The language used in the warehouse can a bit confusing! Especially with all the abbreviations, so below are some of the Datalinx team favourites!
3PL: Third party logistics
ADC: Automated data collection
APS: Advanced planning and scheduling
ASN: Advanced shipment notifications are used to notify a customer of a shipment. Often including purchase order numbers, SKU numbers, lot numbers, quantity, pallet or container number, carton number
ASRS: Automated Storage Revival system
ASP: Application service provider
AIDC: Automatic identification & data collection
BOM: Bill of material is a list materials required to produce an item
CCD: Charged coupled device is a barcode scanner that takes digital image of the barcode instead of laser scanning, can only scan at short distance of a couple of inches
COGS: Cost of Goods Sold
CPG: Consumer Packaged Goods
DC: Distribution Centre
EPC: Electronic product codeis the RFID version of the UPC barcode. EPC is intended to be used for specific product identification
FMCG: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
FIFO: First in first out
GVW – Gross Vehicle Weight
LIFO: Last-in-first-out
NIFO – Next In First Out
POD – Point of Delivery
RFID: Radio frequency identification
SCM – Supply Chain Management
SKU: Stock keeping unit
SSCC: Serial Shipping Container Code
VNA: Very narrow aisle
WIS: Warehouse Inventory system
WS: Warehouse storage
WD: Warehouse Distribution
WMS: Warehouse Management Solution
WHM/WHS/WHSE: Warehouse