Logistics Dictionary

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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

Backhaul Ballast Barcode Barge Batch Production Batch size 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 Bogie Bonded Terminal Bonded Warehouse Booking Booking Number Box Body Branding Break Bulk British International Freight Association (BIFA)Broker Buffer storage Bulk Cargo Bulk Freight Bulk Shipping Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)Business to Business (B2B)Business to Consumer (B2C)

Cabotage Car Transport Cargo Cargo Insurance Cargo List Cargo Retention Clauses Cargo Tracking Note Carousel Warehouse Carriage and Insurance Paid to (CIP)Carriage Chargeable Weight Carriage Paid To (CPT)Carrier Carrier Assets Cartage Cartage Agent Cash Against Documents Central Warehouse CEP Certificate of Compliance Certificate of Conformance Certificate of Conformity (CoC)Certificate of Origin CETA Channel Rack Chaotic Storage Charterer Clean Bill of Lading Climate Controlled storage Closing CMR CMR Waybill Cockpit Code of Conduct Coil Well Collector and Collection Request 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 Docking Cross-coupling Customised Software Customs Customs Agent Customs Clearance Customs Declaration Customs Duty

Damage Protection Plan (DPP)Damaged Goods Dangerous Goods Dangerous Goods Labelling Dashboard Debt Collection Declared Value Declared Value for Carriage Dedicated Contract Carriage Degree of Readiness to Deliver 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 delay 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 Drayage Dry-bulk container Dry-cargo container DSLV Dwell Time

E-Commerce EDI EDIFACT Edscha Trailer Electric Pallet Truck Electric Stacker Electronic Export Declaration Electronic Kanban 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 Enroute (ETE)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

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 Flatbed Trailer Flatbed Truck Fleet Management Fleet Vehicles Flow Rack Flow Storage Flowable Material Forklift Form-A Forwarding Agent Forwarding and Logistics Services 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 Carrier 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

General Average General Cargo General Rate Increase (GRI)Generalised System of Preference (GSP)Girth Measurement Global Logistics 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 ground shipping Groupage Freight GS1-128 GSM-R Gulf of Aden Surcharge

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

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

Jettison JIT Jumbo Just In Sequence (JIS)Just In Time (JIT)Just in Time Production

Kaizen Kanban Kanban Card Kanban System Kerbside Kitting

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 Logistics service provider Lorry

Manufacturing Material Flow Mates Receipt MAWB Means of Transportation Mesh Box Pallet Middleware Milk Run Minimum Weight Mixed Load Modal split Mode of Transportation

National Transport Navigation Net Weight No-Read Parts Non-Containerised Cargo (NCC)North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)Notice of Readiness (NOR)

Ocean freight Odette Odette-Label On-site logistics One Way Pallet Online Freight Exchange Optimal order quantity Optimal Order Time Optimal stock Order Batch Order Confirmation Order Item Order Management 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 Overnight Overseas shipping

Package Packaging Pallet Pallet Exchange Pallet Truck Pallet Wide Container Pallet Wrapping Machine Paperless Picking Parcel shipping Part Load Partial Pallet Partial Shipment 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-to-Belt Pick-to-Box 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)Protectionism Public Private Partnership (PPP)Pull Principle Purchasing Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTC)Pure Car Carriers (PCC)Push Principle

Quality Assurance Quality Seals Quick Response

Rack Rail Intermodal Readiness to Deliver Real-time Rear Loading 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)RMA-Number Road Freight Road Pricing Road Traffic Regulations Road Transport Roadside Roll On / Roll Off (RO/RO)Route Calculator Route Planning Routing

Said to Contain (STC)Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)Service Level Shelf Shipment Shipper Shipping line 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

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 Transfer Order Transhipment Transit Time Transport Management System Transport of Dangerous Goods Transport Order Transportation Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA)Transportation Mode Transportation Planning Transporter Truck Truck Driver Truck type Truckload Twenty Foot Container Equivalent Unit (TEU)Two Party Logistics (2PL)Two-Man Handling

Unit Cost Universal Product Code (UPC)Unloading Point Urgent Transport

Value Added Logistics (VAL)Value-Added Services Vehicle Transfer Vehicle Transport Vendor Virtualisation Visibility

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)

XYZ Analysis

Yield Management

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