Fulfill Logistics Glossary

A repository of logistics acronyms, jargon, terms, and useful concepts for brands striving to optimize their ecommerce logistics operations.

Find a topic:

A

Advanced shipping notice (ASN)

Air Freight

Ambient storage

B

Backorder

Barcoding

Big And Bulky

Bill of Lading

Blind Shipment

Bonded warehouse

Bullwhip effect

Bundling

C

Cargo Insurance

Carrier Liability

Cold Storage

Commercial shipping

Cross-docking

Customs Broker

Customs Clearance

D

DDP Shipping

DDU Shipping

Delivery management

Dimensional weight

Direct shipping

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands

Drayage

Dropshipping

Dunnage

Dwell time

E

Ecommerce fulfillment

Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)

Economies of scale

Electronic data interchange (EDI)

Expedited Shipping

Export Tariff

F

FCL (Full Container Load)

Fill rate

First in first out (FIFO) method

Flat-rate shipping

Fourth-party logistics (4PL)

Freight Class

Freight Consolidation

Freight forwarding

Fulfillment center

G

Ground shipping

H

Harmonized Tariff Schedule Code (HTS Code)

Hazmat

I

Import License

Incoterms

Inventory Management

J

Just-In-Time (JIT)

K

Kitting

L

LCL (Less than Container Load)

Labor Management

Landed cost

Last-mile delivery

Line Haul

M

Make-to-stock

Manifest

Merchant

Milk run logistics

Minimum order quantity (MOQ)

Mispick

Multi-warehousing

N

Node

O

Ocean Freight

Omnichannel fulfillment

Order fulfillment

Order management

P

POD (Proof of Delivery)

Parcel shipping

Pick and pack

Pro Forma Invoice

Q

Quarantine stock

R

Reorder point formula (ROP formula)

Retail logistics

Retailer

Returns management

Reverse Logistics

S

SKU management

Shipping Manifest

Shipping zones

Split shipment

Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

T

Third Party Logistics (3PL)

Third-party logistics companies (3PL)

Track and trace

Transit Time

Transportation management system (TMS)

U

Unit cost

V

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

W

Warehouse management

Waybill

Wholesale shipping

X

X12

Y

Yard Management System (YMS)

Z

Zero inventories

Zone Pricing

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