Warehouse Management Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Warehouse Management

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A

Activity Based Costing Systems in Warehouse Management

Activity-Based Costing (ABC) in Warehouse Management

Allocation in Warehouse Management

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) in Warehouse Management

Automated Picking in Warehouse Management

Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) in Warehouse Management

Automated storage and retrieval Systems (AS/RS) in Warehouse Management

Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) in Warehouse Management

Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) in Warehouse Management

Available-to-Promise (ATP) in Warehouse Management

Average Inventory in Warehouse Management

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B

Back Order in Warehouse Management

Barcode in Warehouse Management

Barcode Scanning in Warehouse Management

Barcoding in Warehouse Management

Batch Control in Warehouse Management

Batch Picking in Warehouse Management

Bill of Materials (BOM) in Warehouse Management

Bin in Warehouse Management

Blind Receiving in Warehouse Management

Break-Bulk in Warehouse Management

Buffer Stock in Warehouse Management

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C

Capacity Planning in Warehouse Management

Carrier in Warehouse Management

Carton Flow in Warehouse Management

Cartonization in Warehouse Management

Case in Warehouse Management

Checking in Warehouse Management

Cold Chain in Warehouse Management

Collaborative Robot (Cobot) in Warehouse Management

Commercial Invoice in Warehouse Management

Consolidation in Warehouse Management

Continuous Improvement in Warehouse Management

Continuous Replenishment in Warehouse Management

Controlled Substance in Warehouse Management

Cross Docking in Warehouse Management

Cross Docking Automation in Warehouse Management

Cross-Dock in Warehouse Management

Cross-Docking in Warehouse Management

Cube in Warehouse Management

Cubing in Warehouse Management

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in Warehouse Management

Cycle Counting in Warehouse Management

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D

Damaged Stock in Warehouse Management

Dangerous Goods in Warehouse Management

Data Warehousing in Warehouse Management

Days of Supply in Warehouse Management

Dead Stock in Warehouse Management

Deadhead in Warehouse Management

Demand Forecasting in Warehouse Management

Direct Ship in Warehouse Management

Direct Store Delivery (DSD) in Warehouse Management

Dispatch in Warehouse Management

Distribution Center (DC) in Warehouse Management

Dock Door Scheduling in Warehouse Management

Dock Leveler in Warehouse Management

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E

E-commerce in Warehouse Management

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) in Warehouse Management

Electronic Product Code (EPC) in Warehouse Management

Embargo in Warehouse Management

End-to-End Visibility in Warehouse Management

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) in Warehouse Management

Enterprise Mobility in Warehouse Management

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) in Warehouse Management

Expiration Date in Warehouse Management

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F

Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) in Warehouse Management

Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in Warehouse Management

FIFO (First-In-First-Out) in Warehouse Management

Fill Rate in Warehouse Management

First Expired, First Out (FEFO) in Warehouse Management

Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) in Warehouse Management

Fixed Slotting in Warehouse Management

Floor-Ready Merchandise (FRM) in Warehouse Management

Forklift in Warehouse Management

Forward Pick Area (FPA) in Warehouse Management

Freight Consolidation in Warehouse Management

Freight Forwarder in Warehouse Management

Full Pallet in Warehouse Management

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G

Global Trade Management (GTM) in Warehouse Management

Goods Issue in Warehouse Management

Goods Receipt in Warehouse Management

Goods to Picker in Warehouse Management

Green Logistics in Warehouse Management

Gross Margin Return on Investment (GMROI) in Warehouse Management

Gross Weight in Warehouse Management

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H

Handheld Device in Warehouse Management

Handling Unit in Warehouse Management

Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in Warehouse Management

Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) in Warehouse Management

Hazmat Certification in Warehouse Management

High-Density Storage in Warehouse Management

Horizontal Carousel in Warehouse Management

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I

Inbound Logistics in Warehouse Management

Incoterms in Warehouse Management

Incoterms 2020 in Warehouse Management

Inflation Factor in Warehouse Management

In-handling in Warehouse Management

Inland Bill of Lading (BL) in Warehouse Management

In-line Scale in Warehouse Management

Inspection Report in Warehouse Management

Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) in Warehouse Management

Intermodal in Warehouse Management

In-Transit Inventory in Warehouse Management

Inventory in Warehouse Management

Inventory Accuracy in Warehouse Management

Inventory Control in Warehouse Management

Inventory counting in Warehouse Management

Inventory Turnover in Warehouse Management

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J

Jidoka in Warehouse Management

Just-in-Sequence (JIS) in Warehouse Management

Just-in-Time (JIT) in Warehouse Management

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K

Kanban in Warehouse Management

Key Success Factor (KSF) in Warehouse Management

Kit Picking in Warehouse Management

Kitting in Warehouse Management

KPI (Key Performance Indicator) in Warehouse Management

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L

Labor Cost in Warehouse Management

Labor Management System (LMS) in Warehouse Management

Landed Cost in Warehouse Management

Last Mile Delivery in Warehouse Management

Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) in Warehouse Management

Lead Logistics Provider (LLP) in Warehouse Management

Lead Time in Warehouse Management

Lead Time Variability in Warehouse Management

Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) in Warehouse Management

LIFO Reserve in Warehouse Management

Line-Item Fill Rate in Warehouse Management

Load Planning in Warehouse Management

Local Sourcing in Warehouse Management

Logistics in Warehouse Management

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M

Manifest in Warehouse Management

Manual Handling in Warehouse Management

Manual Order Picking in Warehouse Management

Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) in Warehouse Management

Master Pack in Warehouse Management

Material Handling in Warehouse Management

Material Handling Equipment in Warehouse Management

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in Warehouse Management

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) in Warehouse Management

Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) in Warehouse Management

Multi-Channel Fulfillment in Warehouse Management

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N

Narrow Aisle in Warehouse Management

National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) in Warehouse Management

Net Weight in Warehouse Management

Non-Conformance Report (NCR) in Warehouse Management

Non-Stock Inventory in Warehouse Management

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O

Obsolete Inventory in Warehouse Management

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in Warehouse Management

Offloading in Warehouse Management

Offshoring in Warehouse Management

Omni-Channel in Warehouse Management

On-Demand Warehousing in Warehouse Management

One-Way Pallet in Warehouse Management

On-Time Delivery (OTD) in Warehouse Management

Order Fulfillment in Warehouse Management

Order Management System (OMS) in Warehouse Management

Order Picking in Warehouse Management

Order Picking Strategies in Warehouse Management

Order Processing in Warehouse Management

Outbound Logistics in Warehouse Management

Out-of-Stock (OOS) in Warehouse Management

Outsourcing in Warehouse Management

Overhead Cost in Warehouse Management

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P

Package Delivery in Warehouse Management

Packaging in Warehouse Management

Packaging Waste in Warehouse Management

Packing List in Warehouse Management

Packing Station in Warehouse Management

Pallet in Warehouse Management

Pallets in Warehouse Management

Paper Pick Lists in Warehouse Management

Parcel Shipping in Warehouse Management

Part Number in Warehouse Management

Perpetual Inventory in Warehouse Management

Pick Accuracy in Warehouse Management

Pick and Pack in Warehouse Management

Pick by Label in Warehouse Management

Pick by Light/Pick to Light in Warehouse Management

Pick by Voice in Warehouse Management

Pick Path Optimization in Warehouse Management

Picker to Goods in Warehouse Management

Pick-to-Light in Warehouse Management

Pick-To-Light Systems in Warehouse Management

Point-of-Sale (POS) System in Warehouse Management

Pop-Up Warehouse in Warehouse Management

Port of Entry in Warehouse Management

Pre-Distribution in Warehouse Management

Preferred Carrier in Warehouse Management

Preparation in Warehouse Management

Pre-receipt in Warehouse Management

Primary Distribution in Warehouse Management

Procurement in Warehouse Management

Product Life Cycle in Warehouse Management

Production Planning in Warehouse Management

Put to Light in Warehouse Management

Putaway in Warehouse Management

Put-away in Warehouse Management

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Q

Quality Assurance in Warehouse Management

Quality Control in Warehouse Management

Quality Management System (QMS) in Warehouse Management

Quick Response (QR) in Warehouse Management

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R

Radio Frequency Identification in Warehouse Management

Radio-Frequency (RF) in Warehouse Management

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Portal in Warehouse Management

Random Sampling in Warehouse Management

Receiving in Warehouse Management

Receiving Dock in Warehouse Management

Recording in Warehouse Management

Recycle in Warehouse Management

Repackaging in Warehouse Management

Replenishment in Warehouse Management

Replenishment Level in Warehouse Management

Return on investment (ROI) in Warehouse Management

Returns Management in Warehouse Management

Returns Processing in Warehouse Management

Reverse Logistics in Warehouse Management

RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) in Warehouse Management

Routing Guide in Warehouse Management

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S

Safety Data Sheet (SDS) in Warehouse Management

Safety Stock in Warehouse Management

Safety Stock Calculation in Warehouse Management

Same-Day Delivery in Warehouse Management

Scalability in Warehouse Management

Seasonal Inventory in Warehouse Management

Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) in Warehouse Management

Service Level Agreement (SLA) in Warehouse Management

Shelf Life in Warehouse Management

Shipment in Warehouse Management

Shipment Tracking in Warehouse Management

Shipping Container in Warehouse Management

Shipping Manifest in Warehouse Management

Shrinkage in Warehouse Management

Single-Use Packaging in Warehouse Management

SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) in Warehouse Management

Slotting in Warehouse Management

Slotting Optimization in Warehouse Management

Small Parcel Delivery in Warehouse Management

Sourcing in Warehouse Management

Spot Rate in Warehouse Management

Staging Area in Warehouse Management

Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) Rationalization in Warehouse Management

Stock Management in Warehouse Management

Stock Profiling in Warehouse Management

Stock Rotation in Warehouse Management

Stockout in Warehouse Management

Storage Equipment in Warehouse Management

Storage Systems in Warehouse Management

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) in Warehouse Management

Supply Chain in Warehouse Management

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T

Tare Weight in Warehouse Management

Task Interleaving in Warehouse Management

Temperature-Controlled Storage in Warehouse Management

Temperature-Controlled Warehouse in Warehouse Management

Terminal Handling Charges (THC) in Warehouse Management

Third-Party Logistics (3PL) in Warehouse Management

Time-Phased Reorder Point (TPROP) in Warehouse Management

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in Warehouse Management

Total Landed Cost in Warehouse Management

Traceability in Warehouse Management

Transloading in Warehouse Management

Transportation Management System (TMS) in Warehouse Management

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U

Unit Load in Warehouse Management

Unit of Measure (UOM) in Warehouse Management

Unit-Load Identification Code (ULIC) in Warehouse Management

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V

Value-Added Services in Warehouse Management

Vendor Compliance in Warehouse Management

Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) in Warehouse Management

Voice Picking in Warehouse Management

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W

Warehouse Automation in Warehouse Management

Warehouse costs in Warehouse Management

Warehouse Design in Warehouse Management

Warehouse Layout in Warehouse Management

Warehouse Location in Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management System in Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management System (WMS) in Warehouse Management

Warehousing in Warehouse Management

Work-in-Process (WIP) in Warehouse Management

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X

X-Dock in Warehouse Management

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Y

Yard Management in Warehouse Management

Yield Management in Warehouse Management

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Z

Zero-Based Inventory in Warehouse Management

Zone Picking in Warehouse Management

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