Glossary of Logistics & Supply Chain Management Terms

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AA

3PL

AAPA

AAR

AASHTO

Abaft

4PL

Abandon

Abatement

ABC Analysis

ABC Stratification

ABI

Aboard

Absorption

Acceptance

Accessorial

ACE

Acquiescence

Acquittance

ACS

Act of God

Action Message

Active Stock

Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

Actual Cost

Ad Valorem

ADC

Added-Value Processes / Added-Value Services

Administrative Law Judge

Admiralty (Adm.)

Advance

Advance Shipping / Shipment Notification (ASN)

Advanced Charge

Advanced Notice of Arrival (ANOA)

Advanced Planning & Scheduling

Adventure

Advice of Shipment

Advising Bank

Affreightment, Contract of

Aft

Aftermarket

Accessibility

Agency Tariff

Agent (Agt.)

Agglomeration

Aggregate Shipment

Aggregate Tender Rate

Agreed Valuation

Agreed Weight

AI

AID

AIDC

Air Cargo

Air Cargo Agent

Air Cargo Containers

Air Carrier

Air Freight

Air Taxi

Air Transport Association of America

Air Waybill (AWB)

Airport and Airway Trust Fund

All In / All In Rate

All Water

All-Cargo Carrier

Allocations

Alongside

Alternative Rates

Always Within Institute Warranties Limits (AWWL)

Ambient Temperature

American Bureau of Shipping

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Society of Transportation & Logistics

American Trucking Association (ATA)

American Waterway Operators

AMS

Amtrak

ANSI

Anti–Dumping Duty

Any Quantity (AQ)

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included (ATDNSHINC)

API

Apparent Good Order

Application Service Provider

Appraisement

Appraiser's Stores

APS

ARB

Arbitrary Charge (ARB)

Arrival Notice

Artificial intelligence

ASC X12

ASN

ASP

ASRS

Assignment

Association of American Railroads

Astern

ASTM / ASTM International

At Delivering Terminal

At Delivery Dock

At Origin Dock

ATA

ATD

ATDNSHINC

ATFI

Athwartships

Audit

Auditing

Auto Discrimination

Automated Broker Interface (ABI)

Automated Commercial Environment System (ACE)

Automated Commercial System (ACS)

Automated Data Collection

Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS)

Automated Manifest System (AMS)

Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS)

Available / Available To Promise

Average

Average Annual Daily Truck Traffic (AADTT)

Average Cost

Average Inventory

Avoirdupois Pound

AWB

AWWL

Axle Weight

Back Haul

Back Order

Backflush

Backhaul

Backstage areas

Backup

BAF

Balance of Trade

Bale

Ballast Bonus (BB)

Balloon Freight

Bank Guarantee

Bar Code / Bar Coding

Bar Code Scanner

Barge

Barratry

Barrel (BBL)

Barter

Base Currency

Base Rate

Basing Rate

Basing-Point Pricing

Batch Picking

BB

BCO

Beam

Belly Cargo

Belt Line

Benchmarking

Beneficial Cargo Owner (BCO)

Beneficiary

Benefit-Cost Ratio

Berth Terms

Best Practice

Beyond

Bilateral

Bill of Exchange

Bill of Lading (BOL, B/L)

Bill of Lading Number

Bill of Lading Port of Discharge

Bill of Lading, Through

Bill of Material (BOM)

Bill of Sale

Bill to Party

Billed Weight

Billing

Binder

BIPD

Blanket Bond

Blanket Order

Blanket Rate

Blanket Waybill

Blanks

Blind Counts

Blind Shipment

Block Stowage

Blocked Trains

Blocking / Bracing

Bls

Board

Board Feet

Bobtail

Bodily Injury / Property Damage (BIPD)

Bogie

BOL, B/L

Bolster

BOM

Bond Port

Bond, In / Bonded

Bonded Freight

Bonded Warehouse

Bookable Leg

Booking

Booking Number

Bottleneck

Bottom Side Rails

Bottom-Air Delivery

Bow

Box

Boxcar

Bracing

Break Bulk

Break Bulk Cargo

Break Bulk Vessel

Bridge Point

Bridge Port

Broken Stowage

Broker

Brokerage

Browser-Based Applications

BTS

Buffer Stock

Bulk

Bulk Area

Bulk Cargo

Bulk Container

Bulk-Freight Container

Bulkhead

Bull Rings

Bundling

Bunker Adjustment Factor

Bunker Charge

Bunkers

Business Logistics

Business Zone

Buyer

Cabotage

Capacity

Cargo

Cargo Ramp

Carload

Carrier

Cartage

Cash On Delivery (COD)

CBP

CDL

Centralized Dispatching

CFR / C&F

CFS

Chassis

CIF

CIP

Claim

Class I Carrier

Class I Railroad

Class II Carrier

Class III Carrier

Classification Yard

CMAQ

CMV

Coastal Shipping

COD

Collect (COL)

Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)

Commercial Zone

Commodity

Commodity Classification

Commodity Rate

Common Carrier

Consignee

Consignor

Consolidator's Bill of Lading

Container

Container Booking

Container Chassis

Container Depot

Container Freight Station (CFS)

Container ID

Container Load

Container Manifest

Container on Flat Car (COFC)

Container Pool

Container Terminal

Container Vessel

Container Yard (CY)

Container Yard To Container Yard (CY/CY)

Containerizable Cargo

Containerization

Containerized Cargo

Contingency Planning

Continuous Replenishment Planning (CRP)

Continuous-Flow, Fixed-Path Equipment

Contraband

Contract

Contract Carrier

Contract Logistics

Contract Warehouse

Control Tower

Controlled Atmosphere

Conveyance

Conveyor

Cooperative Associations

Coordinated Transportation

Copacking

Coproduct

CORBA

Core Competency

Corner Posts

Correspondent Bank

Cost and Freight (C&F)

Cost of Capital

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of Lost Sales

Cost Trade-Off

Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)

Costing Method

Council of Logistics Management (CLM)

Countertrade

Countervailing Duty

Country of Destination

Country of Origin

Courier Service

CPG

CPT

Crane

Credit Terms

Critical Value Analysis

Cross Dock

Cross Member

Cross-Belt Sorter

Cross-Docking

CRP

CSG

CTPAT

Cu.

Cubage

Cube

Cube Logic

Cube Out / Cubed Out

Cube Utilization

Cubic Capacity

Cubic Capacity Rules

Cubic Foot

Curbside / Kerbside

Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)

Current Cost

Curtain Van / Curtain Side Van

Customer

Customer Order

Customer Service

Customhouse

Customs

Customs Bonded Warehouse

Customs Broker / Customhouse Broker

Customs Broking

Customs Clearance

Customs Entry

Customs Invoice

Customs of the Port

Customs Value

Cut-Off Time

CVISN

CVO

CWO

CWT

CY

CY/CY

Cycle Count

Cycle Inventory

Cycle Time

D&H

DAF

Dangerous Goods

Data Collection

DBA

DC

DDC

DDP

DDU

Deadhead

Deadweight

Deadweight Cargo

Decentralized Authority

Decision Support System (DSS)

Declaration of Dangerous Goods

Declared Value for Carriage

Deconsolidation Point

Deconsolidator

Dedicated Contract Carriage 

Defective Goods Inventory (DGI)

Deficit Weight

Delivery Appointment

Delivery Instructions

Delivery Order

Delta Nu Alpha

Demand

Demand Chain

DEMDES

Demurrage

Density and Cubic Footage

Density Rate

Dependent Demand

Depot, Container

DEQ

Deregulation

Derived Demand

DES

Despatch

Destination

Destination Control Statements

Destination Delivery Charge (DDC)

Destination Rail Freight Station (DRFS)

Detention

Detention Fee

Detention Time

Devan

Devanning

DF Car

DFZ

Differential

Dim Weight

Dimensional Weight

Dims

Direct Product Profitability (DPP)

Direct Ship

Direct Store Delivery (DSD)

Direct to Store

DISA

Discharge Port

Discrepancy Letter of Credit

Discrete Manufacturing

Dispatch

Dispatcher

Dispatching

Displacement

Distribution

Distribution Center (DC)

Distribution Channel

Distribution Channel Management

Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)

Distribution Warehouse

Distributor

Diversion

Division

Dock

Dock Leveler

Dock Receipt

Docket

Documentation

Documents Against Acceptance (DAA, D/A)

DOD

Dolly

Domestic Trunk Line Carrier

Door to Door

Door to Port

DOT

Double Bottoms

Double-Deep Rack

Double-Pallet Jack

Double-Stack

Download

Draft

Draft, Bank

Draft, Clean

Draft, Date

Draft, Discounted

Draft, Sight

Draft, Time

Drawback

Drawee

Drayage

DRFS

Drive-In Rack

Driver Unload

Driving Time Regulations

Drop

Drop Ship

Drop Shipment

DRP

Drum-Handling Attachments

Dry Cargo

Dry Run

Dry Van

Dry-Bulk Container

DSS

DSU

Dual Operation

Dual Rate System

Dumping

Dunnage

DUNS Number

Durable Goods

Duty

Duty Drawback

Duty Free Zone (DFZ)

Dynamic Slotting

Early Suppression Fast Response (ESFR)

ECMCA

Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)

Economic Value Added (EVA)

Economy of Scale

ECR

Edge Protector

EDI

EDI Interchange

EDIFACT

Effective Lead Time

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR)

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Electronic Product Code (EPC)

Elevating

Elkins Act

Eminent Domain

Empty Repo

End User

End-Of-Life (EOL)

Endorsement

Enroute

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Entry (Customs)

Entry / Entry Form

EOQ

EPC

Equalization

Equipment

Equipment ID

Equipment Interchange Receipt (EIR)

Equipment Positioning

ERP

ESFR

Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)

Estimated Time of Departure (ETD)

ETA

ETD

Ethylene

Event Management

EWIB

Ex-

Ex Dec

Ex Works

Exception

Exception Rate

Excess Inventory

Exclusive Patronage Agreements

Exclusive Use

Exempt Carrier

EXIM Bank

Expedite

Expedited Carriers

Expediting

Expert System

Expiry Date

Explosion-Proof Lift Trucks

Export

Export Broker

Export Declaration

Export License

Export Management Company

Export Rate

Export Sales Contract

Export Trading Company

Exporter Identification Number (EIN)

Extrusion

EXW

FAA

Factor

FAF

Fair Return

Fair Value

FAK

False Billing

FAS

FAST

Fast Charging

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

FCA

FCL

FD

FDA

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Maritime Commission

Feeder Service

Feeder Vessel

FEU

FHWA

Field Warehouse

FIFO

Fifth Wheel

Fill Rate

Final Destination

Final Mile

Finance Lease

Financial Responsibility

Finished Goods Inventory (FGI)

FIO

FIPS

Firkin

Firm Planned Order

First-In-First-Out (FIFO)

Fixed Costs

Fixed Quantity Inventory Model

Flat Car

Flat Rack / Flat Bed Container

Flatbed

Flex Conveyor

Flexible-Path Equipment

Flight Number

Floor Freight

Floor Load

Flow Rack

Flue Space

FMC

FMCG

FMCSA

FOB

FOB Destination

FOB Freight Allowed

FOB Freight Prepaid

FOB Named Point of Exportation

FOB Origin

FOB Vessel

FOR

Force Majeure

Fore and Aft

Forecast

Forecast Consumption

Forecast Error

Foreign Sales Corporation

Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)

Forging

For-Hire Carrier

Fork Lift / Forklift / Forklift Truck

Fork Positioner

Forklift-Free Plants

Form Utility

Forwarder Compensation

Forwarder's Bill of Lading (FBL)

Foul Bill of Lading

Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL)

Four-Way Pallet

FPA

FPD

FRA

Free Along Side (FAS)

Free Astray

Free In and Out (FIO)

Free of Particular Average (FPA)

Free of Particular Average (FPA)

Free On Board (FOB)

Free on Board (FOB) (Exchange Point)

Free on Board (FOB) (U.S. Domestic Use)

Free on Board (Int'l Use)

Free Out (FO)

Free Port

Free Sale Certificate

Free Time

Free Trade Zone (FTZ)

Freight

Freight All Kinds (FAK)

Freight Alongside Ship (FAS)

Freight Analysis Framework (FAF)

Freight Bill

Freight Broker

Freight Charge

Freight Class

Freight Collect

Freight Forwarder

Freight Forwarders Institute

Freight Management

Freight Prepaid

Freight Quotation

Freighters

FTL

FTZ

Fuel Surcharge

Fulfillment

Full Container Load (FCL)

Full Truck Load (FTL)

Full-Service Leasing

Full-Time Connection

Fully Allocated Cost

Garments On Hangers (GOH)

Gateway

Gathering Lines

GATT

Gaylord

GBOL / GBL / GB/L

GDP

GDSM

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

General Average

General Department Store Merchandise (GDSM)

General Order (GO)

General Rate Increase (GRI)

General-Commodities Carrier

General-Merchandise Warehouse

Generator Set (Gen Set)

GIS

Globalization

GMA

GMA pallet

GNP

GO

Go-Down

Going-Concern Value

Gondola

Goods

Gooseneck

Government Bill of Lading (GBOL, GBL, GB/L)

GPS

Grandfather Clause

Granger Laws

Gravity Conveyor

Great Lakes Carriers

GRI

Grid Technique

GROII

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment (GROII)

Gross National Product (GNP)

Gross State Product (GSP)

Gross Tonnage (GT)

Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW)

Gross Weight

Groupage

GSP

GT

GTDI

Guaranteed Loans

GUI

Guidance Systems

GVW

Hague Rules, The

Handling Costs

Handling Units

Harbor Master

Hard Copy

Harmonized Commodity Description & Coding System (Harmonized Code)

Harmonized System of Codes (HS)

Hatch

Haulage

HAWB

HAZ MAT

Hazardous Goods

Hazardous Material

Heavy-Lift Charge

HERS

High-Density Compression

High-Density Storage

High-Piled Combustible Storage

Highway Trust Fund

Highway Use Taxes

Hi-Low

Hitchment

Home Delivery

Honeycombing

Hopper Barge

Hopper Cars

Hotshot

Hours of Service / Hrs. of Service

House Air Waybill (HAWB)

House to House

House to Pier

Household Goods Warehouse

HPMS

HS

Hub

Hub Airport

Hub Miles

Humping

Hundredweight (CWT)

I/A

IANA

IATA

ICC

IE

IFM

Igloos

IMB

IMCO

IMDG Code

Immediate Exit / Immediate Exportation

Immediate Transport (IT)

IMO

Impact Alarm

Import

Import License

Importation Point

In Bond

In Gate

In Transit

In-Bond Shipment

Inbound and Outbound Quantities

Inbound Logistics

Inbound-to-Manufacturing

Incentive Rate

Inching Pedal

INCOTERMS

Indemnity Bond

Independent Action

Independent Demand

Independent Tariff

Inducement

Industrial Truck

Information

Information System (IS, I/S)

Inherent Advantage

Inherent Vice

Inland Bill of Lading

Inland Carrier

Inland Point Intermodal (IPI)

Input-Output Models

Inside Pickup and Inside Delivery

Inspection Certificate

Installment Shipments

In-Store logistics

Insulated Container

Insulated Container Tank

Insurance

Insurance Certificate

Insurance with Average-Clause

Insurance, All-risk

Insurance, General Average

Insurance, Particular Average

Integrated Carrier

Integrated Logistics

Interchange

Interchange Point

Intercoastal

Intercoastal Carriers

Intercorporate Hauling

Interline

Interline Freight

Intermediate Destination

Intermediate Point

Intermittent-Flow, Fixed-Path Equipment

Intermodal

Intermodal Container Transfer Facility

Intermodal Marketing Company (IMC)

Intermodal Terminal

Intermodal Transportation

Internal Water Carriers

International

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

International Civil Aeronautics Organization

International Import Certificate

International Inbound Logistics

International Maritime Bureau (IMB)

International Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO)

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

International Standards Organization (ISO)

Interstate

Interstate Commerce

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

Interstate System

In-Transit Entry (IT)

Intrastate

Intrastate Commerce

Inventory

Inventory Carrying Costs

Inventory Cost

Inventory Deployment

Inventory In Transit

Inventory Management

Inventory Turn

Inventory Velocity

Invoice

Inward Foreign Manifest (IFM)

IPI

Irregular Route Carrier

Irrevocable Letter of Credit

ISO

Issuing Bank

Issuing Carrier

IT

ITE

Item

Item Profile

ITS

Jacket

Jackpot Line

Jacob's Ladder

Jettison

JIT

Joint Cost

Joint Rate

Just In Time / Just-in-time (JIT)

Just-in-Sequence

Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory System

Just-in-Time Logistics (JIT) / Quick Response

Kanban / Kanban System

KD

Kerbside

Kilogram

King Pin

Kitting

Knocked Down (KD)

Knot

Known Loss

KT

L/C

Laden

Lading

Laker

Land Bridge

Land Grants

Landed Cost

Landing Certificate

Landing Gear

Lane

Laser Scanner

Laser-Guided

LASH

Lash Barges

Last 50 Yards/Meters

Last Updated

Last-In-First-Out (LIFO)

LAYCAN

Layover

LCL

LCT

LDI

Lead Logistics Provider / Partner (LLP)

Lead Time

Lead-Time Demand

Lean Manufacturing

Leg

Legacy System

Less Than Containerload / Less-Than-Containerload (LCL)

Less Than Truckload (LTL)

Lessee

Lessor

Letter of Credit (LC, L/C, LOC)

Letter of Credit (LC) - Back-to-Back

Letter of Credit (LC) - Clean

Letter of Credit (LC) - Confirmed

Letter of Credit (LC) - Deferred Payment

Letter of Credit (LC) - Irrevocable

Letter of Credit (LC) - Non cumulative

Letter of Credit (LC) - Restricted

Letter of Credit (LC) - Revocable

Letter of Credit (LC) - Revolving

Letter of Credit (LC) - Straight

Letter of Credit (LC) - Transferable

Letter of Credit (LC) - Unconfirmed

Letter of Indemnity

Level of Service (LOS)

License Plate

Licenses

Lien

LIFO

Lift On, Lift Off / Lift-on/Lift-off (LO/LO)

Lift Truck

Liftgate Service

Lightening

Lighter

Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) / LASH Vessel

Lighterage

Lights-Out Warehouse / Lights-Out Facility

Limited Access Fee

Line Functions

Line Haul / Line-Haul / Linehaul

Line Item

Liner

Liner Service

Link

Liquid Bulk Cargo

Liquidated Damages

List

Liter

Live / Live Load

Lloyds' Registry

LO/LO

Load

Load Factor

Load Locks

Load Ratio

Load Tender

Loading Allowance

Loading Port

LOC

Local Cargo

Local Rate

Local Service Carriers

Localized Raw Material

Locational Determinant

Locator System

Lock

Lockout / Tagout

Logbook

Logistics

Logistics Channel

Logistics Control Tower (LCT)

Logistics Costs

Logistics Data Interchange (LDI)

Logistics Outsourcing

Logistics Re-Engineering

Logistics Service Provider (LSP)

Long Ton

Longitudinal Flue Space

Longshoreman

Loose

Lot For Lot

Lot Size

Low-Boy

LSP

LTL

Lumper Fee

Lumpers

Lumping

Mainframe

Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Inventory (MRO)

Major Carrier

Malpractice

Management of All Logistics

Mandamus

Manifest

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP / MRPII)

Man-Up

Mar Ad

Marginal Cost

Marine Cargo Insurance - Average

Marine Cargo Insurance - FPA

Marine Cargo Insurance - General Average

Marine Cargo Insurance - Open Policy

Marine Insurance

Maritime

Maritime Administration (Mar Ad)

Market Dominance (Railroad)

Marking

Marks and Numbers

Marlinespike

Master Air Waybill (MAWB)

Master Inbound

Master Production Schedule (MPS)

Material Index

Materials Handling

Materials Management

Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)

Mate's Receipt

Matrix Organization

MAWB

Maximum Rate

MBM

MCFS

Measurement Cargo

Measurement Ton

Mechanically Ventilated Container

Memorandum Bill of Lading

Merger

MES

Meter

Metric Ton (MT)

Mezzanine

Microbridge

Mile

Mileage Allowance

Mileage Rate

Milk Run

Mini Landbridge / Micro Landbridge

Minimum Bill of Lading

Minimum Rate / Minimum Charge

Minimum Weight

Min-Max

Mixed Container Load

Mixed Loads

Mixed Truckload

MLB

MMFB

Modal Split

Modified Atmosphere

Motor Carrier

Motor Carrier Number / MC Number

Motorized Pallet Truck

Movement of Goods

MPG

MPO

MPS

MRO

MRP

MRP Generation

MRP II

MT

Multimodal

Multinational Company

Multiple-Car Rate

Multitank Container

Multi-User

MUTCD

NAFTA

NAICS

Narrow Aisle

National Carrier

National Industrial Traffic League

National Motor Bus Operators Organization

National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)

National Railroad Corporation

Nationalization

Nautical Mile

NCITD

NDC

NEC

Negative Inventory

Negotiable BOL

Negotiable Instruments

Negotiations

Neo-Bulk Cargo

Nested

Net Tare Weight

Net Tonnage (NT)

Net Weight

Neutral Air Waybill

Neutral Body

NHS

Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Emissions

NMFC

NMFC Numbers

No Location / No Loc

Node

NOI

NOIBN

Nomenclature of the Customs Cooperation Council

Non-Certificated Carrier

Non-Dumping Certificate

Non-Negotiable BOL

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier / Non-Vessel Owning Common Carrier (NVOCC)

NOR

Normal Distribution

NOS / NES

Nose

No-Show

Not Otherwise Indicated / Not Otherwise Indexed (NOI)

Not Otherwise Specified / Not Elsewhere Specified (NOS/NES)

Notice of Readiness (NOR)

Notify Party

NPCFB

NVOCC

Obsolete Inventory

Ocean Bill of Lading / Ocean BOL / Ocean B/L

Ocean Carrier

Ocean Freight

OCP

OD / OW

ODS

OECD

Offer

On Board

On Board Computer (OBC)

On Deck

On-Dock Rail

On-Line Receiving

On-Time Performance (OTP)

OOS

Open Account

Open Insurance Policy / Open Policy

Open Source

Open Top Container

Operating Differential Subsidy (ODS)

Operating Ratio

Operation

OPIC

Optical-Guided

Optimization

Optimum Cube

Optional Replenishment

Order

Order Cost

Order Cycle / Order Cycle Time

Order Fill

Order Picking

Order Point

Order Processing

Order Profile

Order Selector / Order Picker

Ordering Cost

Order-Notify (O/N)

ORFS

Origin

Origin Services

Original Bill of Lading (OBL)

OSD / OS&D

OTP

Out For Delivery

Out Gate

Outbound Consolidation (Break-Bulk)

Outbound Logistics

Out-of-Pocket Cost

Outside Operation

Outsource

Over, Short and Damaged (OSD / OS&D)

Overage

Overcharge

Overheight Cargo

Overland Common Points (OCP)

Over-the-Road

Owner Code (SCAC)

Owner-Operator

P&D

P&I

Packaging

Packing

Packing List

PADAG

Paired Ports

Pallet

Pallet Inverter

Pallet Jack

Pallet Wrapping Machine

Paper Ramp

Paper Rate

Paperless

Paper-Roll Clamp

Parcel Receipt

Partial Shipments

Particular Average

Particulate Matter (PM) Emissions

Passenger-Mile

Payee

Payer

Payment

Payment Collection

Payment Terms

PC*Miler

Peak Demand

Pegging

Per Diem

Per Hundred Weight

Perils of the Sea

Period Order Quantity

Perishable freight

Permit

Personal Computer (PC)

Personal Discrimination

Phantom Bill of Material

Physical Distribution

Physical Inventory

Physical Supply

Phytosanitary Inspection Certificate

Pick / Pack

Pick Module

Pick-and-Pass

Picked Up

Picking by Aisle

Picking by Source

Pick-to-Carton

Pick-to-Clear

Pick-to-Light

Pickup / Pick-Up

Pick-Up Order

Pier

Pier Termination Fee

Pier-to-House

Pier-to-Pier

Piggy Packer

Piggyback

Pin Lock

Pinwheel / Pinwheeling

Placard

Place of Delivery

Place of Receipt

Place Utility

Planned Order

Planning Bill / Planning Bill of Material

PLC

Please Authorize Delivery Against Guarantee (PADAG)

Plimsoll Mark

Plugging

PO

POD

POE

Point of Origin

Point of Sale (POS)

Point of Sale Information

Police Powers

Pomerene Act / (U.S.) Federal Bill of Lading Act of 1916

Pool / Drop Trailers

Pooling

Pop-Up Sorter

Port

Port Authority

Port of Call

Port of Entry (POE)

Port of Exit

POS

Possession Utility

Postponement

Power Unit

Powered Industrial Truck

Pratique Certificate

Pre-Cooling

Prepaid

Prepaid Freight

Pre-Retailing

Present Value

Pre-Shipping

Preventive Maintenance (PM)

Primary-Business Test

Private Carrier

Private Warehousing

Pro Forma

Pro Forma Invoice

PRO Number

Pro Rata

Process Improvement

Process Manufacturing

Procurement

Product

Product Description

Product ID

Production Plan

Production Planning

Productivity

Profit Ratio

Program Generator

Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)

Project Rate

Proof of Delivery (POD)

Proportional Rate

Proprietary

Pseudo Bill of Material

Public Service Commission

Public Warehouse

Public Warehouse Receipt

Public Warehousing

Publishing Agent

Pull Logistics System

Pull Ordering System

Pull Replenishment

Pulp Temperature

Pup

Purchase Order (PO)

Purchase Price Discount

Purchasing

Pure Raw Material

Push Logistics System

Push Ordering system

Push Sorter

Push-Back Rack

Put-to-Light

Quality Control

Quantity

Quantity Allocated

Quantity Available

Quantity In Transit

Quantity On Hand

Quantity On Order

Quarantine

Quay

Queue Time

Quick Response

Quoin

Quota

Quotation

Rack-Supported Building

Radio Frequency (RF)

Radio Frequency Identification / Smart Labels (RFID)

Rag Top

Rail Carrier

Rail Division

Rail Freight

Rail Grounding

Rail Siding

Rail Waybill

Rail-Guided

RAM

Ramp

Ramp-to-Door

Ramp-to-Ramp

Random Access Memory (RAM)

Random Location Storage

Rapid Response Manufacturing

Rate / Rates

Rate Base Number

Rate Basis

Rate Basis Number

Rate Basis Point

Rate Bureau

Rate Scale

Rated Bill of Lading

Reach Truck

Real-Time

Real-Time Locator System (RTLS)

Reasonable Rate

Reasonableness

Rebate

Recapture Clause

Receipt Location

Receipt Point

Receiver

Receiving

Reciprocity

Reconsignment

Reconsignment Fee

Recourse

Red Label

Reed-Bulwinkle Act

Reefer

Reengineering

Refrigerated Warehouse

Regional Carrier

Regional Distribution Centre (RDC)

Regional Railroad

Regular-Route Carrier

Related Points

Relay

Relay Terminal

Release Approval

Released Value Not Exceeding

Released-Value rates

Reliability

Remittance

Removeable Gooseneck (RGN)

Reorder Point

Reparation

Replenishment

Replenishment Cycle

Request

Requested Arrival Date

Residential Delivery / Residential Delivery Fee

Residential Zone

Restricted Articles

Retaliation

Return to Vendor (RTV)

Revenue Ton (RT)

Reverse IPI

Reverse Logistics

Reweigh and Inspection Fee

RF

RFID

RFQ

RGN

Right of Eminent Domain

Ro/Ro, RO-RO

Roadside

Roll

Roller Conveyor

Rolling

Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ro/Ro, RO-RO)

Roll-On/Roll-Off Cargo

Roll-On/Roll-Off Vessels

Rough-Cut Capacity

Route

Routing

RRM

RT

RTLS

RTV

Rule Of Eight

Rule Of Ratemaking

Running Gear

RVNX

S/D

Safety Lead Time

Safety Stock

Said to Contain

Sales Order

Salvage Material

Sanction

SCAC / SCAC Code

Schedule B

Schedule Information

Scrap Material

Screen Mapping

SCTG

Sea Waybill

Sea-Bee Vessels

Seal

Seal Number

Seasonality

Seasonality Index

Seaworthiness

Secondary Traffic

SED

Selective Pallet Rack

Seller

Separable Cost

Service

Service Contract

Service Factor

Service Levels

Service Logistics / Service Parts Logistics

Service Provider

Service Request

Service Response

Setup Costs

Shared-User / Multi-User

SHEX

SHINC

Ship Agent

Ship Broker

Ship Chandler

Ship Demurrage

Ship Point / Shipping Point / Point of Shipment

Shipment

Shipment Available Date

Shipment Gross Weight Qualifier

Shipment Identification

Shipment Point

Shipper

Shipper's Agent

Shippers Association

Shipper's Export Declaration (SED, Ex Dec)

Shipper's Instructions

Shipper's Letter of Instructions for issuing an Air Waybill

Shipper's Load & Count (SL&C)

Shipping Act of 1916

Shipping Act of 1984

Shipping Act of 1998

Shipping Instructions

Shipping Manifest

Shipping Manifest System

Shipping Order

Ships - Barge Carriers

Ships - Bulk Carriers

Ships - Combination Passenger and Cargo Ships

Ships – Freighters

Ships - Full Containerships

Ships - General Cargo Carriers

Ships - Partial Containerships

Ships - Roll-On/Roll-Off Vessels

Ships – Tankers

Ship's Bells

Ship's Manifest

Ship's Tackle

Shore

Short Line Railroad

Short Ton (ST)

Shortage

Short-Haul Discrimination

Short-Sea Shipping

Shrink Wrap

SIC

Side Loader

Side-Door Container

Sideshift

Sight Draft (S/D)

Simulation 

SITC

Skatewheel Conveyor

Skid

Skids

SKU

SL&C, SL/W

Slap-and-Ship

Sleeper Team

Sleepers

Slide-Shoe Sorter

Sling

Slip

Slip Seat Operation

Slip Sheet

Slip-Sheet Attachment

Slotting

SLSC / SLDC

Slurry

Small Package

Society of Logistics Engineers

Software

Solution Sets

Source

Sourcing

SPA

Space and Equipment Reservation

Space Request / Space and Equipment Request

SPC

Special Customs Invoice

Special-Commodities Carrier

Special-Commodity Warehouses

Specific Duty

Speech-Based Technology

Spine Car

Spot

Spot Rate

Spotting

Spreader

Spur Track

ST

Stability

Stack Car

Stack Train

Staff Functions

Stage

Stamping

Standard Cost

Standard Deviation

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Standard Transportation Commodity Classification (STCC)

Standard Two Letter (STL)

Starboard

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Status

Statute Of Limitation

STB

STC

STCC

Steamship Conference

Steamship Guarantee

Steamship Line

Stern

Stevedore

STL

Stock Keeping Unit

Stock Outs / Stockout

Stockless Purchasing

Stockout Cost

Stop Off Charge

Store-Door Pick-up Delivery

Stores

Stowage

Straddle Carrier

Straddle Trucks

STRAHNET

Straight Bill of Lading

Straight Truck

Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET)

Strategic Planning

Strategic Variables

Strategy

Stretch-Wrap

Stripping

Structural Pallet Rack

Stuffing

STW

Sub-Assembly

Sub-Optimization

Subrogate

Subsidy

Substitutability

Sufferance Wharf

Super Bill of Material

Supplemental Carrier

Supply chain

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Supply Chain(s)

Supply Warehouse

Surcharge

Surface Transportation Board (STB)

Surtax

Swap-Body

Switch Engine

Switching and Terminal Railroad / Switching Company

System

Systems Concept

T&E

Tail

Tally Sheet

Tandem

Tank Cars

Tapering Rate

Tare Weight

Tariff (Trf.)

Tariff Service

Task Interleaving

TBN

Team Drivers

Telex

Temperature Recorder

Temperature-Controlled / Temperature-Assured

Temporary Authority

Tender

Tenor

Terminal

Terminal Charge

Terminal Delivery Allowance

Terminal Emulation

Terminal Operator

Terminal Pass

Terminal Receipt

Terms of Sale

Terms of Sale - Carriage and Insurance Paid To (CIP)

Terms of Sale - Carriage Paid To (CPT)

Terms of Sale - Cost and Freight (CFR / C&F)

Terms of Sale - Cost, Insurance & Freight (CIF)

Terms of Sale - Delivered At Frontier (DAF)

Terms of Sale - Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Terms of Sale - Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)

Terms of Sale - Delivered Ex Quay, [Duty Paid] (DEQ)

Terms of Sale - Delivered Ex Ship (DES)

Terms of Sale - Ex Works (EXW)

Terms of Sale - Free Alongside Ship (FAS)

Terms of Sale - Free Carrier (FCA)

Terms of Sale - Free on Board - Exchange Point

Terms of Sale - Free On Board (FOB) - Destination

Terms of Sale - Free On Board (FOB) - Origin

Terms of Sale - Free On Board (FOB) - Port

TEU

Third Party Billing (TPB)

Third Party Shipments

Third-Party Logistics (3PL)

Three-Layer Framework

Through Bill Of Lading

Through Rate

Throughput

Throughput Charge

TIA

Tilt-Tray Sorter

Time Buckets

Time Charter

Time Draft

Time Fence

Time Utility

Time/Service Rate

Time-Definite

Timetables

TIR

TL

TMS

To Be Nominated (TBN)

TOFC

Ton-Mile

Tonnage

TONU

Top-Air Delivery

Total Average Inventory

Total Cost Analysis

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Toto Authority

Towage

Towline Conveyor

TPB

TQM

Tracing

Track-And-Trace

Tracking

Tractor

Trade

Trade Acceptance

Trade Lane

Trader

Trading Partner

Traffic

Traffic Management

Trailer

Trailer Creep

Trailer On Flat Car (TOFC)

Tramp

Tramp Line

TRANSCAD

Transfer

Transit Privilege

Transit Time (TNT)

Transloading

Transmittal Letter

Transpacific Stabilization Agreement

Transport / Transportation

Transport International par la Route (TIR)

Transportation and Exit / Transportation and Exportation (T&E)

Transportation Association of America

Transportation Management System (TMS)

Transportation Method

Transportation Requirements Planning (TRP)

Transportation Research Board

Transportation Research Forum

Transportation Safety Administration (TSA)

Transportation Services

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)

Transship

Transshipment

Transshipment Port

Transshipment Problem

Transverse Flue Space

Travel Agent

TRP

Truck Order Not Used (TONU)

Truckload (TL)

Truckload Carriers

Trunk Lines

Trust Receipt

TSA

Turnaround

Turret Truck

Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)

TWIC

Twist Locks

Two-Bin System

Two-Way Pallet

U.S. Consular Invoice

U/M

Ubiquity

UCP

UFC

UIIA

ULD

Ullage

Umbrella Rate

UN/EDIFACT

Unclaimed Freight

Undercharge

UNECE

Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP)

Uniform Freight Classification (UFC)

Uniform Intermodal Interchange Agreement (UIIA)

Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act

Unit Cost

Unit Load

Unit Load Device (ULD)

Unit of Measure (U/M)

Unit Train

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

United Nations EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT)

United States Railway Association

Unitization

Unitize

Unit-of-Measure Conversion

Unloading

Upstream

Urban Mass Transportation Administration

Validated Export License

Validation

Valuation Charges

Value Added

Value-Added Services

Valued Inventory List

Value-of-Service Pricing

Vanning

Variable Cost

Vehicle Classification

Vehicle Miles of Travel (VMT)

Vehicle Restraint Systems

Vendor

Vendor Consolidation

Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI)

Ventilated Container

Very Narrow Aisle (VNA)

Vessel

Vessel Manifest

Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA)

Vessel Supplies for Immediate Exportation (VSIE)

Visibility

Visual Capacity

Viz.

VMI

VNA

Voice Directed

Von Thunen's Belts

Voyage

VSA

VSIE

W&I

Walkie or Walkie-Rider

War Risk

Warehouse / Warehousing

Warehouse Control System (WCS)

Warehouse Entry

Warehouse Management System

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation (WDT)

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Exportation (WDT&E)

Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Immediate Exportation (WDEX)

Warsaw Convention / Warsaw Agreement

Waterway Use Tax

Wave Picking

Waybill (WB)

WB

WCS

WDEX

WDT

WDT&E

Weigh-In-Motion

Weight and Inspection Report (W&I)

Weight Break

Weight Unit Qualifier

Weighted Out

Weight-Losing Raw Material

Weights and Measures

Wharfage

White Glove

WIP

Wire-Guided

WMS

Work In Process (WIP)

WPA

Yard

Yard Check

Yard Jockey

York-Antwerp Rules of 1974

Zone of Rate Flexibility

Zone of Rate Freedom

Zone of Reasonableness

Zone Picking

Zulu Time