On the operations desk, FCA tells the forwarder where the seller's responsibility ends and the buyer's begins, which sets who books the main carriage and from where risk and cost sit with the buyer. The named place matters: where it is the seller's premises, the seller loads the goods onto the buyer's collecting vehicle, and where it is another point, the seller delivers them ready for unloading. The decision the term drives is whether the buyer's nominated carrier and named place are clearly agreed, since the delivery point fixes the risk transfer. The clean line against EXW is export clearance: under FCA the seller clears the goods for export, whereas under EXW the buyer takes the goods at the seller's premises and handles both loading and export clearance.
Glossary
FCA (Free Carrier)
Free Carrier (FCA) is the any-mode Incoterm under which the seller delivers the goods, cleared for export, to a carrier or other party nominated by the buyer at a named place, and risk passes to the buyer at that point.