Inventory and Warehouse Analytics Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

A

  • ABC analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • ABC/XYZ analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Ad-hoc reporting in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Advanced shipping notice (ASN) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Allocation in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Available-to-promise (ATP) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Average cost in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Average inventory in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

B

  • Backorder in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Backward scheduling in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Barcode in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Barcoding in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Batch picking in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Bill of materials (BOM) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Bill of materials explosion in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Bin Locations in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Bulk in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

C

  • Capacity constraints in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Capacity flexibility in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Capacity planning in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Capacity planning models in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Capacity Requirement Planning in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Capacity utilization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Capacity utilization rate in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Cargo in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Carriage Paid To in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Carrying cost in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Carrying cost reduction in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Change management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Commodity in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Consolidation Warehousing in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Continuous improvement in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Cost and Freight in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Cross-docking in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Cross-functional collaboration in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Cycle counting in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

D

  • Dead inventory in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Dead inventory reduction in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Deadstock in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Delivery Duty Paid in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Delivery Duty Unpaid in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Demand forecasting in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Demand variability in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Distributed order management (DOM) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Distribution Requirement Planning in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Dock Lever in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Dock scheduling in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Double-Deep Rack in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Dropshipping in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

E

  • Economic order quantity (EOQ) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Effective Capacity in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Escrow in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Excess inventory in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

F

  • Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • FIFO in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Fill rate in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • First pass yield (FPY) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Forecast error in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Fourth-Party Logistics in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Freight management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

G

  • Gross margin return on investment (GMROI) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

H

  • Holding cost in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

I

  • In-transit inventory in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inbound logistics in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory accuracy in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory aging analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory audit in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory control in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory cost in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory optimization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory pipeline in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory turnover in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Inventory valuation in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

J

  • Just-in-time (JIT) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

K

  • KPI in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

L

  • Labor management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Lead time in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Lead time variability in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Lean manufacturing in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Logistics in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Lost sales in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Lot size in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

M

  • Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Master production schedule (MPS) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Material handling in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Material requirements planning (MRP) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Minimum order quantity (MOQ) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Multichannel fulfillment in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

N

  • Net promoter score (NPS) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

O

  • On-hand inventory in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Order cycle time in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Order fulfillment in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Order management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Order processing time in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Order tracking in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Out-of-stock in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Outbound logistics in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Overstock analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Overstock in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

P

  • Packaging optimization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Pallets in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Perfect order fulfillment rate in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Physical inventory count in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Pick accuracy in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Pick path optimization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Pick rate in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Point-of-sale (POS) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Purchase order (PO) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Purchase price variance (PPV) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Putaway in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

Q

  • Quality control in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

R

  • Radio-frequency identification (RFID) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Receiving in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Reorder point (ROP) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Reverse logistics in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

S

  • Safety stock analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Safety stock in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Sales and operations planning (S&OP) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Seasonality in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Serialized inventory in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Service level agreement (SLA) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Service level in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Shipment consolidation in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Shipment tracking in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Shipping accuracy in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Shrinkage in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • SKU in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • SKU rationalization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • SKU velocity analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • SKU velocity in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Slotting optimization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Slow-moving inventory analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Stock keeping unit (SKU) rationalization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Stock-keeping unit (SKU) proliferation in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Stockout analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Stockout in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Stockout root cause analysis in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Supply chain analytics in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Supply chain management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Supply chain visibility in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

T

  • Third-Party Logistics in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Total cost of ownership (TCO) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Total landed cost in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Traceability in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Transportation management system (TMS) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Turnover rate in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

U

  • Unit of measure (UOM) conversion in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

V

  • Vendor compliance in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

W

  • Warehouse efficiency in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Warehouse layout optimization in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Warehouse management system (WMS) in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Warehouse productivity in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Work order in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Work-in-progress (WIP) inventory. in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
  • Workforce management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

Y

  • Yard management in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics

Z

  • Zone picking in Inventory and Warehouse Analytics
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