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3PL: |
Short for
Third Party Logistics. |
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Airbag: |
A type of
dunnage. An inflatable bag,
usually constructed of paper and
plastic, used to fill empty
space between loads of product
in railcars or
trailers in order to keep
the product from shifting. |
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Accessorial: |
A supplemental
activity, service or materials,
outside normal handling and
storage services, that is
billable in accordance with the
customer contract. The most
common are extra labor,
recoup, and
bill of lading charges. |
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Accessorial
Charge: |
The amount
charged to the customer for
providing accessorial services
or materials. |
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Allocate: |
In the
computer system,
allocate refers to the process
of assigning specific cases of a
product, as defined by
lottable units, location,
and/or
pallet ID, to a given order. |
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ASN: |
Advance Shipping
Notice: A notice from a shipping
location to a receiving location
that a shipment is being sent.
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Attachment: |
Any one of a
number of devices, usually
hydraulically operated, placed
on the front of a lift truck to
facilitate the handling of
product. The most common
attachment is a set of single or
double-wide forks, hence,
the term
forklift. Other common
attachments are box
clamps, roll
clamps,
push pull-pull packs, and
basiloids. |
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Available
Inventory: |
The amount of
shippable product in the
warehouse; does not include
product designated as damaged,
on hold, or pending
shipment. |
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Bailee: |
A company or
individual who is entrusted with
the property of another and has
responsibility for its care. |
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Bar code: |
A type of label
used to identify objects such as
cases or
pallets. The most common
type is the
UPC (Universal Product Code)
found on nearly all items sold
in stores. See
UPC definition. It consists
of a series of black and white
bar-shaped spaces and is
scannable by the laser on a
RF (Radio Frequency) gun or
reader. The bar code represents
an identification number that is
stored in the computer system
along with other information
about the product. |
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Batch Code: |
See
Date Code. |
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Bill of Lading
or BOL: |
A legal document
produced by either a
WMS or
TMS, authorizing
transportation of product. It
details shipper, receiver, items,
pieces (pallets, weight, and
special instructions, if needed).
Signatures on the BOL document
the transfer of responsibility
for the shipment from shipper to
carrier to receiver. |
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Block and Brace: |
Any one of a
variety of methods for securing
freight in a transportation
vehicle. Blocking and Bracing is
particularly used for freight
having odd shapes or that is
likely to shift in transit.
Sometimes involves nailing wood
blocks to the floor of the
vehicle; hence, the term "Blocking." |
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Block: |
Has two meanings:
1) This is an alternative term
for
Tie-High; and 2) See
Block and Brace. |
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Book Inventory: |
The record of
inventory balances kept in the
WMS by item or
SKU for each customer.
Ideally, should always agree
with the actual
physical inventory in the
warehouse. |
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Break Bulk: |
A freight
handling process that involves
separating (i.e. breaking) a
large amount of freight (bulk)
into smaller shipments. |
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Bubble Wrap: |
Sheet of plastic
with integral air bubbles that
is used as a protective packing
material. |
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Bulkhead: |
A movable floor
to ceiling railcar partition
that is used to divide and thus
help secure a load. |
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Carrier: |
A railroad,
trucking company, airline, or
package carrier, or any other
company that transports product
or passengers for money. |
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Case Pick: |
The manual
selection and lifting of
individual units (cases, bags,
etc.) from a full unit load,
typically to fill a customer
order. |
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Chassis: |
A
trailer frame with wheels
that supports a trailer type
container that is being
transported over land, typically
after or before a rail or water
movement. |
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Chock: |
To use a wood or
metal wedge, called a "chock,"
to block the movement of the
wheels of a
trailer or railcar while it
is being loaded or unloaded. |
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Claim: |
A demand for
money/compensation issued by one
party in a
supply chain to another. For
example, claims are filed with
warehouses and
carriers for loss and damage
of inventory or cargo. |
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Clamp: |
A
lift truck
attachment comprised of two
parallel pads that press or
grasp product so that it can be
lifted, transported, and stacked.
Clamps use hydraulic pressure
applied through pads or arms to
grasp (clamp) the product
tightly. There are "box clamps"
for handling stacks of cases and
"roll clamps" with curved pads
for handing rolls of product
(ex. Newsprint). |
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Clear Height: |
The maximum
height that product can be
stored in a particular building
without encountering
obstructions such as fire
sprinkler heads, lights or
structure. |
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Code Date: |
Same as a
date code. |
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COFC: |
Container
on Flat Car. A
container on a
chassis is loaded with
freight, trucked to a rail yard,
removed from the
chassis, loaded on a flat
car, hauled by the railroad, put
back on a
chassis and trucked to
destination. |
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Concealed Damage: |
Damage to product
that is not obvious until after
receipt when the product is
examined or the condition
becomes apparent during storage
or handling. |
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Consignee: |
A business to
which we ship a customer's
products; a consignee is
typically our customer’s
customer. |
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Consolidate: |
Combine two or
more shipments going in the same
direction or to the same
destination on a single
trailer. |
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Container: |
A shipping
container similar to a
trailer. Unlike a
trailer which has
permanently attached wheels and
landing gear, a container is
moved on a detachable
chassis. Containers can be
stacked on ships and rail cars
and come in varying lengths:
20', 40', 45', 48', and 53'.
Once used almost exclusively for
ocean shipments, they are now
used almost everywhere. |
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Contract: |
A legal binding
agreement between Saddle Creek
and a customer stating terms of
our agreement, limits of
liability, storage and handling
rates, transportation rates, and
accessorial charges. |
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Contract
Warehousing |
A warehousing
service similar to
public warehousing, except
that in this case the owner of
the inventory shares part of the
risk renting space regardless of
the use. Normally the cost of
contract warehousing is less
than public warehousing. |
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Cross Dock/Cross
Docking: |
Receiving product
and shipping it out the same day
or overnight without putting it
into storage. A "crossdock"
facility is one which has truck
or "dock" doors on two or more
sides with little or no storage
space. |
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Cube: |
Volume in cubic
feet (L X W X H = cube).
Typically refers to the volume
of space occupied by product in
a
trailer,
container, or rail car or
the size of a case/pallet. Also
refers to a "unit
load" of product as in "a
cube." |
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Customer: |
A manufacturer,
retailer, distributor, or other
business that contracts a
logistics service provider to
store, handle, and distribute
its products. All products in
the warehouse are owned by the
customers. |
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Cycle Count: |
The process of
taking a
physical inventory of
selected products on a rotating
basis or cycle so that after a
period of time all products have
been counted and physical
balances reconciled to
book inventory. |
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Date Code: |
A series of
characters placed on a product
by the manufacturer in order to
date the product. The date code
may be a readable date or may be
in a coded format. The date code
can refer to the production,
"use by", or the expiration date
of a product. |
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Depositor: |
See
customer. So called because
the customer "deposits" the
goods in the warehouse. |
|
Distribution
Center: |
Distribution
centers store and sort goods
using warehouse space so that
full truckloads of merchandise
can be sent to a single
destination or to multiple
destinations along a specific
route. |
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Disposition: |
The process of
specifying what should be done
with product that is
on hold. Also used to mean
dumping/disposing of bad
product. |
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Dock: |
A warehouse door,
platform or area near warehouse
doors where trailers or railcars
are loaded/unloaded. May be
exterior or interior. Also used
at times to refer to the
staging area. |
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Dock Leveler: |
See
Leveler. |
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Dock Plate: |
A metal plate
that is placed between the
warehouse
dock door and a
trailer or railcar to bridge
the gap between the two of
access to/from the vehicle. May
be attached to building or be
portable. |
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Double Wide: |
A
lift truck
attachment with two sets of
forks that permits moving twice
the usual amount of product on
two
pallets side by side at one
time or four
pallets (two stacks of two). |
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Drayage: |
Sometimes simply
used to mean "trucking." More
typically means the transport of
a
trailer or
container to/from a seaport
or
intermodal yard. |
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Dump: |
To discard and
destroy product that is damaged
or has been designated by the
customer as expired or otherwise
unshippable. |
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Dunnage: |
Airbags
and corrugated cardboard packing
material used to separate,
cushion, and secure unit loads
during transport by truck,
container or rail. |
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DUNS Number: |
A unique 9-digit
"Data Universal Numbering
System" identification number
issued by the business-rating
firm of Dunn & Bradstreet. The
DUNS numbers are used by
EDI to identify a company. |
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E-business |
Electronic
business is using technology to
improve your business processes.
This includes managing internal
processes such as human
resources, financial and
administration systems as well
as external processes such as
sales and marketing, supply of
goods and services and customer
relationships. |
|
E-commerce |
A way to execute
transactions and share
information with other
businesses, consumers or with
government by using computer and
telecommunication networks,
including the Internet |
|
EDI: |
Electronic Data
Interchange. Refers to a
computerized exchange of
information between two or more
supply chain partners which
replaces paper documents being
manually keyed into computer
systems. |
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Fixed Cost: |
Any cost of
production which does not vary
significantly with the volume of
output. |
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Flat Bed: |
An open
trailer with only a front
bulkhead. It has no walls,
roof, or doors and is used for
products that have to be loaded
or unloaded from ground level,
such as building materials. |
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Floor Load: |
Refers to product
stacked directly onto the floor
of a transportation vehicle.
Product may be placed by hand or
using a
lift truck, but is then
palletized or otherwise removed
from the vehicle manually. |
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Forklift: |
A type of
lift truck used for lifting,
stacking, and transporting
pallets of product by means
of a set of blades, tines or
forks mounted on the front. This
term is sometimes used to refer
to all
lift trucks even if they
have other types of
attachments. |
|
Freight Bill: |
An invoice for
transportation covered by a
specific
Bill of Lading and generated
by the
carrier when the load is
picked up. |
|
Glad Hand Lock: |
A lockable device
that interlocks with the
pneumatic fittings (brake line
connectors) of a
trailer that prevents a
tractor from connecting to
the brake lines for towing. This
is a basic security device. See
also, "Kingpin
Lock". |
|
Hand Stack: |
Manually handling
cases on or off a transportation
vehicle or a unit load. Called
floor loading/unloading. |
|
Haz Mat: |
Short for
hazardous material; refers to
product that may pose a risk to
personal health and safety,
environment or property, if
improperly transported, handled,
stored or damaged. Examples
include flammables, corrosives,
explosives, and poisons. The
handling and transportation of
such products are strictly
regulated by several
governmental agencies. |
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Home-bases
Business: |
A home based
business is a business whose
primary office is in the owner's
home. The business can be any
size or any type as long as the
office itself is located in a
home |
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Inbound: |
A load of product
coming in. |
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Inbound Damage: |
Damage to product
found on an
inbound load not caused by
the receiving facility. |
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In-House Damage: |
See
Warehouse Damage. |
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Initial Storage: |
Warehouse storage
charge for the month in which
product is first received. |
|
Intermodal: |
A transportation
activity that involves more than
one type (mode) of
transportation in a move from
origin to destination. Most
commonly refers to
TOFC (piggy
back or
COFC). |
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Interplant: |
A load
transported from one
customer-related facility to
another controlled by that same
customer; does not include
product shipped to a
consignee. |
|
Inventory Turns
or Inventory Turnover: |
The number of
times that inventory is
sold/shipped in a period of
time, typically expressed as
turns per year or annualized
inventory turns. There are
several methods of calculating
inventory turns, but the most
common is units shipped divided
by average units on hand =
turns. For example, if a
warehouse ships 10,000 units in
a year and average inventory is
1,000 units, then 10,000 divided
by 1,000 = 10 turns. |
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Knock-down (KD): |
A flat, unformed
cardboard box or tray.
Knock-downs, also known as KDs,
are constructed and glued in the
recoup or packaging areas
and used for repacked product.
Many KDs are provided by the
customer for their recouped
products. |
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Landing Gear: |
Metal legs with a
pad at the foot that support the
front of a
trailer when it is not
hooked to a
tractor. The landing gear is
cranked down until the trailer
pad is lifted off the
trailer's
fifth wheel before the
tractor pulls away and
cranked up under the
trailer again in order to
engage the
fifth wheel and
trailer plates before the
trailer is moved to a new
location. |
|
Leaker: |
Product that is
leaking due to damage or
substandard packaging. |
|
Leveler: |
A
dock plate attached to the
warehouse dock that can be
raised or lowered and that
adjusts to the height of a
trailer. |
|
License Plate: |
A
pallet tag; refers to a
uniquely numbered
bar code sticker placed on a
pallet of product. Typically
contains information about
product on the
pallet. |
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Lift Truck: |
A powerful piece
of materials handling equipment
that can accept one or more
attachments for the handling
of product. The most common lift
truck is a
forklift that uses fork-like
blades, but lift trucks can also
be fitted with other
attachments for palletized
handling of product such as
clamps,
pull paks,
push pulls,
basiloids, or
double wide forks. Lift
trucks can be powered
electrically, by use of
batteries, or by propane or
diesel engines. The most common
type used inside warehouses are
either electrical or propane. |
|
Location Tag: |
A bar coded sign
that hangs above or on a
warehouse location. The location
number can be read from the tag
or scanned with an
RF gun. |
|
Logistics: |
The care and
movement of product from raw
material, through the
manufacturer, through the
warehousing and distribution
process, to the end customer,
and on to the consumer. |
|
Lot Number: |
A number assigned
to product when it is received
into the warehouse via the
EXceed computer system. Lot
numbers are assigned to inbound
product per product code and
lottable fields. |
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LTL: |
Short for Less
than full Truck Load |
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Manifest: |
A document that
lists all of the products being
transported; used when several
bills of lading are combined
into one shipment. |
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Multi-Pack: |
Repackaging
various products according to a
customer's specification to
create a new pack typically with
a variety of flavors or
products. Also refers to a
warehouse area where the
multi-pack process occurs. |
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Multi-site
Access: |
Control multiple
site business processes with
simultaneous real-time data
entry and analysis |
|
On-Hand
Inventory: |
The amount of
product in the warehouse;
includes product designated as
available, damaged,
on hold, or pending
shipment. |
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On Hold: |
Also called Hold
Inventory. Inventory ordered by
the customer to be held from
shipping for some reason: i.e.
reserved for a promotion,
damaged, expired shelf life,
quality, etc. Must never be
shipped without formal release
from hold. |
|
On Reserve: |
Refers to product
that is set aside for some
specific later shipment. |
|
Order: |
A specific
instruction from the owner of
the goods (customer)
for shipment of product; will
include date, destination,
products, quantities, and other
information or instructions. |
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O.S. & D.: |
Over, Short and
Damage; it refers to the
condition of a load of product
which arrives in a defective
condition, or whose quantity
does not match the
bill of lading (cases over
or short). |
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Outbound: |
A load of product
(order)
shipped out at the
customer's direction. |
|
Pallet: |
A wooden or
plastic base upon which layers
of product are stacked for
storage and transporting with a
forklift or
pallet jack. |
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Pallet Exchange: |
The process of
exchanging pallets with a
carrier,
customer, or
consignee, ultimately on an
equal quantity and quality
basis.
|
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Pallet ID: |
See
Pallet Tag. |
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Pallet Jack: |
Material handling
equipment consisting of two
broad parallel pallet forks on
small wheels used in the
warehouse to move
pallets of product, but not
having the lifting capability of
a
forklift. It may be a
motorized unit guided by an
operator who stands on a
platform; or it may be a
motorized or manual unit guided
by an operator who is walking
behind or beside it. Comes as a
"single" (one pallet) or
"double" (two pallets). |
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Pallet Tag: |
The
bar coded sticker that is
placed on a unit load or
partial load, typically at
receiving. The
pallet tag can be scanned
with an
RF gun. |
|
Partial: |
Less than a full
unit load of product. |
|
Physical
Inventory: |
The process of
manually counting all of a
customer's product in the
warehouse and reconciling the
physical count to
book inventory, including
accounting for variances between
book and physical. |
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Pick: |
To select product
for shipment according to an
order placed by the
customer.
|
|
Pick Line: |
An area in the
warehouse that contains
unit loads of products from
which individual cases are
picked and shipped in
less than full unit load
quantities. |
|
Pick/Pack:
|
A warehouse
operation that involves picking
individual items (eaches) from
cases and putting them together
a carton or pack for shipment. |
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Pick Ticket: |
A report
generated via the
Exceed
WMS that shows which
products to select for a
shipping order. The pick ticket
specifies the
product code, date code,
quantity, and location of each
product to be picked and
shipped. |
|
Pig: |
A type of
trailer that can be
transported on a rail car and
also pulled by a tractor. |
|
Piggy Back: |
See
TOFC. |
|
Piggy Back Yard: |
Sometimes called
an
intermodal yard. A facility
where containers or
trailers are transferred
from one mode (ex., truck) to
another (ex., rail). |
|
P.O.D.: |
Proof of
Delivery; a signed
bill of lading, "proving"
what was delivered. |
|
Pool Zone: |
A geographic area
comprised of multiple origins
and/or destinations covered by a
single set of freight rates:
used for combining
LTL shipments. |
|
Pool
Distribution: |
A cost saving
distribution method that
involves shipping a solid
carload or truckload of multiple
("pooled") smaller shipments
from origin to a
crossdock or break bulk
point such as a warehouse or
truck terminal from which point
the small shipments are
separated and delivered by
multiple trucks. |
|
Product Code: |
A series of
characters assigned by the
manufacturer to identify each of
its products. This is usually
the
SKU. |
|
Public
Warehousing |
This warehousing
service is directly associated
with usage of space,
transactions or any resources.
The owner of the inventory pays
only for usage; therefore, the
risk of the warehouse is
exclusive of the warehouse
owner. This type of service is
more expensive than
contract warehousing. |
|
Pull Pak or Push
Pull: |
An
attachment to a
forklift that is used to
handle product stacked on a
slip sheet. |
|
RA: |
Return
Authorization; this is usually a
number supplied by the
customer authorizing the
return of product from a
consignee to the logistics
services provider. |
|
Rack: |
Metal framework
in the warehouse used to store
palletized or shelved products
several levels high. Typically
used for items that stack poorly
or that have small quantities,
in order to save space. |
|
Rate Sheet: |
A schedule of
warehouse or transportation
charges for a
customer. |
|
Real-time
information: |
Real-Time
information is data which
appears to arrive
instantaneously, without any
time delay. |
|
Receive Product: |
The process of
unloading, recording and storing
inbound product. |
|
Recoup: |
To manually sort
through damaged product,
repackage items that can be
salvaged, and discard items that
cannot be used. A warehouse area
where the recoup processes takes
place. |
|
Recurring
Storage: |
An amount charged
to a
customer
for monthly storage; it is based
on the amount of product stored
in the warehouse on the first
day of the month. |
|
Renewal Storage: |
Same as
Recurring Storage. |
|
Return
Authorization: |
See
RA. |
|
Reverse
Logistics: |
Reverse logistics
is the return transportation of
empty reusable pallets and
containers and is often the most
expensive component of a
reusable transport packaging
system. It is very important to
consider the logistics and costs
of returning empty reusable
transport packaging together
with other cost-saving
opportunities. |
|
RF: |
Radio Frequency
(wireless) transmission to a
computer of data scanned by a
hand held laser "RF
gun"
or other RF device. |
|
RF Gun: |
A wireless
hand-held radio frequency
terminal with a screen, a
keypad, and a scanner or "gun"
that is used by warehouse
personnel to scan bar coded unit
load and
location tags
and to then transmit data to, or
receive data from, a computer. |
|
SCAC/SCAC Code: |
Standard Carrier
Alpha Code; a unique 2 to
4-letter code assigned to
transportation companies for
identification purposes. SCAC
codes are required for
EDI,
and are printed on
bills of lading
and other transportation
documents. |
|
Seal: |
A simple device,
typically made of plastic or
thin metal and carrying a unique
identification number used to
"seal" a transportation vehicle
and to detect whether or not the
vehicle has been opened without
authorization. Seals are
constructed so that they must be
cut or broken in order to open
the vehicle doors. |
|
Ship Product: |
The process of
selecting, loading and releasing
outbound
product. |
|
Shipping Order: |
A directive sent
by the owner of the goods, to
ship product out of the
warehouse. A shipping order
specifies product, quantity,
shipping date, destination and
may contain special
instructions. |
|
Shrink Wrap: |
Heavy clear
plastic film that is tightly
formed around a tray of product
through a heating and shrinking
process. |
|
SKU: |
Stock Keeping
Unit; a product code assigned by
the owner of the goods. |
|
Slip Sheet: |
A sheet of
cardboard with a protruding lip
on which product is stacked;
used instead of a
pallet
to handle unit loads with
Pull Pak
attachment which grasps the lip
of the sheet. |
|
Slip Sheet
Attachment: |
An attachment to
the front end of a
forklift
that is used to handle product
on a
slip sheet.
Same as
Pull Pak or Push
Pull. |
|
Split Month
Billing: |
A common method
of billing public warehouse
customers for
initial storage
or
storage on
receipt.
If product is received in the
first half of the month, 100% of
the
initial storage
rate is applied to the product
received during that period. If
the receipt takes place after
the 15th day of the month, then
one-half of the
initial storage
rate is applied. There is a
variation to this system that
involves applying 75% of the
initial storage
rate to all product no matter
when received (100% + 50%
divided by 2 = 75%). |
|
Spot: |
To place a trailer
or rail car in a designated
location or warehouse door. Also
another name for a warehouse
truck or rail door. |
|
Stack Height: |
The number of
unit loads that can be safely
stacked on top of each other;
without falling or crushing:
referred to as "One High", "Two
High", etc. |
|
Staging: |
The process of
positioning product in the
warehouse either after receiving
or prior to shipping. On
inbound,
staging is used to reduce
vehicle unloading time and to
permit checking and inspection
of product prior to putting away
in the warehouse. All
outbound
staging is used for checking and
inspection prior to loading and
also to smooth out work in the
warehouse and to speed up
loading once the vehicle
arrives. |
|
Staging Area: |
A designated area
of the warehouse near the
docks
where product is placed prior to
shipment or after receipt. |
|
Storage on
Receipt: |
Same as
Initial Storage. |
|
Stretch Wrap: |
Clear plastic
film that is wrapped around a
unit load or partial load of
product to secure it. The wrap
is elastic. |
|
Stripping: |
A term used to
describe the unloading for an
inbound
transportation vehicle. Most
commonly applied to
floor loaded
freight. Also, see
Lumping. |
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Suffix: |
A specific series
of characters added to the end
of a
product code
to designate something unique
about that product, such as
promotional product, new label,
special status, etc. |
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Supply Chain: |
Process by which
an organization creates and
distributes its products from
raw material through
manufacturing and distribution
to retail and the consumer. |
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Supply Chain
Logistics: |
The care and
movement of product from the
manufacturer, through the
distribution and warehousing
process, to the end consumer. |
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Supply Chain
Management: |
Managing and
controlling the flow of goods
through the
supply chain. |
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Tally Sheet: |
A form used by
unloaders in non-RF operations
to record the receipt of
incoming products. Shows Vehicle
ID, items, quantities, and any
exceptions (over, short,
damages). |
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Tariff: |
Transportation: A
document published by a
carrier
that describes charges for
transportation between 2 or more
points, and contains other terms
and conditions governing the
transportation activity.
Warehousing:
Contract
rates for the storage and
handling of product. |
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Third Party
Logistics: |
The providing of
logistics
services of certain
supply chain
functions by a third company
that is not the owner of the
goods. Third Party logistics
activities can be limited to one
function such as warehousing or
transportation or can involve
many activities provided by one
provider. |
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Third Party
Logistics Provider: |
A company that performs all or
part of its customer's
supply chain
logistics
activities. These activities may
include the care and control of
the customer's products;
distribution of products
according to customer
specifications; and special
services such as repackaging and
transportation. |
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Ti/Hi (Tie/High): |
The stacking
pattern of product making up a
unit load.
Tie (Ti) tells how many pieces
(ex., case, bag, barrel) are on
a layer while High (Hi) tells
how many layers there are. For
example, a 10 X 6 Tie/High would
be 10 cases/layer times 6 layers
or 60 cases. |
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TOFC: |
Trailer On Flat
Car; also called "piggyback."
A
trailer
that is transported by road to a
rail terminal, moved by rail for
the long haul, then delivered by
truck to its final destination.
Same as
COFC
except
COFC
uses a container, not a
trailer. |
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TMS: |
See:
Transportation
Management System. |
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Tractor: |
The truck that
pulls a
trailer
or
container. |
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Trailer: |
A wheeled
transportation vehicle with
attached wheels and landing
gear, pulled by a
tractor
(together called a tractor
trailer) to transport cargo. A
container
on
chassis
is also commonly called a
trailer although this is not
strictly correct.
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Transaction Set: |
In
EDI,
a group of data elements that
represent the information on a
business document, like a
shipment order, and which are
transmitted through
EDI
to accomplish a special task.
Each task (ex., shipping
confirmation) is accomplished by
a specific transaction set. Some
SCC customers use a few
transaction sets, others use
many. SCC supports about 15
sets. |
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Transportation
Management System (TMS): |
A powerful
computer system (such as the
Maddocks System used at SCC)
used to manage some aspect of
transportation.
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Unallocate: |
In a
WMS,
refers to the process of
releasing specific cases of a
product, as defined by
lottable
units, location, and/or
pallet ID,
from a given
order
to which it had been assigned or
allocated. |
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Unit Load: |
Multiple units
(ex. cases, bags, etc.) handled
as a single unit. A
pallet
with its load of product is the
classic unit load. Can also be
handled without
pallets
(with
clamps,
pull pak,
etc.). |
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UPC: |
A code used by
the manufacturer of consumer
packaged goods and other
products to identify both the
item and the manufacturer. The
UPC code is the
bar code
found on nearly every item
purchased in a retail store. |
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Warehouse Damage: |
Damage to
customer product that occurs in
the warehouse as part of
handling. Often results in a
claim being filed by the
Customer against the Warehouse. |
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Warehouse
Management System (WMS): |
A powerful
computer system used to manage
all aspects of warehouse
operations, including
RF
if used. |
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Warehouse
Receipt: |
A receipt issued
for product received into the
warehouse. It is a legal
document that details the
quantity and condition of
received product, the place of
storage, the warehouse duties
and obligations, and the charges
for initial storage and
handling. |
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Warehouseman's
Lien: |
Under the laws of
the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC),
a Warehouseman has a lien or
claim against the owner of the
goods in storage for the payment
of lawful charges. |
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White Line: |
A sanitation line
that is white, 18 inches wide,
and painted around the inside
perimeter of each warehouse; it
is used to make contamination
more visible and to facilitate
cleanliness behind the stacks in
the warehouse. No product may be
placed on the white line. |
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Workflow: |
Workflow is the
processing of manual and
automatic activities to fulfill
a specific goal. |
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WMS: |
See:
Warehouse
Management System |