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Logistics Glossary

Get to know the vital terms of Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • A House Air Waybill (HAWB)
  • A Perfect Order
  • Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)
  • Accessibility
  • Accessorial Fees
  • Accountability
  • Accounts Payable (A/P)
  • Accounts Receivable (A/R)

9 More Definitions

A
  • Beneficial Cargo Owner (BCO)
  • Bill of Lading (BOL)
  • Bill of Lading Number
  • Blind Shipping
  • Bonded Goods
  • Bonded Warehouse
  • Booking Confirmation
  • Booking Fee

11 More Definitions

B
  • Cargo
  • Cargo Arrival Certificate (CAN)
  • Cargo Insurance
  • Carrier
  • Carrier Certificate and Release Order
  • Carrier Liability
  • Carriers Lien
  • Cartel

32 More Definitions

C
  • Days of Supply
  • Dead on Arrival
  • Deadweight Tons
  • Decentralized Logistics
  • Decision Support System (DSS)
  • Declaration of Dangerous Goods
  • Declared Value for Carriage
  • Deconsolidator

11 More Definitions

D
  • Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
  • Economic Value Added (EVA)
  • Economy of Scale
  • Emergency Stock
  • End Item
  • End User
  • End-of-life Inventory
  • Endorsement

13 More Definitions

E
  • FAS (Free Alongside Ship)
  • FCL (Full Container Load)
  • FEU (Forty-foot Equivalent Unit)
  • Finance Lease
  • FIPS
  • Firm Planned Order
  • Flatbed
  • Flatcar

19 More Definitions

F
  • Gantry crane
  • GATT
  • Gen-Set for Reefer Container
  • General Rate Increase
  • GIGO
  • GPC
  • Gross Register Ton
  • Groupage

2 More Definitions

G
  • Handling Costs
  • Harbor Maintenance Fees
  • Harmonized Commodity Description & Coding System (Harmonized Code)
  • Haulage
  • Hazardous Goods
  • Hazardous Material
  • Heijunka
  • Hopper Cars

2 More Definitions

H
  • IBD
  • ICC
  • IMB
  • Import/Export License
  • Importation Point
  • Importer Security Filing (ISF)
  • In Bond
  • Inbound Logistics

7 More Definitions

I
  • Jettison
  • Job Lot
  • Job Shop
  • Joint Costs
  • Joint Rate
  • Jumboization
  • Junction
  • Just-In-Sequence (JIS)

2 More Definitions

J
  • K1
  • Kaizen
  • Kanban
  • Keel
  • Keiretsu
  • Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
  • Kingpin
  • Kitting

3 More Definitions

K
  • Lading
  • Land Bridge
  • Land Grants
  • Landed Cost
  • Lash Barges
  • LASH Vessel
  • Last Updated
  • Lead Time

20 More Definitions

L
  • Machine Downtimes
  • Macro-Environment
  • Major Carrier
  • Make to Order (Manufacture to Order)
  • Make to Stock (Manufacture to Stock)
  • Make-or-Buy Decision
  • Management of All Logistics
  • Manifest

5 More Definitions

M
  • National Carrier
  • National Industrial Transportation League
  • National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)
  • Nationalization
  • Negotiable BOL
  • New Product Introduction (NPI)
  • No Location (No Loc)
  • Node

2 More Definitions

N
  • Obsolete Inventory
  • Ocean Bill of Lading (OBL)
  • Offloading
  • Offshore
  • OFS
  • Order Fulfillment
  • Order Picking
  • Ore Bulk Oil Carriers

2 More Definitions

O
  • Packing List
  • Panama Transit Fee
  • Payload
  • Payroll
  • Peak Season Surcharge
  • Pegging
  • Performance and Event Management Systems
  • Permit

31 More Definitions

P
  • Quality Circle
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
  • Quarantine
  • Quarantine Stock
  • Quay Money
  • Quay Rent
  • Quayside

2 More Definitions

Q
  • Ramp Rate
  • Rationing
  • Raw Materials (RM)
  • Real-time
  • Receiving
  • Receiving Dock
  • Release-to-Start Manufacturing
  • Replenishment

2 More Definitions

R
  • Said to be
  • Sawtooth Diagram
  • SCOR
  • Security Surcharge
  • Shipper’s Letter of Instruction (SLI)
  • Shipping Quote
  • Shrinkage
  • SIGNI

5 More Definitions

S
  • Tactical Planning
  • Taguchi Method
  • Takt Time
  • Tare Weight
  • Target Costing
  • Tariffs
  • Tender
  • Terms and Conditions (T&Cs)

5 More Definitions

T
  • Ubiquity
  • Umbrella Rate
  • UN Number
  • Unbundled Payment/Remittance
  • Uniform Code Council (UCC)
  • Uniform Product Code (UPC)
  • Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
  • Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act

4 More Definitions

U
  • VAL
  • Valid At Time of Shipping
  • VAT Number
  • VE
  • Vents
  • Verified Gross Weight
  • VGM
  • VLCC

3 More Definitions

V
  • Wagonload
  • Waiver
  • Wall-to-Wall Inventory
  • War Risk Surcharge
  • Waterborne Freight
  • Wear and Tear
  • Weight Break
  • Wet Lease

3 More Definitions

W
  • X-Change (Exchange)
  • X-Dock Delivery
  • X-Dock Yard
  • X-Docking
  • X-Docking Facility
  • X-Factor
  • X-Ray Inspection
  • X-Y-Z Analysis

2 More Definitions

X
  • Yard Crane
  • Yard Density
  • Yard Haulage
  • Yard Hustler
  • Yard Inventory
  • Yard Receipt
  • Yard Spoilage
  • Yard Truck

1 More Definitions

Y
  • Zero Inventory
  • Zero-emission Vehicles
  • Zero-touch Automation
  • Zip Code
  • Zollverein
  • Zonal Distribution
  • Zone Activity Monitoring
  • Zone Activity Time

2 More Definitions

Z
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