonomous and human-out-of-the-loop designs.
TMS: Transportation Management System. The system of record for shipments and freight movements. Older TMS platforms model shipments; Nash sits above them and orchestrates the live decisions a TMS records after the fact.
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure. The documented step-by-step process for a recurring operational task: how to handle a returns pickup, what to do when a driver no-shows, how to verify a controlled-substance delivery. SOPs are the institutional memory of an operation; in Nash, agents and workflows can encode them as reusable playbooks.
BOPIS: Buy Online, Pickup In Store. The retail order pattern where a customer buys online and collects in person. On the operations side, it consumes pick-and-pack labor at the store rather than carrier capacity.