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Glossary
Your guide to warehouse management terminology, industry acronyms, and supply chain concepts—explained in plain language.
- 1 Step Put Away
- 3PL
- 4PL
- ABC Analysis
- ABC Classification
- Advance Shipment Notice Receiving
- Aggregate Inventory
- AGV
- Aisle Optimization
- Allocation Methods
- Amazon FBA
- Amazon FBM
- Amazon Seller Central
- API
- Appointment Scheduling
- ASN
- Assemble and Kitting
- Automated Storage and Retrieval System
- Backflushing
- Backorder
- Barcode Scanning
- Batch Picking
- Bill of Lading
- Bill of Materials
- Bin Location
- Blind Receiving
- Buffer Stock
- Bulk Picking
- Bulk Storage
- Carousel System
- Carton Flow Rack
- Cartonization
- Case Picking
- Catch Weight
- Cherry Picker
- Cluster Picking
- Cold Storage
- Compliance Labeling
- Consignee
- Consolidation
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Container
- Cross-Docking
- Cross-Shipping
- Cube Utilization
- Cycle Counting
- Damaged Goods
- Days of Supply
- Dead Stock
- Defective Inventory
- Demand Forecasting
- DIM Weight
- Direct Store Delivery
- Direct Store Delivery Receiving
- Directed Putaway
- Directed Work
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Discrete Picking
- Disposition
- Dock
- Dock Door Management
- Dock Scheduling
- Drop Shipping
- Dynamic Location
- Ecommerce
- Economic Order Quantity
- EDI
- Exception Handling
- Expiration Date Management
- Expiration Date Tracking
- FEFO
- FIFO
- Finished Goods Distribution
- Fixed Location Slotting
- Forward Pick Area
- Freight Shipping
- FTL
- Fulfillment
- Full Truckload
- Goods Receipt
- GS1 Labels
- Hard Allocation
- HAWB
- High-Bay Storage
- Honeycomb Loss
- Inbound Logistics
- Inspection
- Inventory Accuracy
- Inventory Adjustment
- Inventory Reconciliation
- Inventory Reservation
- Inventory Turnover
- Inventory Turns
- Just-In-Time
- Just-In-Time Receiving
- Kitting
- Labor Management
- Lead Time
- Lean Warehousing
- Less than Truckload
- LIFO
- Loading Bay
- Location Transfer
- Logistics
- Lot Control
- Lot Tracking
- LTL
- Manifest
- Master Production Schedule
- Material Handling Equipment
- Mobile Scanning
- Multi-Channel Distribution
- Nearshoring
- Offshoring
- Omnichannel Fulfillment
- Order Allocation
- Order Cycle Time
- Order Picking
- Order Priority
- Order Status
- OS&D
- Outbound Logistics
- Outsourcing
- Over, Short, and Damaged Receiving
- Over Short Damaged
- Overhead Conveyor System
- Pack Station
- Packing Slip
- Pallet
- Pallet Racking
- Parallel Picking
- Parcel Shipping
- Partial Shipment
- Perpetual Inventory System
- Physical Inventory
- Pick Face
- Pick-to-Cart
- Pick to Light
- Picking List
- Procurement
- Product Slotting
- Proof of Delivery
- Put-Away
- Put-to-Light
- Quality Control
- Quality Hold
- Quality Inspection
- Quarantine
- Random Putaway
- Rate Shopping
- Real Time Inventory
- Reorder Point
- Replenishment
- Reserve Storage
- Restocking
- Return Merchandise Authorization
- Returns Process Management
- Returns Processing
- Reverse Logistics
- RF Scanning
- RF Terminal
- RFID
- RMA
- Safety Stock
- SCAC
- Scalability
- Serial Number Tracking
- Serial Tracking
- Shelf Life
- Ship Complete
- Ship Confirm
- Shipping Label
- Shrinkage
- SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)
- Small Parcel
- Soft Allocation
- Split Shipment
- Standard Receiving
- Stock Take
- Stockout
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- System-Directed
- Task Interleaving
- Throughput
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Tracking and Tracing
- Transportation Management System
- UCC128 Labels
- User-Directed
- VAN
- Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI)
- Vertical Carousel
- Voice Picking
- Warehouse Management System
- Warehouse Receipt
- Wave Picking
- Wave Planning
- Wave Release
- WCS
- WES
- WIP
- Work Order
- Yard Management System
- Zone Picking