Logistics Glossary: 3PL Definitions and Terms
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A
B
Bar Code
Blind Shipment
Buffer Stock
Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
C
Cargo
Cash on Delivery (COD)
Consolidation
Customs Broker
Carrier
Certificate of Origin
Container
Cycle Count
Cartonization
Chargeback
Cross-docking
Cycle Time
D
Dangerous Goods
Delivery Time
Distribution Center
Drayage
Dead Stock
Demand Forecasting
Dock-to-Stock
Drop Shipping
Deadhead
Demurrage
Double Stack
Dunnage
E
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
End-to-End Supply Chain
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD)
Entry Summary
Ex Works (EXW)
Empty Miles
Environmental Impact
Expedited Shipping
F
FEFO (First Expired, First Out)
Final Mile Delivery
Fleet Management
Freight Forwarder
FIFO (First In, First Out)
Fixed Date
Flow-Through Distribution
Fill Rate
Flatbed Trailer
Forecasting
G
Gaining
Gated Terminal
Goods Receipt
Gantry Crane
General Cargo
Green Logistics
Gate In
Global Supply Chain
Gross Weight
H
Handling Costs
Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
High Cube Container
Hopper Cars
Household Goods Fulfillment
Handling Equipment
Heavy Lift
Highway Freight
Horizontal Carousel
Hub and Spoke
Harmonized System (HS) Code
Height
Hitchment
Hot Shot
I
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
Inbound Logistics
Inventory
Inventory Analysis
Inventory Management System
In-Transit Inventory
Independent Demand
Inventory Accuracy
Inventory Control
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Inactive Inventory
Intermodal Transportation
Inventory Adjustment
Inventory Cycle Count
J
Jacket
JANUS
Jobber
Joint Rate
Joint Venture
Jackpot Line
JIT (Just-in-Time)
Joint Agency Tariff
Joint Routes
Just-In-Sequence (JIS)
Jacob’s Ladder
JIT II
Joint Agent
Joint Supplier Agreement (JSA)
K
Kaizen
Keiretsu
Kanban
Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Kata
Kitting
L
Lading
Lead Time
Letter of Credit (LC)
Logistics Service Provider (LSP)
Landed Cost
Less than Container Load (LCL)
Line-Haul
Last Mile Delivery
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Logistics Management
M
Manifest
Master Carton
Means of Transportation
Metric Tons (M/T)
Minimum Weight
Multi-channel Fulfillment (MCF)
Manufacturing
Mate’s Receipt (M/R)
Mercantile Marine (M.M)
Middleware
Mixed Load
Master Air Waybill (MAWB)
Material Flow
Mesh Box Pallet
Milk Run
Mode of Transportation
N
National Carrier
Net Weight
Node
Non-Stock Inventory
Notify Party
National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)
New Product Introduction (NPI)
Non-Certificated Carrier
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)
Negotiable Bill of Lading
No Location (No Loc)
Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading
Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)
O
Obsolete Stock
On-Hand Inventory
Order Cycle
Outbound Logistics
Over, Short and Damage (OS&D)
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Order
Order Fulfillment
Outsourcing
Overage
On Hold
Order Cost
Order Selector
Over the Road Carrier
P
Packing
Pallet
Pallet Tag
Partial
Perpetual Inventory System
Pick-to-Clear
Piggyback
Placement
Plant Finished Goods
Possession Utility
Packing List
Pallet ID
Palletize
Partner Government Agency
Physical Inventory
Pick-to-Light
Pinwheel
Planning
Portal Crane
Proof of Delivery (POD)
Packing Slip
Pallet Jack
PARS (Pre-Arrival Release System)
Peak Surcharge
Pick and Pack
Picker
Place Utility
Planning Horizon
Positioning
PUD (Pickup and Delivery)
Q
Quality Assurance (QA)
Quay
Quick Response (QR)
Quality Control (QC)
Quebec Sales Tax (QST)
Quota
Quarantine
Queue Time
R
Rack
Rail Car
Random-Location Storage
Real-Time
Refrigerated Transport
Reshoring
Returns
Radio Frequency (RF)
Rail Freight Logistics
Rate
Receiving
Reorder Point
Resilience
Reverse Logistics
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Rail Intermodal
Raw Materials (RM)
Reefer
Replenishment
Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA)
S
Safety Stock
Seasonal Inventory
Shipment
Shipping
Shrinkage
Sortation
Stock Rotation
Supply Chain Management
Scalability
Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP)
Shipment Cut-off Time
Shipping Manifest
SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)
Split Shipment
Storage
Supply Chain Visibility
Scheduling
Serial Number
Shipper
Short Shipment
Slotting
Staging
Supply Chain
T
Tautliner
Terminal
Thermo
Throughput
Timber Transport
Toll
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Track and Trace
Trailer
Transfer Order
Transloading
Transport Management System (TMS)
Transport Refrigeration Unit
Transportation Planning
Transportation Tendering
Truck
Truck Type
Truckload
Turnaround
Telescopic Trailer
Terminal Handling Charges (THC)
Third-party Logistics (3PL)
TikTok Fulfillment
Time Window
Tonnage
Touch Labor
Tracking
Trailer Drops
Transit
Transparency
Transport of Dangerous Goods
Transportation Logistics
Transportation Risk Management
Transporter
Truck Driver
Trucking Dispatch Software
Truckload Carriers
Turnover
Tender
TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)
Three Dimensional Loading
TikTok Shop
Time-Sensitive Logistics
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Tour Planning
Trade Logistics
Transaction Costs
Transit Time
Transport
Transport Order
Transportation Mode
Transportation Sourcing
Transshipment
Truck Stop Electrification (TSE)
Trucking Logistics
Truckload Logistics
Two-Man Handling
U
Ubiquity
ULD (Unit Load Device)
Unattended Delivery
Underloading
Unit Load
Unitization
Uptick
UCC (Uniform Code Council)
Ullage
Unbundled Payment
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Unit of Measure (U/M)
Unload
Urban Distribution
ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier)
Umbrella Rate
Undercharge
Unique Parcel Identifier (UPI)
Unit Train
Unplanned Order
User-Defined Costs
V
Valid Minimum
Value Added
Value Added Services
Value of Service Pricing
Vehicle Transfer
Vendor
Vertical Integration
Virtualization
Valuation
Value Added Logistics (VAL)
Value Chain
Variable Cost
Vehicle Transport
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
Vessel
Visibility
Valuation Charges
Value Added Network (VAN)
Value Chain Analysis
Vehicle Tracking
Velocity
Verification
Vessel Manifest
Volumetric Weight
W
Wagon and Drag
Warehouse
Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation
Wet Goods
What-If Analysis
Will Call
Wagonload
Warehouse Control System (WCS)
Wave Picking
Wharf
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Wire-Guided
Wall-to-Wall Inventory
Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Waybill
Wharfage
Wide Tyre
Work in Process (WIP)
X
X Rate
X-Factor
XPS
X-Carrier
X-Ray Inspection
X-Docking
Xpress Shipping
Y
Yard Management
Yield Factor
Yellow Freight
Yield Management
Yield
Z
Zero Control
Zero Inventories
ZEV (Zero Emissions Vehicle)
Zone Storage
Zero Defects
Zero Suppress
Zone
Zone User
Zero Float
Zero-Zero Weather
Zone Haulage Rate
Zulu Time
