„Basing Point“

A location which is used to set the selling price of goods and the freight rates to all points. A price is set at a given location chosen as the ex-factory basing point with freight to the place of delivery added to create a delivered price. Then like goods, wherever they may be sold from, are charged freight to their destination as if they were shipped from the same location (the basing point).

Emmett, S.R., Crocker, B., 2013. “The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain.” Kogan Page Publishers, London, UK.