Logistics dictionary

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A

ABC Analysis

Account Payable (A/P)

Account Receivable (A/R)

Actual Time of Arrival (ATA)

Actual Time of Departure (ATD)

ADR

ADSp

Advance Filing Rule (AFR)

Advice Note

Air Cargo

Air Freight

Air Waybill (AWB)

All-Cargo Aircraft

Allocated Stock

AMS Filing

Animal Transport

Application Service Provider (ASP)

Articulated Lorry

ASP

Assemble to Order

ATA Carnet

ATR Certificate

Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)

Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Automatic Small Parts Warehouse

Average Storage Period

B

Backhaul

Ballast

Barcode

Barge

Batch Production

Batch Tracing

Before Breaking Bulk (BBB)

Benchmarking

Bill of Lading (BOL)

Bill of Material (BOM) Explosion

Binding Tariff Information (BTI)

Blind Shipment

Block Pallet

Block Storage

Body Box

Bogie

Bonded Terminal

Bonded Warehouse

Booking

Booking Number

Branding

Break Bulk

British International Freight Association (BIFA)

Broker

Bulk Cargo

Bulk Freight

Bulk Shipping

Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)

Bussiness to Business (B2B)

Business to Consumer (B2C)

C

Cabotage

Car Transport

Cargo

Cargo Insurance

Cargo List

Cargo Retention Clause

Carousel Warehouse

Cargo Tracking Note

Carriage and Insurance Paid to (CIP)

Carriage Chargeable Weight

Carriage Paid To (CPT)

Carrier

Carrier Assets

Cartage

Cartage Agent

Cash Against Documents (CAD)

Central Warehouse

CEP

Certificate of Compliance

Certificate of Conformance

Certificate of Conformity

Certificate of Origin

CETA

Channel Rack

Chaotic Storage

Charterer

Clean Bill of Lading

Closing

CMR

CMR Waybill

Cockpit

Collector and Collection Request

Code of Conduct

Coil Well

Combined Transportation

Commercial Invoice

Commercial Vehicle

Commodity Code

Community Transport

Confirmation Order

Consignee

Consignment Warehouse

Consignor

Consolidation

Construction Transport

Container

Container Load

Container Service Charges (CSC)

Container Transport

Contract Logistics

Contract Market

Contract of Affreightment (COA)

Contract Partner

Control Centre

Control Loop

Conveying Aids

Conveying Technology

Conveyor System

Corporate Logistics

Cost and Freight (CFR)

Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)

Country of Departure

Country of Destination

Courier Service

Crane

Credit Assessment

Credit Rating

Cross-coupling

Cross Docking

Customised Software

Customs

Customs Agent

Customs Clearance

Customs Declaration

Customs Duty

D

Damaged Goods

Damage Protection Plan (DPP)

Dangerous Goods

Dangerous Goods Labelling

Dashboard

Debt Collection

Declared Value

Declared Value for Carriage

Dedicated Contract Carriage

Degree of Readiness to Delivery

Delivered at Frontier (DAF)

Delivered at Place (DAP)

Delivered at Terminal (DAT)

Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)

Delivered Ex Ship (DES)

Delivery Appointment

Delivery Note

Delivery Order

Demand Planning

Demurrage

Destination Delivery Charge (DDC)

Detention

Diesel Floater

Diesel Surcharge

Direct Shipment

Direct Transport

Dispatcher

Dispatcher Money

Dispatcher Note

Disposition

Distribution

Distribution Centre

Distribution Channel

Distribution Logistics

Distribution Network

Distributor

Dock Leveller

Docking Station

Documentary Credit

Dolly

Domestic Transport

Door-to-door

Double Blind Shipment

Dry-bulk container

Dry-cargo container

DSLV

Dwell Time

E

E-Commerce

EDI

EDIFACT

Edscha Trailer

Electric Kanban

Electric Pallet Truck

Electric Stacker

Electronic Export Declaration

Electronic Product Code

Empty Leg Journey

End-to-End Logistics

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Entity, legal

Entry Summary Declaration

Environmental Protection

EORI

EPAL

Equipment Interchange Receipt (EIR)

ERP System

ERTMS

Estimated Price

Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)

Estimated Time of Completion (ETC)

Estimated Time of Departure (ETD)

Estimated Time of Sailing (ETS)

EUR1 Certificate

Euro Pallets

European Article Number (EAN)

European Train Control System (ETCS)

Europool Pallet

Ex Works (EXW)

Expected Time of Arrival (ETA)

Expected Time of Departure (ETD)

Export

Export Declaration

Exporter

Express Delivery

Express Freight

Express Shipping

F

Fast-moving Items

Federal Association of Logistics (BVL) e.V.

Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Waste Disposal (BGL) e.V.

Federal Office for Goods Transport – BAG

Feeder

FIATA

Fifth-Party Logistics (5PL)

Financial Loss

Finished Goods

FIOS

FIOT

First In / First Out (FIFO)

First Party Logistics (1PL)

Fixed Date

Flammable

Flat Rack Container

Flatbed Trailer

Flatbed Truck

Fleet Management

Fleet Vehicles

Flow Rack

Flow Storage

Flowable Material

Forklift

Form-A

Forwarding and Logistics Services

Forwarding Agent

Fourth Party Logistics (4PL)

Fragile Goods

Franking

Free Alongside Ship (FAS)

Free Carrier (FCA)

Free In / Liner Out (FILO)

Free Kerbside

Free of Gas Declaration

Free on Board (FOB)

Free on Truck (FOT)

Free Trade Zone

Freeboard

Freight

Freight all Kinds (FAK)

Freight and Cargo Exchange

Freight Broker

Freight Brokerage

Freight Carriers

Freight Charge

Freight Claim

Freight Collect

Freight Exchange

Freight Forwarder

Freight Forwarding

Freight Management

Freight Offer

Freight Prepaid

Freight Rate

Freight Search

Freight Space Exchange

Freight Transport Association (FTA)

Frigo Transport

Frozen Food Labels

Fulfilment

Full Container Load (FCL)

Full Liner Terms (FLT)

Full Truckload (FTL)

Fumigated Pallets

Fumigation

Fumigation Certificate

G

General Average

General Cargo

General Rate Increase (GRI)

Generalised System of Preference (GSP)

Global Logistics

Girth Measurement

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)

Goods

Goods and Service Tax (GST)

Goods Issue

Goods Receipt

Goods Received Note (GRN)

Goods-to-Person

Green Logistics

Grey Fleet

Gross

Gross Weight

Groupage Freight

GS1-128

GSM-R

Gulf of Aden Surcharge

H

Handheld Scanner

Handling Costs

Haulage

HAWB

Hazardous Materials

Hazmat

Heavy Weight Surcharge (HWS)

HIFO (Highest In – First Out)

High-bay Warehouse

Hold for Pickup

Horse Transport

HS code

Hub

Hub Spoke System

I

IALA

Identification System

Import

Import Duties

Importer

In-house Transport

In-plant Logistics

Inbound Logistics

Incoterms

Industry 4.0

Instruments of Order Processing

Insurance Certificate

Integrated Logistics

Interface (API)

Intermediate Bulk Container

Intermodal

Internal Loader

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

International Transportation

Intralogistics

Intrastat Commodity Codes

Inventory

Inventory Control

Inventory Cost

Inventory Management

Inventory Optimisation

Inventory Security

Inventory Turnover Rate

Invoice

J

Jettison

JIT

Jumbo

Just In Sequence (JIS)

Just In Time (JIT)

Just In Time Production

K

Kaizen

Kanban

Kanbam Card

Kanban System

Kerbside

Knitting

L

Label

Label Printer

Lading

Large Capacity Transport

LASH Vessel

Last In / First Out (LIFO)

Laytime

Lead Logistics Provider (LLP)

Lead Time

Lean Management

Less Than Container Load (LCL)

Less Than Truckload (LTL)

Letter of Credit

Letter of Indemnity (LOI)

LIFO

Lift On, Lift Off (LOLO)

Lifting Platform

Lighter

Line Haul

Liner In / Free Out (LIFO)

Liner In / Liner Out (LILO)

Load Unit

Loading Equipment

Loading Meter

Loading Point

Loading Ramp

LOFO (Lowest In – First Out)

Logistic Regression

Logistician

Logistics

Logistics 4.0

Logistics Chain

Logistics Controlling

Logistics Key Figures

Logistics Management

Logistics Planning

Logistics Quality

Lorry

M

Manufacturing

Mate’s Receipt

Material Flow

MAWB

Means of Transportation

Mesh Box Pallet

Middleware

Milk Run

Minimum Weight

Mixed Load

Mode of Transportation

N

National Transport

Navigation

Net Weight

No-Read Parts

Non-Containerised Cargo (NCC)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Notice of Readiness (NOR)

O

One Way Pallet

Online Freight Exchange

Order Batch

Order Confirmation

Order Item

Order Managament

Order Picking

Order Picking System

Order Picking Technology

Order Picking Warehouse

Order Processing

Order Sequence

Origin of Goods

Original Equipment Manufacturer

Outbound Logistics

Outsourcing

Overcarrier

P

Package

Packaging

Pallet

Pallet Exchange

Pallet Truck

Pallet Wide Container

Pallet Wrapping Machine

Paperless Picking

Part Load

Partial Shipment

Partial Palett

Partial Truckload (PTL)

Passenger Car

Peak Season Surcharge (PSS)

Permanent Pallet

Person-to-Goods

Pick and Pack

Pick-by-Light

Pick-by-Vision

Pick-by-Voice

Pick-up

Pick-up Time Window

Picker

Picking

Picklist

Piggy Back Transport

Pilferage

Piracy Risk Surcharge (PRS)

Place of Destination

Place of Origin

POD

Port

Port of Discharge (POD)

Port of Loading (POL)

Port of Unloading (POU)

Postage Paid

Postal Code

Prefix

Prepaid Freight

Procurement

Production

Production Logistics

Production Planning

Proof of Delivery (POD)

Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Pull Principle

Purchasing

Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTC)

Pure Car Carriers (PCC)

Push Principle

Q

Quality Assurance

Quality Seals

Quick Response

R

Rack

Real-time

Rear Loading

Readiness to Deliver

Reefer Containers (RE)

Refrigerated Goods

Refrigerated Transport

Refrigerated Trucks

Registered Exporter system (REX)

Return

Return Delivery Note

Reusable Pallet

Reverse Logistics

RFID

River Information Services (RIS)

Road Freight

Road Traffic Regulations

Road Transport

Roadside

Roll on / Roll off (RO/RO)

Route Calculator

Route Planning

Routing

S

Said to Contain (STC)

Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)

Service Level

Shelf

Shipment

Shipper

Shipping Quote

Shortage

Side Loading

Six Sigma

Skid Steer

Slow-moving Items

Small Parts Warehouse

Spare Parts Logistics

Special Transport

Specifications

Split Delivery

Spot Market

Standardisation

Starboard

Stock Transfer

Storage

Storage Costs

Storage Fee

Storage Location

Storage Location Allocation

Storage of Dangerous Goods

Storage Types

Straight Truck

Stringer Pallet

Subhauler

Subsequent Delivery

Supplier

Supplier Kanban

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Swap Body

T

Tail Lift

Tank

Tare Weight

Tautliner

Telematics

Telescopic Trailer

Tender

Terminal

Terminal Handling Charges (THC)

Thermo-

Third-Party Logistics (3PL)

Three Dimensional Loading

Timber Transport

Time Window

Toll

Tour Planning

Tracking and Tracing

Trade Logistics

Trailer

Trailer Drops

Transaction Costs

Transhipment

Transit Time

Transfer Order

Transport Management System

Transport Order

Transport of Dangerous Goods

Transportation

Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA)

Transportation Mode

Transportation Planning

Transporter

Truck

Truck Driver

Truckload

Twenty Foot Container Equivalent Unit (TEU)

Two Party Logistics (2PL)

Two-Man Handling

U

Unit Cost

Universal Product Code (UPC)

Unloading Point

Urgent Transport

V

Value Added Logistics (VAL)

Value-Added Services

Vehicle Transfer

Vehicle Transport

Vendor

Virtualisation

Visibility

W

Waiver

Warehouse

Warehouse Exchange

Warehouse Logistics

Warehouse Logistics Software

Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management Software

Warehouse Management System

Warehouse Organisation

Warehouse Planning

Warehouse Processing

Warehouse Receipt

Warehouse Regulation

Warehouse Software

Warehouse Strategies

Warehouse Technology

Warehouse Use

Waste Management Logistics

Waybill

Workflow

World Trade Orgaisation (WTO)

X

XYZ Analysis

Y

Yield Management

Z

ZIP Code

Zone Price

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