Glossary of supply chain management terms meanings

Glossary of supply chain management terms meanings

 

24-hour Manifest Rule (24-hour Rule) meaning 3D Loading meaning 3D Printing meaning 3PL meaning 3PSP meaning 4PL meaning 5 Whys meaning 5-Point Annual Average meaning 5-S Program meaning 6-S meaning 7 Wastes meaning 80-20 Rule meaning A/R meaning A3 Method meaning Abandonment meaning ABB meaning ABC Inventory Control meaning ABC Model meaning ABC System meaning ABC Classification meaning ABC Costing meaning ABC Frequency of Access meaning ABC meaning ABI meaning ABM meaning Abnormal Demand meaning ABP meaning Absorption Costing meaning ACAT meaning Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) meaning Acceptable Sampling Plan meaning Acceptance Number meaning Acceptance Sampling meaning Accessibility meaning Accessorial Charges meaning Accessorial Fee meaning Accessory meaning Accountability meaning Accounts Payable (A/P) meaning Accounts Receivable (A/R) meaning Accreditation meaning Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) meaning Accumulation bin meaning Accuracy meaning ACD meaning ACE meaning ACH meaning Acknowledgment meaning Acquisition Categories (ACAT) meaning Acquisition Cost meaning ACSI meaning Action Message meaning Action Plan meaning Action Report meaning Activation meaning Active Inventory meaning Active Stock meaning Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) meaning Activity Based Planning (ABP) meaning Activity Analysis meaning Activity Based Costing (ABC) meaning Activity Dictionary meaning Activity Driver meaning Activity Level meaning Activity Network Diagram meaning Activity meaning Activity-Based Management (ABM) meaning Actual Cost System meaning Actual Costs meaning Actual Demand meaning Actual to Target Gap Analysis meaning Actual to Theoretical Cycle Time meaning Adaptive Smoothing meaning ADR meaning Advance Material Request meaning Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) meaning Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) meaning Aftermarket meaning After-Sale Service meaning Agency tariff meaning Agent meaning Agglomeration meaning Aggregate Picking meaning Aggregate Forecast meaning Aggregate Inventory Management meaning Aggregate Inventory meaning Aggregate Plan meaning Aggregate Planning meaning Aggregate Tender Rate meaning Agile Manufacturing meaning Agility meaning AGVS meaning Air Cargo Containers meaning Air Cargo meaning Air Force Material Command meaning Air Mobility Command meaning Air Taxi meaning Air Transport Association of America meaning Air Waybill (AWB) meaning Airport and Airway Trust Fund meaning Alaskan Carrier meaning Algorithm meaning All-cargo carrier meaning Allocated Item meaning Allocation Costing meaning Allocation meaning Alpha Release meaning Alternate Routing meaning Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) meaning AMC meaning American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) meaning American Society for Quality (ASQ) meaning American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) meaning American Trucking Association, Inc. (ATA) meaning American National Standards Institute (ANSI) meaning American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) meaning American Society of Transportation & Logistics meaning American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) meaning American Waterway Operators meaning AMFC meaning AMS meaning Amtrak meaning Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) meaning Andon meaning Animated GIF meaning ANOVA meaning ANSI ASC X12 meaning ANSI Standard meaning ANSI meaning Anticipated Delay Report meaning Anticipation Order meaning Anticipation Inventories meaning Anti-Deficiency Act meaning Anti-Dumping Duty meaning Any-quantity Rate (AQ) meaning Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) meaning Application Service Provider (ASP) meaning Application-to-Application meaning Appointment Freight meaning Approved Vendor List (AVL) meaning APS meaning AQ meaning AQL meaning Army Corps of Engineers meaning Arrival Notice meaning Arrow Diagram meaning Artificial Intelligence meaning AS/RS meaning AS2 meaning ASC X12 meaning ASC meaning ASCII meaning ASN meaning ASP meaning ASQ meaning Assemble-to-order meaning Assembly Line meaning Assembly meaning Assignment meaning Association of American Railroads meaning Assumed Receipt meaning Assured Source of Supply meaning ASTD meaning ASTM meaning Asynchronous Process meaning ATA meaning Atomic meaning ATP meaning ATS meaning Attachment meaning Attributes meaning Audit Trail meaning Audit meaning Auditability meaning Auditing meaning Authentication Key meaning Authentication meaning Autodiscrimination meaning AutoID meaning Automated Broker Interface (ABI) meaning Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS) meaning Automated Manifest System (AMS) meaning Automated Call Distribution (ACD) meaning Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) meaning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) meaning Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS) meaning Automatic Relief meaning Available Inventory meaning Available to Promise (ATP) meaning Available to Sell (ATS) meaning Average Payment Period (for materials) meaning Average Annual Production Materials Related A/P (Accounts Payable) meaning Average Cost per Unit meaning Average Inventory meaning AVL meaning Avoidable Cost meaning Award Fee meaning AWB meaning B2B meaning B2C meaning Back Order meaning Back Scheduling meaning Back-Charged meaning Backflush meaning Backhaul meaning Backlog Customer meaning Backorder meaning Backsourcing meaning Balance of Trade meaning Balance to Ship (BTS) meaning Balanced Scorecard meaning Balanced Operational Performance Goals meaning BAM meaning Banned Forecast meaning Bar Code meaning Bar code scanner meaning Barge meaning Barrier to Entry meaning Base Demand meaning Base Stock System meaning Baseline meaning Baseload Demand meaning Basing Point Pricing meaning Basis Point (BPS) meaning Batch Processing meaning Batch Release meaning Batch Control Totals meaning Batch Number meaning Batch Picking meaning Baud meaning BCP meaning Beginning Available Balance meaning Belly Cargo meaning Benchmark meaning Benchmarking meaning Benefit-cost ratio meaning Bespoke meaning Best Practice meaning Best-in-Class meaning Beta release meaning BI meaning Big Data meaning Bilateral Contract meaning Bill of Lading (BOL) meaning Bill of Lading, Through meaning Bill of Material Accuracy meaning Bill of Resources meaning Bill of Activities meaning Bill of Material (BOM) meaning Bin Location meaning Bin meaning Binary meaning Bisynchronous meaning Bitmap Image (BMP) meaning Blanket Purchase Order meaning Blanket Order meaning Blanket Purchasing Agreement (BPA) meaning Blanket Rate meaning Blanket Release meaning Bleeding Edge meaning Block diagram meaning Block Stacking meaning Blocking bug meaning Blow Through meaning BMP meaning Body of knowledge (BOK) meaning BOK meaning BOL meaning BOM meaning Bomb Bay Sorter meaning Bona Fide Need Rule meaning Bonded Warehouse meaning Book Inventory meaning Bookings meaning Bottleneck meaning Bottom-up Replanning meaning Bounce Back meaning Boxcar meaning Box-Jenkins Model meaning BPA meaning BPM meaning BPO meaning BPR meaning BPS meaning Bracing meaning Bracketed Recall meaning Branding meaning Breadman meaning Break-Bulk meaning Break-Even Chart meaning Break-Even Point meaning Bricks and Mortar meaning Broadband meaning Broken case meaning Broker meaning Brokered Systems meaning Browser meaning BRs meaning BTS meaning Bucket-brigade Picking meaning Bucketed System meaning Bucketless system meaning Buffer Management meaning Buffer Stock meaning Buffer meaning Bulk area meaning Bulk Packing meaning Bulk Storage meaning Bulletin Board meaning Bullwhip Effect meaning Bundle meaning Bundling meaning Burn Rate meaning Business Application meaning Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) meaning Business Continuity Plan (BCP) meaning Business Intelligence meaning Business Logistics meaning Business Performance Measurement (BPM) meaning Business Plan meaning Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) meaning Business Process Reengineering (BPR) meaning Business Reviews (BRs) meaning Business Unit meaning Business-to-Business (B2B) meaning Business-to-Consumer (B2C) meaning Buyer Behavior meaning Buying Cards (P-Cards) meaning Byte meaning C&F meaning Cabotage meaning CADEX meaning CAE meaning CAGE Code meaning Cage meaning Caged meaning Calendar Days meaning Call Center meaning Call Volume meaning Call-off Orders meaning Can-order Point meaning Cantilever Rack meaning Capability maturity model (CMM) meaning Capable to Promise (CTP) meaning Capacity Planning meaning Capacity Management meaning Capacity meaning CAPEX meaning Capital meaning Car supply charge meaning CAR meaning Carbon Footprint meaning Carbon Trade meaning Cargo meaning Carload Lot meaning Carmack Amendment meaning Carousel meaning Carriage Paid To (CPT) meaning Carriage and Insurance Paid To (CIP) meaning Carrier meaning Cartel meaning Cartonization meaning Cascade Tendering meaning Case Code meaning Case Pack meaning Case Size meaning Cash Conversion Cycle meaning Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time meaning Catalog Channel meaning Catalog Item (CI) meaning Categorical Plan meaning Category Management meaning Category meaning Cause and Effect Diagram meaning CBP meaning CBT meaning Cell meaning Cellular manufacturing meaning Center-of-Gravity Approach meaning Centralized Authority meaning Centralized Dispatching meaning Centralized Inventory Control meaning Certificate of public convenience and necessity meaning Certificate of Analysis (COA) meaning Certificate of Compliance meaning Certificate of Origin meaning Certificated carrier meaning Certified Supplier meaning CFD meaning CFR meaning CGMP meaning Chain of Customers meaning Chain reaction meaning Challenge and Response meaning Champion meaning Change Order meaning Change Agent meaning Change Management meaning Changeover meaning Channel Conflict meaning Channel Partners meaning Channel meaning Channels of Distribution meaning Chargeback Provisions meaning Charging area meaning Chock meaning Churning meaning CI meaning CI meaning CIF meaning CIP meaning City driver meaning Civil Aeronautics Board meaning CL meaning Claim meaning Class I carrier meaning Class II carrier meaning Class III carrier meaning Class Rate meaning Classification yard meaning Classification meaning CLCA meaning Clearinghouse meaning Click-and-Mortar meaning CLIN meaning Clip Art meaning Clipboard meaning CLM meaning Closed-loop Corrective Action (CLCA) meaning Closed-loop MRP meaning Cloud Computing meaning CLS (Cost Plus) meaning CLS (Fixed Price) meaning CLS meaning Cluster Picking meaning CM meaning CMI meaning CMM meaning CMMS meaning COA meaning Coastal carriers meaning Code meaning Co-destiny meaning Codifying meaning CODP meaning COGS meaning Cold Ironing meaning Collaboration meaning Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment meaning Collect Freight meaning Co-Managed Inventory (CMI) meaning Combined Lead Time meaning Commercial Invoice meaning Commercial Zone meaning Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) meaning Committed Capability meaning Committee of American Steamship Lines meaning Commodities clause meaning Commodity Buying meaning Commodity Code meaning Commodity Procurement Strategy meaning Commodity Rate meaning Commodity meaning Common carrier duties meaning Common Carrier meaning Common cost meaning Communication Protocol meaning Commuter meaning Company Culture meaning Comparative Advantage meaning Competitive Advantage meaning Competitive Benchmarking meaning Competitive Bid meaning Competitive Differentiator meaning Complete & On-Time Delivery (COTD) meaning Complete Manufacture to Ship Time meaning Compliance Program meaning Compliance Checking meaning Compliance Monitoring meaning Compliance meaning Component meaning Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) meaning Computer-Aided engineering (CAE) meaning Computer-Aided Process Planning (CAPP) meaning Computer-aided design (CAD) meaning Computer-Based Training (CBT) meaning Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) meaning Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) meaning Computerized Process Simulation meaning Computerized SPC meaning Concept of Operations (CONOPS) meaning Concurrent Engineering meaning Configuration Excellence meaning Configuration meaning Configure/Package-to-Order meaning Confirmation meaning Confirming Order meaning Conformance meaning CONOPS meaning Conrail meaning Consensus meaning Consignee meaning Consignment Inventory meaning Consignment meaning Consignor meaning Consolidation meaning Consolidator meaning Consortium meaning Constraint meaning Consul meaning Consular Declaration meaning Consular Documents meaning Consular Invoice meaning Consultative Sales meaning Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) meaning Consumer-Centric Database meaning Consuming the Forecast meaning Consumption Entry meaning Contactless meaning Container Security Initiative (CSI) meaning Container meaning Containerization meaning Contingency Planning meaning Continuous Flow Distribution (CFD) meaning Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) meaning Continuous Replenishment Planning (CRP) meaning Continuous Flow Manufacturing meaning Continuous Improvement (CI) meaning Continuous Move meaning Continuous Order Release meaning Continuous Replenishment meaning Continuous-flow, fixed-path equipment meaning Contract Manufacturing meaning Contract Administration meaning Contract Carrier meaning Contract Line Items Number (CLIN) meaning Contract Provisions meaning Contract/Program and Channel Management meaning Contract meaning Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) meaning Contractor meaning Contribution Margin meaning Contribution meaning Controllable Returns meaning Controlled Access meaning Conveyor Unscrambler meaning Conveyor meaning COO meaning Cooperative associations meaning Co-opetition meaning Coordinated transportation meaning Co-Packer meaning COPC meaning Co-product meaning Core Process meaning Core Competency meaning Corporate Strategic Profit Model meaning Corrective Action meaning Corrective Action Reporting System meaning Corrective Action Review (CAR) meaning Cost Accounting meaning Cost Driver meaning Cost Trade-off meaning Cost Allocation meaning Cost and Freight (CFR) meaning Cost Center meaning Cost Driver Analysis meaning Cost Element meaning Cost Management meaning Cost of Capital meaning Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) meaning Cost of Lost Sales meaning Cost Plus Award-Fee (CPAF) meaning Cost Plus Incentive-Fee (CPIF) meaning Cost Recovery Rate (CRR) meaning Cost Recovery Rate (CRR) meaning Cost Variance meaning Cost, Insurance, Freight (CIF) meaning Costs per Unit Moved meaning Cost-to-Serve meaning COTD meaning COTS meaning Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) meaning Council of Logistics Management (CLM) meaning Count Back meaning Country of Origin meaning Courier service meaning CPAF meaning CPFR® meaning CPG meaning CPI meaning CPIF meaning CPT meaning Cradle to Grave meaning Create Customer Order meaning Credit Level meaning Credit Memo meaning Critical Success Factor (CSF) meaning Critical Success Factors (CSF) meaning Critical Differentiators meaning Critical Value Analysis meaning CRM meaning Cross Dock / Cross Docking (XDK) meaning Cross Functional "Process" Metric meaning Cross Functional meaning Cross Sell meaning Cross-Shipment meaning Cross-Subsidy meaning CRP meaning CRR meaning CSCMP meaning CSF meaning CSI meaning CSR meaning CTP meaning C-TPAT meaning Cubage meaning Cube Utilization meaning Cube Out meaning Cubic Space meaning Cumulative Available-to-Promise meaning Cumulative Lead Time meaning Cumulative Source/Make Cycle Time meaning Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF) meaning Current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) meaning Customer Operations Performance Center (COPC) meaning Customer Invoicing/Accounting meaning Customer Order Decoupling Point (CODP) meaning Customer Order meaning Customer Acquisition or Retention meaning Customer Driven meaning Customer Facing meaning Customer Interaction Center meaning Customer Profitability meaning Customer Receipt of Order to Installation Complete meaning Customer Relationship Management (CRM) meaning Customer Segmentation meaning Customer Service Ratio meaning Customer Service Representative (CSR) meaning Customer Service meaning Customer Signature/Authorization to Order Receipt meaning Customer Wait Time (CWT) meaning Customer/Order Fulfillment Process meaning Customer meaning Customer-Supplier Partnership meaning Customization meaning Customs and Border Protection (CBP) meaning Customs House Broker meaning CWT meaning CWT meaning Cycle Counting meaning Cycle Time to Process Obsolete and End-of-Life Product Returns for Disposal meaning Cycle Time to Repair or Refurbish Returns for Use meaning Cycle Inventory meaning Cycle Time to Process Excess Product Returns for Resale meaning Cycle Time meaning Cyclical Demand meaning DAF meaning Dangerous Goods meaning Dashboard meaning Data Integrity meaning Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA) meaning Data Mining meaning Data Cleansing meaning Data Communications meaning Data Dictionary meaning Data Field Formatting meaning Data Integration meaning Data Pool meaning Data Steward meaning Data Warehouse meaning Database meaning Date Code meaning Days' Inventory meaning Days of Supply meaning Days' On Hand meaning Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) meaning Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) meaning DBR meaning DC Bypass meaning DC meaning DD meaning DDP meaning DDSN meaning DDU meaning Dead on Arrival (DOA) meaning Deadhead meaning Deadweight meaning Decentralized authority meaning Decision Support System (DSS) meaning Declaration of Dangerous Goods meaning Declared Value meaning Decomposition meaning Dedicated Contract Carriage meaning Defect Analysis meaning Defective Goods Inventory (DGI) meaning Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) meaning Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF) meaning Delimiters meaning Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) meaning Delivered at Frontier (DAF) meaning Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) meaning Delivered Ex Quay (DEQ) meaning Delivered Ex Ship (DES) meaning Delivery Performance to Commit Date meaning Delivery Appointment meaning Delivery Performance to Request Date meaning Delivery-Duty-Paid meaning Delphi Method meaning Delta Nu Alpha meaning Demand Chain meaning Demand Planning meaning Demand Based Production meaning Demand Chain Management meaning Demand Management meaning Demand Planning Systems meaning Demand Pull meaning Demand Sensing meaning Demand Shaping meaning Demand Signal meaning Demand Supply Balancing meaning Demand Time Fence (DTF) meaning Demand meaning Demand-Driven Supply Network (DDSN) meaning Demand-Side Analysis meaning De-manufacturing meaning Deming Circle meaning Demographic Segmentation meaning Demurrage meaning Denied Party List (DPL) meaning Density Rate meaning Density meaning Department of Energy (DOE) meaning Department of Homeland Security (DHS) meaning Depot meaning DEQ meaning Deregulation meaning Derived Demand meaning DES meaning Design For Manufacture / Assembly (DFMA) meaning Design of Experiments (DoE) meaning Destination-Enhanced Consolidation meaning Detention Fee meaning Deterministic Models meaning DFMA meaning DFZ meaning DGI meaning DHS meaning Dial Up meaning Differential meaning Differentiation meaning Digital Signature meaning Direct Cost meaning Direct Debit (DD) meaning Direct Channel meaning Direct Product Profitability (DPP) meaning Direct Production Material meaning Direct Retail Locations meaning Direct Store Delivery (DSD) meaning Direct Transmission meaning Directed Tasks meaning Direct-to-Store (DTS) Delivery meaning Direct-to-Store Delivery meaning Direct-to-Store meaning DISA meaning Disaster Recovery Planning meaning Discontinuous Demand meaning Discrete Manufacturing meaning Discrete Order Picking meaning Discrete Order Quantity meaning Disintermediation meaning Dispatching meaning Distributed Inventory meaning Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) meaning Distribution meaning Distribution Center (DC) meaning Distribution Channel meaning Distribution On Demand (DOD) meaning Distribution Planning meaning Distribution Resource Planning (DRP II) meaning Distribution Warehouse meaning Distribution meaning Distributor meaning Diversion meaning Diversity meaning DLA meaning DMAIC meaning DMZ Separation meaning DMZ meaning DOA meaning Dock receipt meaning Dock-to-Stock Cycle Time meaning Dock-to-Stock meaning Document meaning Documentation meaning DoD meaning DoDD meaning DoDI meaning DOE meaning DOE meaning Domain meaning Domestic Trunk Line Carrier meaning Dormant Route meaning Double Bottoms meaning Double Stack meaning Double-pallet jack meaning Download meaning Downside Flex Agreement meaning Downstream meaning DPC meaning DPL meaning DPO meaning DPP meaning Drayage meaning Driving time regulations meaning Drop and Hook meaning Drop Ship meaning Drop Trailers meaning Drop Yard meaning Drop meaning DRP meaning DRP meaning DRPII meaning Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) meaning DSD meaning DSO meaning DSS meaning DTF meaning DTS meaning Dual Rate System meaning Dual Operation meaning Dumping meaning Dunnage meaning DUNS Number meaning DUNS meaning Durable Goods meaning Duty Free Zone (DFZ) meaning DWCF meaning Dwell Time meaning Dynamic Process Control (DPC) meaning Dynamic Lot Sizing meaning Dynamic Rescheduling meaning E&O meaning EAI meaning EAN.UCC Information Network (EIN) meaning EAN.UCC meaning EAN meaning Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) meaning Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) meaning EBIT meaning EC meaning ECO meaning e-Commerce meaning Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) meaning Economic Value Added (EVA) meaning Economy of Scale meaning ECP meaning ECR meaning EDI Standards meaning EDI Transmission meaning EDI meaning EDIA meaning EDIFACT meaning Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) meaning EFT meaning EH&S meaning EIN meaning EIN meaning Electronic Commerce (EC) meaning Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) meaning Electronic Data Interchange Association meaning Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) meaning Electronic Kanban meaning Electronic Mail (E-Mail) meaning Electronic Product Code (EPC or ePC) meaning Electronic Signature meaning Elkins Act meaning E-mail meaning e-Marketplace meaning Embargo meaning Empirical meaning Employee Performance Management (EPM) meaning Empowerment meaning Encapsulated Postscript meaning Encryption meaning End Item meaning End-of-Life Inventory meaning End-of-Life meaning Engineering Change Order (ECO) meaning Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) meaning Engineering Change meaning Engineer-to-Order meaning Enroute meaning Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) meaning Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System meaning Enterprise-Wide ABM meaning Entrust meaning Enveloping meaning Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) meaning Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meaning Environmentally Sensitive Engineering meaning EOL meaning EOQ meaning EPA meaning EPC or ePC meaning ePedigree meaning EPM meaning EPS meaning EPZ meaning Equipment ID meaning Equipment Positioning meaning Equipment meaning Ergonomic meaning ERP meaning ESI meaning ETA meaning ETD meaning Ethernet meaning Ethical standards meaning European Article Number (EAN) meaning EVA meaning Evaluated Receipts Settlement (ERS) meaning Ex Works (EXW) meaning Exception Message See Action Message Exception Rate meaning Exception-Based Processing meaning Excess and Obsolescence (E&O) meaning Exclusive Patronage Agreements meaning Exclusive Use meaning Executive Dashboard meaning Exemplar meaning Exempt Carrier meaning Expediting meaning Expert system meaning Explode-to-Deduct meaning Exponential Smoothing Forecast meaning Export Compliance meaning Export Broker meaning Export Declaration meaning Export License meaning Export Processing Zone (EPZ) meaning Export Sales Contract meaning Export meaning Exporter Identification Number (EIN) meaning Exports meaning Extended Enterprise meaning Extensible Markup Language (XML) meaning External Factory meaning External Registration Company meaning Extranet meaning Extrinsic Forecast meaning EXW meaning FA meaning Fabricator meaning Face meaning Facilities meaning Facings Deep meaning Factory Gate Pricing meaning Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA) meaning Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) meaning Fair Value meaning Fair return meaning Fair-share Quantity Logic meaning FAK meaning FAR meaning FARS meaning FAS meaning FAS meaning Fast and Secure Trade (FAST) meaning Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) meaning FAST meaning FCA meaning FCL meaning FDA meaning Feature meaning Federal Aviation Administration meaning Federal Maritime Commission meaning Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) meaning Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (FARS) meaning Federal Drug Administration (FDA) meaning Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) meaning Feeder Railroad Development Program meaning FEFO meaning FEMA meaning FEU meaning FG meaning FGI meaning Field Service Parts meaning Field Finished Goods meaning Field Service meaning Field Warehouse meaning FIFO meaning File Transfer Protocol (FTP) meaning Filed rate doctrine meaning Fill Rate meaning Fill Rates by Order meaning Final Assembly Schedule (FAS) meaning Final Assembly meaning Finance lease meaning Financial responsibility meaning Finished Goods Inventory (FG or FGI) meaning Finite Scheduling meaning Finite Forward Scheduling meaning Firewall meaning Firm Planned Order meaning First Expired, First Out (FEFO) meaning First In, First Out (FIFO) meaning First Mover Advantage meaning First Pass Yield meaning Fixed Interval Inventory Model meaning Fixed Reorder Quantity Inventory Model meaning Fixed Costs meaning Fixed Interval Order System meaning Fixed Order Quantity System meaning Fixed Order Quantity meaning Fixed Overhead meaning Fixed Price (FP) meaning Fixed Quantity Inventory Model meaning Fixed Reorder Cycle Inventory Model meaning Fixed-Location Storage meaning Fixed-Period Requirements meaning Flag of Convenience meaning Flat File meaning Flat meaning Flatbed meaning Flatcar meaning Flexibility meaning Flexible Specialization meaning Flexible-path equipment meaning Float meaning Floor Loading meaning Floor-Ready Merchandise (FRM) meaning Flow Rack meaning Flow-Through Distribution meaning FLSA meaning FMC meaning FMCG meaning FMEA meaning FOB Destination meaning FOB Origin meaning FOB meaning Forecast Accuracy meaning Forecast Cycle meaning Forecast meaning Forecasting meaning Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) meaning For-hire Carrier meaning Forklift truck meaning Form utility meaning Forty-foot Equivalent Unit (FEU) meaning Four P's meaning Four Wall Inventory meaning Fourier Series meaning Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL) meaning Foxhole meaning FP meaning Free on Board (FOB) meaning Free Alongside Ship (FAS) meaning Free Carrier (FCA) meaning Free Time meaning Free Trade Zone (FTZ) meaning Freezing Inventory Balances meaning Freight Carriers meaning Freight Consolidation meaning Freight Bill meaning Freight Charge meaning Freight Collect meaning Freight Forwarder meaning Freight Forwarders Institute meaning Freight Prepaid meaning Freight meaning Freight-all-kinds (FAK) meaning FRM meaning Front Haul meaning Frozen Zone meaning FTE meaning FTL meaning FTP meaning FTZ meaning Fulfillment Agent meaning Fulfillment meaning Full Mission-Capable (FMC) meaning Full Container Load (FCL) meaning Full Truck Load (FTL) meaning Full-Service Leasing meaning Full-time Equivalents (FTE) meaning Fully Allocated Cost meaning Functional Metric meaning Functional Acknowledgment (FA) meaning Functional Group meaning Functional Silo meaning Fungible meaning Future order meaning Gain Sharing meaning Game Theory meaning Gaming the System meaning Gap analysis meaning Gateway meaning Gathering lines meaning GATT meaning GCI meaning GDSN meaning Gemba Kanri meaning Genchi Genbutsu meaning General Commodities Carrier meaning General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) meaning General Order (GO) meaning General-merchandise Warehouse meaning GIF meaning GLN meaning Global Commerce Initiative (GCI) meaning Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) meaning Global Location Number (GLN) meaning Global Standards Management Process (GSMP) meaning Global Strategy meaning Global Positioning System (GPS) meaning Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) meaning Globalization meaning GMP meaning GNP meaning GO meaning Going-concern Value meaning Gondola meaning Good Distribution Practices meaning Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) meaning Goods Received Note (GRN) meaning Goods meaning GPS meaning Grandfather clause meaning Granger Laws meaning Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) meaning Great Lakes carriers meaning Green Strategy meaning Green Field meaning Greenhouse Gas Emissions meaning GreenLane meaning Grid Technique meaning GRN meaning Gross Margin meaning Gross Inventory meaning Gross National Product (GNP) meaning Gross weight meaning Groupthink meaning GS1 meaning GSMP meaning GTIN meaning GTM meaning Guaranteed Loans meaning HA meaning Handling Costs meaning Hard copy meaning Harmonized Code meaning Haulage meaning Hawaiian carrier meaning Hawthorne Effect meaning Hazardous Material meaning Hazardous Goods meaning HazMat meaning Hedge Inventory meaning Heijunka meaning Hierarchy of Cost Assignability meaning High Availability Clusters (HA) meaning Highway Trust Fund meaning Highway Use Taxes meaning Hi-low meaning Home Page meaning Honeycomb Loss meaning Honeycombing meaning Hopper cars meaning Horizontal Collaboration meaning Horizontal Play/Horizontal Hub meaning Hoshin Planning meaning Hostler meaning Household Goods Warehouse meaning HR meaning HTML meaning HTTP meaning Hub Airport meaning Hub meaning Human Resources (HR) meaning Human Factor Design meaning Human-machine Interface meaning Hundredweight (cwt) meaning Hurdle Rate meaning Hybrid Inventory System meaning Hyperinflation meaning Hyperlink meaning HyperText Markup Language (HTML) meaning HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) meaning IATA meaning ICAO meaning ICC meaning ICS meaning Igloos meaning Image Processing meaning IMB meaning IMC meaning IMO meaning Import/Export License meaning Import meaning Importation Point meaning Impressions meaning In Bond meaning Inbound Freight and Duties meaning Inbound Logistics meaning Incentive Fee meaning Incentive Rate meaning Incoming Inspection meaning INCOTERMS meaning Independent Action meaning Independent Demand meaning Independent Trading Exchange (ITE) meaning Indirect Cost meaning Indirect Retail Locations meaning Indirect/Distributor Channel meaning Infinite Loading meaning Information systems (IS) meaning Inherent advantage meaning Initial Contact Personnel meaning Inland Bill of Lading meaning Inland Carrier meaning Inland Port meaning Insourcing meaning Inspection Certificate meaning Installation Planning meaning Installation meaning In-store implementation (ISI) meaning Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) meaning Integrated Carrier meaning Integrated Logistics meaning Integrated Product Teams (IPT) meaning Integrated Tow Barge meaning Intellectual Property (IP) meaning Interchange meaning Intercoastal carriers meaning Intercorporate hauling meaning Interim Contract Support (ICS) meaning Interleaving meaning Interline meaning Intermediately Positioned Warehouse meaning Intermittent-flow, fixed-path equipment meaning Intermodal Transport Unit (ITU) meaning Intermodal Container Transfer Facility meaning Intermodal Marketing Company (IMC) meaning Intermodal Marketing Company (IMC) meaning Intermodal Transportation meaning Intermodal Transportation meaning Internal Customer meaning Internal Labor and Overhead meaning Internal Rate of Return (IRR) meaning Internal Water Carriers meaning International Air Transport Association (IATA) meaning International Security, Trust and Privacy Alliance (ISTPA) meaning International Civil Aeronautics Organization (ICAO) meaning International Maritime Bureau (IMB) meaning International Maritime Organization (IMO) meaning International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) meaning International Standards Organization (ISO) meaning Internet meaning Inter-Service Support Agreement (ISSA) meaning Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) meaning Interstate Commerce meaning Interstate System meaning Inter-Systems Data Integration meaning Intra-Manufacturing Re-plan Cycle meaning In-transit Inventory meaning Intrastate Commerce meaning Intrinsic Forecast Method meaning Inventory Buffers meaning Inventory Carrying Cost meaning Inventory Accuracy meaning Inventory Balance Location Accuracy meaning Inventory Cycle Counting meaning Inventory Days of Supply (for RM, WIP, PFG, and FFG) meaning Inventory Deployment meaning Inventory Management meaning Inventory Planning Systems meaning Inventory Turnover meaning Inventory Turns meaning Inventory Velocity meaning Inventory meaning Invoice meaning IP meaning IPT meaning IRR meaning Irregular route carrier meaning IS meaning ISDN meaning ISI meaning ISO 9000 meaning ISO 14000 Series Standards meaning ISO meaning ISPS meaning ISSA meaning ISTPA meaning IT meaning ITE meaning Item meaning ITL meaning ITU meaning Java Script meaning Java Applet meaning Java meaning JDMAG meaning JG-DM meaning Jidoka meaning JIT II meaning JIT/QC meaning JIT meaning Joint Cost meaning Joint Depot Maintenance Activities Group (JDMAG) meaning Joint Group on Depot Maintenance (JG-DM) meaning Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) meaning Joint Rate meaning Joint Supplier Agreement (JSA) meaning JPEG meaning JSA meaning Just-in-Time (JIT) meaning Just-in-Time II (JIT II) meaning Kaizen Blitz meaning Kaizen meaning Kanban meaning KD meaning Keiretsu meaning Key Custodians meaning Key Performance Indicator (KPI) meaning Kitting meaning KMS meaning Knock Down meaning Knowledge Management System (KMS) meaning KPI meaning Labor Management System (LMS) meaning Lading meaning Laid-Down Cost meaning LAN meaning Land Bridge meaning Land Grants meaning Landed Cost meaning Lane meaning Lash Barges meaning Last In, First Out (LIFO) meaning Late Stage Differentiation meaning LCC meaning LCL meaning LDI meaning Lead Time from Order Receipt to Complete Manufacture meaning Lead Logistics Partner (LLP) meaning Lead Time from Complete Manufacture to Customer Receipt meaning Lead Time meaning Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) meaning Lean meaning Learning Management System meaning Least Total Cost meaning Least Unit Cost meaning LEED meaning Leg meaning Legacy meaning Lessee meaning Lessor meaning Less-Than-Carload (LCL) meaning Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Carriers meaning Letter of credit meaning Leverage meaning License Plate (LPN) meaning Life Cycle (Cradle to Grave) meaning Life Cycle Cost (LCC) meaning LIFO meaning Lift Truck meaning Lift-On Lift-Off meaning Lighter meaning Line Functions meaning Line Scrap meaning Line meaning Line-haul Shipment meaning Liner Service meaning Link meaning Linked Distributed Systems meaning Little Inch meaning Live meaning LLP meaning LMS meaning Load Factor meaning Load Tender (Pick-Up Request) meaning Load Tendering meaning Loading Allowance meaning Loading Port meaning LOC meaning Local Service Carriers meaning Local Area Network (LAN) meaning Local Rate meaning Location Tag meaning Location Grid meaning Locational Determinant meaning Locator System meaning Lockbox meaning Logbook meaning Logistics Service Provider (LSP) meaning Logistics Chain Manager meaning Logistics Channel meaning Logistics Data Interchange (LDI) meaning Logistics Management meaning Logistics meaning LO-LO meaning Long Ton meaning Lost Sale meaning Lot Control meaning Lot Number meaning Lot Size meaning Lot Sized System meaning Lot-for-Lot meaning LPN meaning LSP meaning LTL meaning Lumping meaning Lumpy demand meaning M2M meaning Machine Downtimes meaning Machine-to-Machine interface (M2M) meaning Macro Environment meaning Mail Shop meaning Mainframe meaning Maintenance, Repair, and Operating supplies (MRO) meaning Major carrier meaning Make-or-buy decision meaning Make-to-Order (Manufacture-to-order) meaning Make-to-Stock (Manufacture-to-stock) meaning Manifest meaning Manufacture Cycle Time meaning Manufacturer's Representative meaning Manufacturing Capital Asset Value meaning Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) meaning Manufacturing Calendar meaning Manufacturing Critical-Path Time (MCT) meaning Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) meaning Manufacturing Lead Time meaning Mapping meaning Marginal Analysis meaning Marginal Cost meaning Marine Insurance meaning Maritime Administration meaning Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) meaning Market Discovery Process meaning Market Intelligence meaning Market Demand meaning Market Dominance meaning Market Segment Market Segment meaning Market Share meaning Market Strategy meaning Market-Positioned Warehouse meaning Marks and Numbers meaning Marquis Partners meaning Marshaller or Marshalling Agent meaning Mass Customization meaning Master Pack meaning Master Production Schedule (MPS) meaning Material Acquisition Costs meaning Material Index meaning Material Process and Component Engineering meaning Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) meaning Materials (Commodity) Management and Planning meaning Materials Management meaning Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) meaning Materials Handling meaning Materials Planning meaning Matrix Organizational Structure meaning Maturity Level meaning MAX meaning Maximum Competitive Tension meaning Maximum Inventory meaning Maximum Order Quantity meaning m-Commerce meaning MCT meaning M-Day Calendar meaning Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) meaning Mean meaning Measure meaning Measurement Plans meaning Measurement ton meaning Median meaning Merge in Transit meaning Merger meaning MES meaning Message meaning Meta Tag meaning Metrics meaning Micro-land Bridge meaning Middleware meaning MIL Specs meaning Mileage Allowance meaning Mileage Rate meaning Milestone meaning Milk run meaning Mini-land Bridge meaning Minimum Weight meaning Min-Max System meaning Mirroring meaning Misguided Capacity Plans meaning Mistake Proof meaning Mitigation Strategies meaning Mixed Loads meaning Modal Split meaning Mode meaning Modular Product/Service meaning MOTE meaning Motor Carrier meaning Move Ticket meaning MPS meaning MRO meaning MRP meaning MRP-II meaning MSDS meaning MTS meaning MTSA meaning Muda meaning Multi-Currency meaning Multinational company meaning Multiple-car rate meaning Multi-Skilled meaning Mura meaning Muri meaning NACS meaning NAFTA meaning National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) meaning National Motor Bus Operators Organization meaning National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) meaning National Carrier meaning National Industrial Traffic League (NITL) meaning National Railroad Corporation meaning National Stock Number (NSN) meaning Nationalization meaning NES meaning Nesting meaning Net Landed Costs meaning Net Asset Turns meaning Net Assets meaning Net Change MRP meaning Net Present Value (NPV) meaning Net Requirements meaning Net Weight meaning Network Optimization meaning Network Model meaning Network Planning meaning New Product Introduction (NPI) meaning New Product Release Phase-In and Maintenance meaning NII meaning NIST meaning NITL meaning Nixie meaning NMFC meaning No location (No Loc) meaning Node meaning Non-Certified Carrier meaning Non-Compliance meaning Nonconformity meaning Non-Conveyable meaning Non-Durable goods meaning Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology (NII) meaning Non-Vessel-Owning Common Carrier (NVOCC) meaning North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) meaning North American Container System (NACS) meaning NOS meaning Not Otherwise Specified / Not Elsewhere Specified meaning NPI meaning NPV meaning NSN meaning NVOCC meaning Obeya meaning Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) meaning Obsolescence meaning Obsolete Inventory meaning Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) meaning Ocean Bill of Lading meaning OE meaning OEE meaning OEM meaning Offer meaning Offline meaning Offshoring meaning OLE meaning Omni-Channel meaning On Order meaning On Time Delivery meaning On Time In Full (OTIF) meaning On-Demand meaning One Piece Flow meaning One Up / One Down meaning One-Way Networks meaning On-Hand Balance meaning On-line Receiving meaning Online meaning OO meaning Open-to-Buy (OTB) meaning Open-to-Receive meaning Operating Ratio meaning Operational Availability meaning Operational Performance Measurements meaning Optimization meaning Option meaning Optional Replenishment Model meaning Order Entry and Maintenance meaning Order Entry and Scheduling meaning Order Fulfillment Lead Times meaning Order Fulfillment meaning Order Batching meaning Order Complete Manufacture to Customer Receipt of Order meaning Order Consolidation Profile meaning Order Cycle meaning Order Entry Complete to Start Manufacture meaning Order Exchange (OE) System meaning Order Interval meaning Order Level System meaning Order Management Costs meaning Order Management meaning Order Picking meaning Order Point - Order Quantity System meaning Order Processing meaning Order Promising meaning Order Receipt to Order Entry Complete meaning Order meaning Origin meaning Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) meaning ORM-D meaning OS&D meaning OSHA meaning OTB meaning OTIF meaning Out Of Stock meaning Out of Stocks meaning Outbound Consolidation meaning Outbound Logistics meaning Outbound Supply Chain Network Planning meaning Outgate meaning Outlier meaning Outpartnering meaning Outsource meaning Outsourced Cost of Goods Sold meaning Over, short and damaged (OS&D) meaning Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) meaning Overpack meaning Over-the-road meaning Owner-operator (OO) meaning P & D meaning P&D meaning P&P meaning P2P meaning P2P meaning Pack Out meaning Package to Order meaning Packaging Indicator (PI) meaning Packing and Marking meaning Packing List meaning Pallet Ticket meaning Pallet Jack meaning Pallet Rack meaning Pallet Tag meaning Pallet Wrapping Machine meaning Pallet meaning Parcel Case Strapping meaning Parcel Shipment meaning Pareto meaning Part Period Balancing (PPB) meaning Part Standardization meaning Passenger-mile meaning Password meaning Past Performance Automated Information System (PPAIS) meaning Path to Profitability (P2P) meaning Pattern Recognition meaning Payment meaning Pay-on-Use meaning Payroll meaning PBH meaning PBIT meaning PBL meaning P-Cards meaning PDA meaning PDCA meaning PDM meaning Peak demand meaning Peer to Peer (P2P) meaning Pegged Requirement meaning Pegging meaning People, Planet, Profit meaning Per Diem meaning Percent of Fill meaning Perfect Order Index (POI) meaning Perfect Order meaning Performance Measurement Program meaning Performance Measurement Units meaning Performance Measures meaning Performance and Event Management Systems meaning Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) meaning Period Order Quantity meaning Periodic Review System meaning Permanent Storage meaning Permit meaning Perpetual Inventory meaning Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) meaning Personal Discrimination meaning PFEP meaning Phantom Bill of Material meaning Physical Distribution meaning Physical Supply meaning PI meaning Pick Module meaning Pick on Receipt meaning Pick and Pass meaning Pick List meaning Pick/Pack meaning Pick-by-Light meaning Picking by Source meaning Picking by Aisle meaning Picking meaning Pick-to-Carton meaning Pick-to-Clear meaning Pick-to-Light meaning Pick-to-Trailer meaning Pickup and Delivery (P&D) meaning Pick-Up Order meaning Piece Count meaning Piggyback meaning Pin Lock meaning Place Utility meaning Plaintext meaning Plan Stability meaning Plan Deliver meaning Plan for Every Part (PEFP) meaning Plan Make meaning Plan Source meaning Plan-Do-Check-Action (PDCA) meaning Planned Date meaning Planned Order meaning Planned Receipt meaning Planning Bill of Material meaning Planning Bill meaning Planning Calendar meaning Planning Fence meaning Planning Horizon meaning Planning Time Fence meaning Planogram meaning Plant Finished Goods meaning PLM meaning PLU meaning PM meaning PO meaning POD meaning Point Of Sale (POS) meaning Point of Sale Information meaning Point-of-Purchase (POP) meaning Point-of-use Delivery meaning Point-of-use Inventory meaning Poka Yoke (mistake-proof) meaning Police Powers meaning Pooling meaning POP meaning Pop-Up Store meaning Port Authority meaning Port of Discharge meaning Port of Entry meaning Port of Loading meaning Port meaning Portal meaning POS meaning Possession utility meaning Post-Deduct Inventory Transaction Processing meaning Postponement meaning POU meaning Power-By-the-Hour (PBH) meaning PPAIS meaning PPB meaning PPP meaning Pre-Bid Supplier Qualification Evaluation meaning Pre-Deduct Inventory Transaction Processing meaning Predictive Maintenance meaning Pre-Expediting meaning Prepaid meaning Pre-Receiving meaning Present Value meaning Preventative Maintenance (PM) meaning Price Erosion meaning Price Look-Up (PLU) meaning Primary Defect Analysis meaning Primary Highways meaning Primary Manufacturing Strategy meaning Primary-Business Test meaning PRIME QR meaning Private Carrier meaning Private Label meaning Private Warehouse meaning Pro Number meaning Proactive meaning Process Benchmarking meaning Process Manufacturing meaning Process Improvement meaning Process Optimization meaning Process Yield meaning Process meaning Procurement Services Provider (PSP) meaning Procurement meaning Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) meaning Product Support Manager (PSM) meaning Product Characteristics meaning Product Configuration meaning Product Configurator meaning Product Data Management (PDM) meaning Product Family meaning Product ID meaning Product Incubator meaning Product Life Cycle meaning Product Planning meaning Product Support Integrator (PSI) meaning Product Support Provider (PSP) meaning Product Velocity meaning Product meaning Production Calendar meaning Production Capacity meaning Production Forecast meaning Production Line meaning Production Planning and Scheduling meaning Production Validation meaning Production-Related Material meaning Productivity meaning Profit Before Interest and Tax (PBIT) meaning Profit Management meaning Profit Ratio meaning Profitability Analysis meaning Profitable to Promise meaning Pro-Forma Invoice meaning Pro-Forma meaning Promotion Planning meaning Promotion meaning Proof of Delivery (POD) meaning Proportional rate meaning Protocol meaning Pseudo Bill of Materials meaning PSI meaning PSM meaning PSP meaning PSP meaning Public Private Partnering (PPP) meaning Public Warehouse Receipt meaning Public Warehouse meaning Pull Ordering System meaning Pull or Pull-Through Distribution meaning Pull Signal meaning Pull-Based Customer Replenishment Signals meaning Pup meaning Purchase Price Variance meaning Purchase Order (PO) meaning Purchase Price Discount meaning Purchase Price Viscount meaning Purchasing meaning Pure raw material meaning Push Ordering System meaning Push Back Rack meaning Push Distribution meaning Push Technology meaning Put Away meaning Put-to-light meaning QC meaning QFD meaning QR meaning QS 9000 meaning Qualifier meaning Qualitative Forecasting Techniques meaning Quality Circle meaning Quality Control (QC) meaning Quality Function Deployment (QFD) meaning Quality Policy meaning Quality meaning Quantitative Forecasting Techniques meaning Quantity Based Order System meaning Quarantine meaning Quick Response (QR) meaning Rack meaning Racking meaning Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) meaning Radio Frequency (RF) meaning Ramp Rate meaning Random-Location Storage meaning Rate Bureau meaning Rate Basis Number meaning Rate Basis Point meaning Rate-Based Scheduling meaning Rationalization Exercise meaning Rationing meaning Raw Materials (RM) meaning RDT&E meaning RDTs meaning Reach Truck meaning REACH meaning Real-Time meaning Reasonable rate meaning Recapture Clause meaning Receiving and Put Away meaning Receiving Dock meaning Receiving meaning Recently, Frequency, Monetary (RFM) meaning Reconsignment meaning Redistribution meaning Reed-Bulwinkle Act meaning Reefer meaning Reengineering meaning Refrigerated Carriers meaning Regeneration MRP meaning Regional Carrier meaning Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemical Substances (REACH) meaning Regular-route Carrier meaning Relay Terminal meaning Released-Value Rates meaning Release-to-Start Manufacturing meaning Reliability meaning Remanufacturing / Refurbishing meaning Reorder point meaning Reparation meaning Re-plan Cycle meaning Replenishment meaning Request for Quote (RFQ) meaning Request for Information (RFI) meaning Request for Proposal (RFP) meaning Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) meaning Resellers meaning Reserve Storage meaning Reserves meaning Resource Driver meaning Resources meaning Responsibility Matrix meaning Retailer meaning Return Product Authorization (RPA) meaning Return Disposal Costs meaning Return Goods Handling meaning Return Material Authorization or Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) meaning Return on Assets (ROA) meaning Return on Investment (ROI) meaning Return on Net Assets meaning Return on Sales meaning Return to Vendor (RTV) meaning Returns Inventory Costs meaning Returns Material Acquisition, Finance, Planning and IT Costs meaning Returns Order Management Costs meaning Returns Defect Analysis meaning Returns Processing Cost meaning Returns To Scale meaning Reverse Auction meaning Reverse Engineering meaning Reverse Logistics meaning RF Remote Data Terminals (RDTs) meaning RF meaning RFI meaning RFID meaning RFM meaning RFP meaning RFQ meaning RGA meaning Rich Media meaning Rich Text Format (RFT) meaning Right of Eminent Domain meaning Risk Exposure Analysis meaning Risk Management meaning Risk Mitigation meaning RM meaning RMA meaning ROA meaning ROI meaning Roll-On, Roll-Off (RO-RO) meaning Root Cause Analysis meaning RO-RO meaning RosettaNet meaning Routing Accuracy meaning Routing or Routing Guide meaning RPA meaning RTF meaning RTV meaning Rule of Eight meaning Rule of rate making meaning Rules-Based Picking Logic meaning Rules-Based Returns meaning S&OP meaning SA meaning SaaS meaning SAE meaning Safety Stock meaning Salable Goods meaning Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meaning Sales Cycle Time meaning Sales Forecast meaning Sales Mix meaning Sales Plan meaning Sales Planning meaning Salvage Material meaning Sarbanes-Oxley Public Accounting and Investor Protection Act (SOX) meaning Saw-Tooth Diagram meaning SBT meaning SCAC Code meaning SCAC meaning Scalability meaning Scan meaning Scan-Based Trading (SBT) meaning Scanlon Plan meaning SCE meaning SCEM meaning Scenario Forecasts meaning Scenario Planning meaning SCI meaning SCM meaning SCOR meaning Scorecard meaning Scrap material meaning Seasonality meaning Secondary highways meaning Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) meaning Segmentation meaning Seiketsu meaning Seiri meaning Seiso meaning Seiton meaning Self Correcting meaning Self-Billing meaning Sell In meaning Sell Through meaning Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses meaning Sensitivity Analysis (SA) meaning Separable Cost meaning Serial Shipping Container Code meaning Serial Number meaning Serpentine Picking meaning Service Level Agreement (SLA) meaning Service Level meaning Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) meaning Service Parts Revenue meaning SET meaning Setup costs meaning Seven Wastes meaning SEZ meaning SG&A meaning Shared Services meaning Shareholder Value meaning Shelf life meaning Shewhart Cycle meaning Ship Broker meaning Ship Agent meaning Shipper meaning Shipper-Carrier meaning Shipper's Agent meaning Shipper's Association meaning Shipping Lane meaning Shipping Manifest meaning Shipping meaning Shop Calendar meaning Shop Floor Production Control Systems meaning Short Sea Shipping meaning Short Shipment meaning Short-haul Discrimination meaning Short-haul meaning Shrinkage meaning SIC meaning Sigma meaning Silo meaning Simulation meaning Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) meaning Single Source Leasing meaning Single Sourcing meaning Single-Period Inventory Models meaning Six-Sigma Quality meaning Skill Based Pay System meaning Skills Matrix meaning SKU meaning SLA meaning Sleeper Team meaning Slip Seat Operation meaning Slip Sheet meaning Slotting meaning Slurry meaning Small Group Improvement Activity meaning Small Parcel Ground (SPG) meaning Smart and Secure Trade Lanes (SST) meaning Smart Phone meaning Smart Label meaning SMART meaning SmartWay Certification meaning SMED meaning Smoothing meaning SOA meaning Social Responsibility meaning Social Networking meaning Society of Logistics Engineers (SOLE) meaning Software as a Service (SaaS) meaning Sole sourcing meaning SOO meaning SOP meaning Sortation meaning SOW meaning SOX meaning Spam meaning SPC meaning Special Economic Zone (SEZ) meaning Special-Commodities Carrier meaning Special-Commodity Warehouses meaning Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Based (SMART) meaning SPG meaning Splash Page meaning Split Case Order Picking meaning Split Delivery meaning Spot Demand meaning Spot meaning Spur Track meaning SSCC meaning SST meaning Stable Demand meaning Stack Car meaning Staff Functions meaning Staging meaning Stakeholders meaning Stand Up Fork Lift meaning Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC or SCAC Code) meaning Standard Components meaning Standard Cost Accounting System meaning Standard Deviation/Variance meaning Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) meaning Standing Order meaning Start Manufacture to Order Complete Manufacture meaning Statement of Objectives (SOO) meaning Statement of Work (SOW) meaning Statistical Process Control (SPC) meaning Steamship conferences meaning Stevedores meaning Stickering meaning Stochastic Models meaning Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) meaning Stock Out meaning Stockchase meaning Stockless Inventory meaning Stockless Purchasing meaning Stockout Cost meaning Stop Sequence meaning Stores meaning Stovepipe meaning Straight Truck meaning Strategic Sourcing meaning Strategic Variables meaning Strategic Alliance meaning Strategic Planning meaning Strategic Profit Model meaning Strategy meaning Stretch Hood meaning Stretch Wrap meaning Subcontracting meaning Sub-Optimization meaning Sub-SKU meaning Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) meaning Substitutability meaning Sub-Tier Suppliers meaning Sunk Cost meaning Supermarket Approach meaning Supplemental carrier meaning Supplier Certification meaning Supplier On Time Delivery meaning Supplier Quality Engineering meaning Supplier Scorecards meaning Supplier Service Level meaning Supplier Capacity Analysis meaning Supplier Council meaning Supplier Criticality Assessment meaning Supplier Cycle Time meaning Supplier Management Program meaning Supplier meaning Supplier-Owned Inventory (SOI) meaning Supply Chain Integration (SCI) meaning Supply Warehouse meaning Supply Chain Council meaning Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) meaning Supply Chain Execution (SCE) meaning Supply Chain Inventory Visibility meaning Supply Chain Management (SCM)(CSCMP) meaning Supply Chain Network Design Systems meaning Supply Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR) meaning Supply Chain Resiliency meaning Supply Chain Strategy Planning meaning Supply Chain Vulnerability meaning Supply Chain meaning Supply Chain-Related Finance and Planning Cost Element meaning Supply Planning Systems meaning Supply Planning meaning Supply-Chain Finance Costs meaning Support Costs meaning Supportability meaning Surcharge meaning Surge Capacity meaning Surrogate item Driver meaning Sustainability meaning Sustaining Activity meaning SVHC meaning SWAS meaning Swimlane meaning Switch Engine meaning Switching company meaning SWOT Analysis meaning SWOT meaning Synchronization meaning Synchronous Process meaning Syntax meaning System meaning Systems Concept meaning Tact Time meaning Tactical Planning meaning Taguchi Method meaning Tally sheet meaning Tandem meaning Tank cars meaning Tapering rate meaning Tare Weight meaning Target Costing meaning Tariff meaning Task interleaving meaning Tasks meaning Taxonomy meaning TCO meaning Technical Components meaning Temporary authority meaning Ten Principles meaning Tender meaning Tenets of 5S meaning Terminal Delivery Allowance meaning TEU meaning Theoretical Cycle Time meaning Theory of Constraints (TOC) meaning Third-Party Logistics (3PL) meaning Third-Party Logistics Provider meaning Third-Party Service Provider (3PSP) meaning Third-Party Warehousing meaning Three-layer Framework meaning Throughput meaning Time Based Order System meaning Time Bucket meaning Time Fence meaning Time Utility meaning Time/service Rate meaning Time-Definite Services meaning Timetables meaning Time-To-Market meaning TL meaning TMS meaning TOC meaning TOFC meaning Ton-mile meaning Tooling meaning Total Cost Analysis meaning Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) meaning Total Cost of Quality meaning Total Package and Label Cycle Time meaning Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) meaning Total Quality Management (TQM) meaning Total Annual Material Receipts meaning Total Annual Sales meaning Total Average Inventory meaning Total Cost Curve meaning Total Cost of Acquisition meaning Total Inventory Days of Supply meaning Total Landed Costs meaning Total Make Cycle Time meaning Total Product Revenue meaning Total Supply Chain Response Time meaning Total Supply-Chain Management Cost (5 elements) meaning Total Test and Release Cycle Time] / [Average daily output in meaning Toto Authority meaning Touch Labor meaning Touches meaning TPM meaning TQM meaning Traceability meaning Tracing meaning Tracing meaning Tracking and Tracing meaning Tracking Signal meaning Tractor meaning Trading Partner Agreement meaning Trading Partner meaning Traffic Management meaning Traffic meaning Trailer Drops meaning Trailer on a Flatcar (TOFC) meaning Trailer meaning Training Plan meaning Tramp meaning Transaction Set ID meaning Transaction Set meaning Transaction meaning Transactional Acknowledgement meaning Transfer Pricing meaning Transhipment problem meaning Transit Inventory meaning Transit privilege meaning Transit Time meaning Transit Time meaning Translation Software meaning Transload Facility meaning Transmission Acknowledgment meaning Transparency meaning Transportation Method meaning Transportation Research Forum meaning Transportation Association of America meaning Transportation Cycle Time meaning Transportation Management System (TMS) meaning Transportation Mode The method of transportation meaning Transportation Planning Systems meaning Transportation Planning meaning Transportation Requirements Planning (TRP) meaning Transportation Research Board meaning Transportation Security Administration (TSA) meaning Transportation, Outbound Freight and Duties meaning Travel agent meaning Trend Forecasting Models meaning Trend meaning Tribal Knowledge meaning Triple Bottom Line Metrics meaning TRP meaning Truckload Carriers (TL) meaning Truckload Lot meaning TSA meaning Turnover meaning Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) meaning Two-Bin system meaning Two-Level Master Schedule meaning Two-Way Scorecards meaning Ubiquity meaning UCC meaning UCS meaning UI meaning ULD meaning Umbrella rate meaning UN/SPSC meaning Unbundled Payment/Remittance meaning Under Utilization meaning Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act meaning Uniform Code Council (UCC) meaning Uniform Communication Standard (UCS) meaning Uniform Product Code (UPC) meaning Uniform Resource Locator (URL) meaning Unit Cost meaning Unit Load Device (ULD) meaning Unit Load meaning Unit of Driver Measure meaning Unit of Measure (UOM) meaning Unit Train meaning United Nations Standard Product and Service Code (UN/SPSC) meaning United States Railway Association meaning Unitization meaning Unitize meaning Unit-of-Measure Conversion meaning Units Moved per Man Hour] / [total number of hours worked to move meaning Unplanned Order meaning UOM meaning UPC meaning Upcharges meaning Upsell meaning Upside Flex Agreement meaning Upside Production Flexibility meaning Upstream meaning Urban Mass Transportation Administration meaning URL meaning Usage Rate meaning Validation meaning Value Chain meaning Value Proposition meaning Value Added meaning Value Analysis meaning Value Based Return (VBR) meaning Value Chain Analysis meaning Value Engineering Change Proposal (VECP) meaning Value of Transfers meaning Value Stream Mapping A pencil and paper tool used in two stages meaning Value Stream meaning Value-Added Network (VAN) meaning Value-Added Productivity Per Employee meaning Value-Adding/Nonvalue-Adding meaning Value-of-service pricing meaning VAN meaning Variable Cost meaning VBR meaning VECP meaning Vehicle Telemetric Systems meaning Velocity meaning Vendor Code meaning Vendor Owned Inventory (VOI) meaning Vendor meaning Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) meaning Vertical Hub/Vertical Portal meaning Vertical Integration meaning Vessell meaning VICS meaning Viral Marketing meaning Virtual Corporation meaning Visibility meaning Visible Skills Matrices meaning Vision Systems meaning Vision meaning VMI meaning VOI meaning Voice of the Customer meaning Voice Activated or Voice Directed meaning Wagner-Whitin Algorithm meaning Wall-to-Wall Inventory meaning WAN meaning Warehouse Management System (WMS) meaning Warehouse Control System (WCS) meaning Warehouse Location meaning Warehouse meaning Warehousing meaning Warranty Costs meaning Warranty meaning Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) meaning Waste meaning Waterway Use Tax meaning Wave Generation meaning Wave Picking meaning Waybill meaning WBS meaning WCS meaning Web 2.0 meaning Web Services meaning Web Browser meaning Web Site meaning Web meaning WEEE meaning Weight Break meaning Weight Confirmation meaning Weighted-Point Plan meaning Weight-Losing Raw Material meaning What If Scenarios meaning What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) meaning Wholesaler meaning Wide Area Network (WAN) meaning Wi-Fi meaning Wikis meaning Will Call meaning Windows Meta File (WMF) meaning WIP meaning WMF meaning WMS meaning Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) meaning Work Sequence meaning Work-in-Process (WIP) meaning World Wide Web (WWW) meaning World Trade Organization (WTO) meaning WWW meaning WWW meaning WYSIWYG meaning X12 meaning XDK meaning XML meaning Yard Management System (YMS) meaning Yield meaning YMS meaning Yokoten meaning Zero Inventory meaning Zone of Rate Freedom meaning Zone Jumping meaning Zone of Rate Flexibility meaning Zone of Reasonableness meaning Zone Picking meaning Zone price meaning Zone Skipping meaning

 

Glossary of supply chain management terms meanings

 

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