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A

Commercial Risk

Air Freight Cost

Air Freight Forwarder

Aircraft Pallet

Airway Bill (AWB)

ASN (Advance Shipping Notice)

Automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS)

Accredited Standards Committee

Actual Landed Cost

Actual Pickup Date/Time

Actual Valuation

Ad Valorem Duty

Admiralty Court

Advance Against Documents

Advanced Charge

Advanced Planning and Scheduling

Advisory Capacity

Agency Agreement

Aggregate Shipments

Air Cargo Agent

All Risk Insurance

All-Cargo Aircraft

All-Risk Clause

Alternative Rates

Amazon Fulfillment

Anti-Dumping Duties

Any-Quantity Rate

Apparent Good Order and Condition

Applicability Statement 1 (AS1)

Applicability Statement 2 (AS2)

Applicability Statement 3 (AS3)

Application of Rates

Application Standards

Arbitrary Charge (ARB)

Arbitration Clause

Assignment of Proceeds

Assorted Pack/Setpack (AP)

Attribute/Value Pairs (A/VP)

Autodiscrimination

Automated Brokerage Interface (ABI)

Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

Automated Commercial System (ACS)

Automated Commercial System (ACS)

Automated Manifest System (AMS)

Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC)

Available to promise

Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA)

Accessorial Charges

B

Bill of Lading (BL)

Billable Weight

Bonded Warehousing

Break Bulk Cargo

Break Bulk Vessel

Business-to-Business (B2B)

Business-to-Consumer (B2C)

B2B Retail Distribution

B2C 3PL fulfillment services

Backstage Areas

Bermuda Agreement

Berth Liner Service

Berth or Liner Terms

Bill of Exchange

Bill of Materials

Bill to Address

Bonded Indemnity

Bonded Terminal

Brokerage License

Brussels Tariff Nomenclature Number

Bursting Strength

Business Message Standard (BMS)

Business-to-Business Integration

C

Cantilever Rack

Cargo Ready Date (CRD)

Certificate of Origin

Chargeable Weight

Chemical Warehouse

Consolidated Shipping

Consolidated Warehouse

Container on Flat Car (COFC)

Container Yard (CY)

Contract Warehousing

Cost and Freight (C&F)

Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF)

Country of Origin

Cross-border Transportation

Cubic Meter (CBM)

Customs Bonded Warehouse

Customs Brokerage

Customs Clearance

Customs Declaration

Customs Warehouse

Cancel After Date/Cancel Date

Carriage & Insurance Paid To (CIP)

Carriage Paid To (CPT)

Carrier Liability

Carrier Shipment Status 214

Carrier's Shipment Terminal

Cash Against Documents (CAD)

Cash in Advance (CIA)

Cash on Delivery (COD)

Cash with Order (CWO)

Catalogue Item (CI)

Category Hierarchy

Category Management (CM)

Category Scheme

Central Distribution Center

Central Warehouse

Centralized Dispatching

Certificate of Analysis

Certificate of Inspection

Certificate of Insurance

Certificate of Manufacture

Certificate of Weight

CFS Receiving Service

Change Request (CR)

Chargeable Kilo

Charter Party Bill of Lading

Charter Service

Child-Labor Certificate

Child-Labor Certificate

Class I Carrier

Class II Carrier

Class III Carrier

Classification Yard

Claused Bill of Lading

Clean Bill of Lading

Coastal Shipping

Collaborative Commerce

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR®)

Collective Paper

Collector of Customs

Combined Transport Bill of Lading (FBL)

Commercial Invoice

Commercial Risk

Commercial Zone

Commodity Specialist

Concealed Loss or Damage

Concealed Shortage

Concentration Point

Configuration Processing

Confirmed Letter of Credit

Connecting Carrier

Consignment Inventory

Consular Declaration

Consular Documents

Consular Invoice

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)

Consumer Unit Indicator (CUI)

Contact Documents

Container Freight Station (CFS)

Containerization

Containerized Cargo

Continuous Bond

Continuous Replenishment Program (CRP)

Continuous Seals

Contract Carrier

Contract Logistics

Cost Commitment

Cost of Goods and Insurance (C&I)

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

Countervailing Duties (CVD)

Country of Export

Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)

Credit Risk Insurance

cross border e commerce

Cross-Belt Sorter

Cube utilization

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT)

D

Declaration of Dangerous Goods (DDG)

Declared value for Carriage

Deconsolidation

Dedicated Logistics

Dedicated Storage

Delivery Order (D.O)

Direct Distribution

Direct-to-consumer (D2C)

Distribution Center

Distribution Channel

Distribution Warehouse

Double Pallet Jack

Drive-Through Rack

Duty Free Zone (DFZ)

Dead Freight (DF)

Deadweight (DW)

Deferred Air Freight

Deferred Payment Credit

Deferred Rebate

Delete Catalogue Item

Delivered at Frontier (DAF)

Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)

Delivered EX Quay (DEQ)

Delivered EX Ship (DES)

Delivering Carrier

Delivery Trailer Manifest

Demand Forecast

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Destination Control Statement

Dimensional Weight (DimWt)

Direct Exchange UCS (DEX/UCS)

Direct Store Delivery (DSD)

Direct Store Delivery (DSD)

Deferred Rebate

Delete Catalogue Item

Delivered at Frontier (DAF)

Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)

Delivered EX Quay (DEQ)

Delivered EX Ship (DES)

Delivering Carrier

Delivery Trailer Manifest

Demand Forecast

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Destination Control Statement

Dimensional Weight (DimWt)

Direct Exchange UCS (DEX/UCS)

Direct Store Delivery (DSD)

Display Shipper (DS)

Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)

Do not ship before / Cancel if not shipped By

Documents Against Acceptance (D/A)

Domestic Intercity Trucking

Double Stack Train (DST)

Double-Deep Rack

Doubles Trailer

Dynamic Slotting

E

E-commerce Fulfillment

E-Commerce Warehouse

Estimated Delivery Date (ETD)

Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)

Estimated Time of Departure (ETD)

Excise Warehouse

Export Commodity Classification Number (ECCN)

Export Declaration

Exporter of Record (EOR)

Earliest Ship Date

Early Shipment (S)

End of Month Terms (EOM)

End-of-Life (EOL)

Excess Inventory

Exchange Bill of Lading (Ex B/L)

Exclusive Use of Trailer

Explosion-Proof Lift Trucks

F

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

FDA Approved Storage

First in First out (FIFO)

First In, Last Out (FILO)

First-Mile Delivery

Food-Grade Storage

Free Along Side (FAS)

Free On-Board (FOB)

Free Trade Zone (FZ)

Freight Collect

Freight Forwarder

Freight Prepaid

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)

Fulfillment by Merchant (FBM)

Fulfillment Center (FC)

Full Container Load (FCL)

Full Truck Load (FTL or FCL)

Fifth Freedom Flight

Finished Goods Inventory (FGI)

First Cost (FC)

Flow-Through Distribution

Food Distribution

For-Hire Carrier

Fork Positioner

Forklift-Free plants

Foul Bill of Landing

Free Carrier (FCA)

Free In and Out (FIO)

Free of Capture and Seizure (FC&S)

Free of Particular Average (FPA)

Freight All Kinds (FAK)

Freight Allowance

Freight Cargo Receipt (FCR)

Freight Line Charge

Freight Management

G

General Order (GO)

General Rate Increase (GRI)

Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW)

Garments on Hangers (GOH)

General Average

General Cargo Rate (GCR)

General Export License

General Sales Agent (GSA)

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment (GROII)

Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW)

Gross Weight (G.R.Wt./GW)

H

Hazmat Warehouse

Humidity Controlled Storage

Humidity Controlled Storage

Heavy Duty Truck

Heavy Lift Vessel

High Density Storage

High-Frequency Tags (HF tags)

High-Piled Combustible Storage

Hours of Service (HOS)

House Air Waybill

House to Pier (CY/CFS)

Husbanding Term

Harmonized System Code (HS code)

Hazardous Material

I

Importer of Record (IOR)

Inbound Logistics

Indirect Distribution Channel

Inland Transport

Integrated Logistics

Intermediately Positioned Warehouse

Intermodal Transportation

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

In-Transit Movement

Inventory Management

Inventory Warehouse

Incremental Cost to Export

Initial Carrier

Inspection Certificate

In-store Logistics

Integrated Carriers

Interchange Format

Intercity Trucking

Interline Freight

Interline Shipping

Intermediate Carrier

Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF)

International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Irrevocable Letter of Credit

J

Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventory

K

kitting warehouse

L

Outbound Logistics

Outbound Logistics

Last In, First Out (LIFO)

Last-Mile Delivery

Less Than Container Load (LCL)

Less Than Truck Load (LTL)

Lift On Lift Off (LoLo)

Long-Term Storage

Landed Duty Paid

Last 50 yards/metres

Last Change Date

Letter of Credit (L/C)

Level of Service (LOS)

Lights-Out Warehouse

Limited Quantity (LTD QTY)

Line Haul Truck

Liquid Bulk Cargo

Loadability (T)

Local Reconsignment

Logistic Measures

Logistic Unit Identifier

Logistics Service Provider (LSP)

M

Middle-Mile Delivery

Multi-Client Warehousing

Marine Insurance

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Mark For Location

Master Air Waybill (MAWB)

Master Bill of Lading (MBOL)

Measurement Ton

Memorandum Bill of Lading

Merchandise-Management System

Metric Ton (M/T)

Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)

Mixed Truckload

Most Favored Nation (MFN)

Motorized pallet truck

N

Non-Bonded Warehouse

Non-Palletized Storage

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)

National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)

National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA)

Negative Inventory

Neutral Air Waybill

O

On Time In Full (OTIF)

Order Fulfillment

Outbound Consolidation

Outbound Logistics

Ocean Bill of Lading

Omni-Directional Scanner

On-Order Materials or Materials

Order Bill of Lading

Original Bill of Lading (OBL)

Over, Short and Damaged (OS&D)

P

Palletized Storage

Perishable Goods

Pharmaceutical Warehouse

Port of Discharge

Port of Loading

Private Warehouse

Public Warehouse

Purchase Order (PO)

Pack by Store (PBS)

Pallet Extender

Pallet inverter

Part Load Charter

Point of Origin

Point of Sale (POS)

Pool/Drop Trailers

primary distribution

Prior to Tender of Delivery

Priority Air Freight

Prison (Forced) Labor Certificate

Private Carrier

Pro Forma Invoice

Proof of Delivery (POD)

Proper Shipping Name

Proportional Rate

Pull Replenishment

Q

Quality Assurance

Quarantine Stock

Quantity Allocated

Quantity Available

Quantity in Transit

Quantity on Hand

Quantity on Order

R

Retail Distribution

Return Management

Reverse Logistics

Roll On/ Roll Off (RO/RO)

Room Temperature Storage

Rack-Supported Building

Random Location Storage

Receipt of Goods (ROG)

Receipt-Ready Shipments

Red Clause Letter of Credit

Regional Distribution Center (RDC)

Regional Railroad

Regional Warehouse

Registered Identification Number (RN#)

Replenishment Order (RE)

Reportable Quantity

Requested Delivery End Date/Time Between

Requested Pickup Date/Time Between

Requested Ship Date

Reshipper or Remailer

Retail Logistics

Retail Supply Chain Industry Action Group (RSC IAG)

Return Authorization (RA)

Return to Shipper

Return to Vendor (RTV)

Returnable Asset

S

Second Day Shipping

Shared Warehouse

Shipping Container

Short Term Storage

Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)

Storage Warehouse

Said to contain (STC)

Sanitary and Health Certificate

Second Day Air Freight

Secondary Distribution

Selective Pallet Rack

Self-Sustaining

Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)

Service Contract

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Ship To Mark For STMF or S2M4

Shipment Identification Number

Shipment Packaging

Shippable Inner

Shipper Identification Number (SID#)

Shipper Load and Count (SLC)

Shipper Reference

Shipper's Agent

Shipper's Export Declaration (SED)

Shipper's Letter of Instruction

Shipping Manifest

Shipping Weight

Shipping Window

Ship's Manifest

Short Line Railroad

Short-Sea Shipping

Single Entry Charter

Slotting and Optimization

Specialized Carrier

Specified Commodity Rate (SCR)

Split Pickup or Delivery

Stale Bill of Lading

Stand Alone Order (SA)

Standard Carton Pack

Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)

Standard Unit Pack (SUP)

Statute of Limitation

Stop Off Charge

Storage-in-Transit

Store Door Delivery

Straight Bill of Lading

Structural Pallet Rack

Super Bill of Material

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Switching and Terminal Railroad

T

Temperature-Controlled Warehouse

Transportation Mode

Task Interleaving

Temperature Controlled Cargo

Tender Confirmed

Terminal Carrier

Terminal Handling Charge (THC)

Third Freedom Right

Ton-Displacement

Transferable Letter of Credit

Transportation management system (TMS)

Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)

U

Unites Per Hour (UPH)

Ultimate Consignee

Unclaimed Shipment

Unclean Bill of Lading

Unit of Traffic

V

Value Added Warehousing

Volumetric Weight

Valuation Charges

Value-Added Tax (VAT)

Valued Inventory List

Vendor Consolidation

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Volume Shipments

W

Warehouse Management System (WMS)

War Risk Insurance

Warehouse Control System (WCS)

Warehouse Information Network Standard (WINS)

Warehouse Receipt

Warehouse-to-Warehouse

Warsaw Convention/Warsaw

Weight Load Factor

Without Reserve

Work-in-Process (WIP)

X

X-Channel Management

Y

Yard Management System (YMS)

Z

Zero Inventories

#

1PL

3PL

3PL distribution

4PL

5PL