Terms and Definitions

A

Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN)
Ambient Storage
API (Application Programming Interface)

B

Backorder
Bill of Lading (BOL)
Bonded Warehouse
Bulk Shipment

C

Carrier
Cold Chain
Cold Storage
Commercial Shipping
Consignee
Consignor
Cross-Docking
Customer Experience
Customs Broker
Cycle Counting

D

Delivery Management
Delivery Note
Demand Forecasting
Dimensional Weight (DIM)
Direct Shipping
Distribution Center
Dock-to-Stock Time
Drayage
Dropshipping
Dunnage
Dwell Time

E

Ecommerce
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

F

Fill Rate
First In, First Out (FIFO)
First Mile
Flat-Rate Shipping
Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL)
Free on Board (FOB)
Freight
Freight Forwarder
Fulfillment Center
Full Truckload (FTL)

G

Gross Weight
Ground Shipping

H

Hazmat

I

Interline
Intermodal
Inventory Allocated
Inventory Available
Inventory Management
Inventory Management Software
Inventory On Hand
Invoice

J

Just-in-Time (JIT)

K

Kit / Kitting

L

Landed Cost
Last In, First Out (LIFO)
Last Mile
Lead Time
Less Than Truckload (LTL)
Linehaul
Logistics

M

Made-to-Stock
Milk Run Logistics
Mispick

N

Net Weight
Node

O

Omnichannel
Order Fulfillment
Order Management
Order Management System (OMS)

P

Packing Slip
Pallet
Parcel Shipping
Pick and Pack
POD (Proof of Delivery)
Procurement

Q

Quality Control

R

Receiving
Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA)
Return Processing
Reverse Logistics

S

Shipment Tracking
Shipper
Shipping Label
Shipping Zones
Skid
SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)
Split Shipment
Stock Out
Supplier Relationship Manager
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management (SCM)

T

Tare Weight
Temperature-Controlled Storage
Third-Party Logistics (3PL)
Track and Trace
Truckload (TL)
Transportation Management System (TMS)

U

Unit Cost
Unit Weight
UPC

W

Warehouse
Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Warehousing
Wholesale Shipping

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