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Logistics Glossary
Get to know the vital terms of Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
A
A House Air Waybill (HAWB)
A Perfect Order
Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)
Accessibility
Accessorial Fees
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B
Beneficial Cargo Owner (BCO)
Bill of Lading (BOL)
Bill of Lading Number
Blind Shipping
Bonded Goods
14 More Definitions
C
Cargo
Cargo Arrival Certificate (CAN)
Cargo Insurance
Carrier
Carrier Certificate and Release Order
35 More Definitions
D
Days of Supply
Dead on Arrival
Deadweight Tons
Decentralized Logistics
Decision Support System (DSS)
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E
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
Economic Value Added (EVA)
Economy of Scale
Emergency Stock
End Item
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F
FAS (Free Alongside Ship)
FCL (Full Container Load)
FEU (Forty-foot Equivalent Unit)
Finance Lease
FIPS
22 More Definitions
G
Gantry crane
GATT
Gen-Set for Reefer Container
General Rate Increase
GIGO
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H
Handling Costs
Harbor Maintenance Fees
Harmonized Commodity Description & Coding System (Harmonized Code)
Haulage
Hazardous Goods
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I
IBD
ICC
IMB
Import/Export License
Importation Point
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J
Jettison
Job Lot
Job Shop
Joint Costs
Joint Rate
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K
K1
Kaizen
Kanban
Keel
Keiretsu
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L
Lading
Land Bridge
Land Grants
Landed Cost
Lash Barges
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M
Machine Downtimes
Macro-Environment
Major Carrier
Make to Order (Manufacture to Order)
Make to Stock (Manufacture to Stock)
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N
National Carrier
National Industrial Transportation League
National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)
Nationalization
Negotiable BOL
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O
Obsolete Inventory
Ocean Bill of Lading (OBL)
Offloading
Offshore
OFS
5 More Definitions
P
Packing List
Panama Transit Fee
Payload
Payroll
Peak Season Surcharge
34 More Definitions
Q
Quality Circle
Quality Control
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Quarantine
Quarantine Stock
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R
Ramp Rate
Rationing
Raw Materials (RM)
Real-time
Receiving
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S
Said to be
Sawtooth Diagram
SCOR
Security Surcharge
Shipper’s Letter of Instruction (SLI)
8 More Definitions
T
Tactical Planning
Taguchi Method
Takt Time
Tare Weight
Target Costing
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U
Ubiquity
Umbrella Rate
UN Number
Unbundled Payment/Remittance
Uniform Code Council (UCC)
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V
VAL
Valid At Time of Shipping
VAT Number
VE
Vents
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W
Wagonload
Waiver
Wall-to-Wall Inventory
War Risk Surcharge
Waterborne Freight
6 More Definitions
X
X-Change (Exchange)
X-Dock Delivery
X-Dock Yard
X-Docking
X-Docking Facility
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Y
Yard Crane
Yard Density
Yard Haulage
Yard Hustler
Yard Inventory
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Z
Zero Inventory
Zero-emission Vehicles
Zero-touch Automation
Zip Code
Zollverein
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