Commonly Used Terms
A
Autonomous Supply Chain
Automated Screening
Automated Reconciliation
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Auto-population
Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)
Audit Trail
Asset Utilization
AI in Shipping
API Integration
Anti Dumping Duties (AD)
Amendment Charges
All Risk Coverage
Algorithmic Pricing
Airport-to-Door
Airport-to-Airport
Air Fright Rates
Air Freight Forwarder
Air Cargo Tracking
Air Cargo Terminal
Air Cargo Security
Air Cargo Insurance
Agile Supply Chain
After-hours Charges
Advance Cargo Declaration
Average Payment Period (for materials)
Average Inventory
Average Cost per Unit
Accounts Payable
Available to Sell (ATS)
Available to Promise (ATP)
Available Inventory
Automatic Rescheduling
Automatic Relief
Automated Storage-Retrieval System (AS-RS)
Automated Manifest System (AMS)
Automated Guiding Vehicle System (AGVS)
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Automated Call Distribution
Automated Broker Interface (ABI)
Auditing
Audit Trail
Audit Ability
Audit
Attributes
Attachment
Assumed Receipt
Association of American Railroads
Assignment
Assemble-to-order
Arrival Notice
Approved Vendor List (AVL)
Appraisal Costs
Any Quantity Rate (AQ)
Anticipation Inventories
Anticipated Delay Report
Anti-Dumping Duty
ANSI Standard
Amtrak
American Waterways Operators
American Trucking Association (ATA)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Society of Transportation & Logistics
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
Alternate Routing
Alpha Release
Allocation
Allocated Item
All Risks
All Cargo Carrier
Alaskan Carrier
Airport and Airway Trust Fund
Airline Terminal Fee (ATF)
Air Waybill
Air Transport Association of America
Air Taxi
Air Cargo Containers
Air Cargo
Agility
Agile Manufacturing
Aggregate Tender Rate
Aggregate Planning
Aggregate Plan
Aggregate Inventory Management
Aggregate Inventory
Aggregate Forecast
Agglomeration
Agent
Agency Tariff
After Sale Service
Advanced Shipping Notice
Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)
Advance Material Request
Adaptive Smoothing
Adaptive Control
Actual to Theoretical Cycle Time
Actual Demand
Actual Cost System
Actual Cost
Activity Ratio
Activity Network Diagram
Activity Level
Activity Driver
Activity Dictionary
Activity Based Planning (ABP)
Activity Based Management (ABM)
Activity Based Costing System
Activity Based Costing Model
Activity Based Costing (ABC)
Activity Based Budgeting (ABB)
Activity Analysis
Activity
Active Inventory
B
Buyers Consolidation
Business Intelligence Shipping
Bulk Booking
Bullwhip Effect
Break Bulk Point
Booking Confirmation
Bonded Warehouse Air
Bobtail Fee
Blockchain Verification
Blockchain Documentation
Blank Sailing
Bid Bond
Benchmarking
Bay Plan
Bank Guarantee for Import Export
Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)
Break Bulk
Bonded Goods
Binder
Bill Of Lading
Bill of Entry (BE)
Berth (Shipping)
Barge Meaning: Understanding the Significance
C
Cost Optimization
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Bond
Contingency Insurance
Container Yard Cut Off
Container Tracking
Container Security Initiative (CSI)
Container Pool
Container Insurance
Container Flow
Container Depot
Constructive Total Loss
Consolidator
Consolidated Air Service
Consolidation Savings
ConRO (Container Roll-on/Roll-off Vessels)
Concealed Damage
Compliance Vision
Compliance Monitoring
Compliance Dashboard
Common Health Entry Document (CHED)
Commercial Set
Combine B/L
Collaborative Planning
Cloud-based TMS
Clean Bill of Lading
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
Circular Supply Chain
Chassis Usage Fee
Container Chassis
Charter Flight Cargo
Chargeback Shipping
Certificate of Origin (CO)
Centralized Examination Station (CES)
Cash Flow Forecasting Shipping
Carnet System India
Carbon Neutral Shipping
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Cancellation Penalties
C-TPAT Certification
Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)
Cross-docking
Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)
Cost and Freight (CFR)
Contract of Carriage
Container Yard (CY)
Completely Knocked Down (CKD)
Certificate of Origin (CO)
Cellular Vessel
Carriers
Carrier's Lien
Carriage Paid To (CPT)
Carriage And Insurance Paid To (CIP)
Carnet
Cargo Agents Settlement System (CASS)
D
Dynamic Routing
Dwell Time
Duty Drawback
Duties & Taxes Calculator
Documentary Collection
Drayage
Digital Bill of Lading
Delivery Order (DO)
Detention
Demurrage Charges
Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD)
Duty Drawback
Dunnage
Drayage Charge
Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)
Delivered at Terminal (DAT)
Delivered At Place (DAP)
DWT Full Form: Understanding Deadweight Tonnage in Shipping
E
F
Fumigation Certificate
Fuel Adjustment Factor
Freight Aggregation
Free Trade Zone (FTZ)
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
Free Time
Forwarders Cargo Receipt (FCR)
Form A Certificate
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Force Majeure Insurance
Fleet Management
Final Mile
Full Container Load (FCL)
Free On Board (FOB)
Free Carrier (FCA)
Free Alongside Ship (FAS)
G
H
I
L
M
Multimodal Shipping
Multi-modal Tracking
Multi-modal Discount
Multi-currency Account
Mother Vessel
Most Favored Nation (MFN)
Mobile-first Design
Milestone Alerts
Microservices Architecture
Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Master Lease
Market Intelligence
Marine Cargo Insurance
Machine Learning Analytics
Mover bill
P
Q
R
S
Sustainable Supply Chain
Substantial Transformation
Supply Chain Resilience
Standby Letter of Credit
Space Allocation
Shipping Instructions
Storage Charges
Shipment Visibility Portal
Smart Containers
Supply Chain Visibility
Supply Chain Finance
Single Window
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Shipping Conference
Shipping Bill
Sea Waybill