CMA

Caisse des Métiers Artisanaux / Carrier Management Agreement. See official source.

Definition

Carrier Management Agreement — framework agreement between a shipper and a carrier that formalises operational conditions, rates and indicators before any EDI exchange of transport orders.

Origin

Common commercial practice documented in Odette and GS1 Transport Logistics guides. The CMA precedes the rollout of IFTMIN/IFTSTA flows.

Use

Before an EDI onboarding in transport, the CMA sets the SLAs, the scope of exchanged messages (IFTMIN, IFTSTA, IFTMCS, INVOIC) and the test schedule.

Related

• TRADING PARTNER — see entry.
• ONBOARDING — see entry.
• OFTP2 — see entry.