QR

en-noun

QR (countable and uncountable, plural QRs)

A QR code is a kind of two-dimensional barcode.

QR manufacturing fits with ECR logistics.

New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes glued onto their backs.

2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN:

(marketing, retail, logistics, manufacturing) Initialism of quick response.

Initialism of quick response.
Ellipsis of QR code.


igloo

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

hogan

used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States

wetu

used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States

wickiup

used in the southwestern and western United States

Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]

(logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.


ugly

en-noun

ugly (countable and uncountable, plural uglies)

uglies (plural)
ougly (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug + -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300.
For the meaning development compare Bulgarian грозен (grozen) (< Proto-Slavic *grozьnъ), Russian стра́шный (strášnyj) (< Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ < *straxъ); Latin foedus (< Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-).

der

These are firstly for products which need a cool room; secondly for products which can be stored on a standard pallet without overhang; and thirdly for products known as "the uglies" which always overhang a standard pallet.

Non-standard products (abnormal or 'uglies'): many distribution operations are designed to cater for standard palletized products.

2022, Alan Rushton, Phil Croucher, Peter Baker, The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, page 591:

(logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.


water spider

en:type of warehouse worker; instance thereof

(operations, logistics) A warehouse worker who performs only certain specific tasks, often replenishment.

operations; logistics; operations; logistics


tote

Probably from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also German Tute (“horn, bugle”) and German Tüte (“bag, paper bag”). Compare also Scots tout (“a drinking vessel”), Saterland Frisian Tüütje (“paper bag”), West Frisian tút (“spout, toot, kiss”), Dutch tuit (“horn, spout, nozzle”), Swedish tuta (“to honk”), Danish tud (“spout, nozzle”), Old Norse tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, protrude”).

They can be used for palleted bags, totes, or bales and can also be used to transport large logs.

2012, Chittaranjan Kole, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, David R. Shonnard, Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants, page 129:

(logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.


AWB

(business, logistics) Initialism of airwaybill.


FTL

en-noun

FTL (countable and uncountable, plural FTLs)

(logistics) Initialism of full truck load.


scalable

en-adj

scalable (comparative more scalable, superlative most scalable)

more scalable (comparative)
most scalable (superlative)

Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution.

2002, Craig Hunt, TCP/IP Network Administration 3rd ed, page 82:

(computing, logistics, business) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.


inbound

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-inbound.wav


milk run

(logistics) The collection of mixed loads from multiple fixed sources on a regular basis.


HU

(logistics) Initialism of handling unit.


line item

(logistics) One item on an order, regardless of quantity.


POD

en-noun

POD (countable and uncountable, plural PODs)

proof of delivery
proof of delivery#English

(logistics) Initialism of proof of delivery.


LTL

less than truckload
less than truckload#English

(logistics) Initialism of less than truckload.


palletization

palletization (countable and uncountable, plural palletizations)

palletizations (plural)
palletisation (alternative)

(logistics) The act or process of palletizing.


assessorial

(logistics, of a fee) Pertaining to services other than basic delivery, such as fuel and equipment.


baseplate

en-verb

baseplate (third-person singular simple present baseplates, present participle baseplating, simple past and past participle baseplated)

baseplates (present singular third-person)
baseplating (participle present)
baseplated (participle past)
baseplated (past)

(transitive, US, logistics) To provide (the vehicles within a fleet) with license plates registered as a batch in a particular state.


ULD

(logistics) Initialism of unit load device: a standardised pallet or container, used primarily for air freight.


RTI

en-noun

RTI (countable and uncountable, plural RTIs)

(logistics) Initialism of returnable transport item.


IBC

(logistics) Initialism of intermediate bulk container.


F&R

(logistics, supply chain management, retail) Initialism of forecasting and replenishment.

logistics; supply chain management; logistics; supply chain management


PUDO

PUDO (countable and uncountable, plural PUDOs)

Among many different delivery methods in e-commerce, the most common are: courier, post, pick-up drop-off (PUDO) and parcel lockers.

2018, Andrzej Sieminski, Adrianna Kozierkiewicz, Manuel Nunez, Quang Thuy Ha, Modern Approaches for Intelligent Information and Database Systems, Springer, page 307:

(logistics) Initialism of pick-up and drop-off.


white-glove service

white-glove service (plural white-glove services)

(logistics) A premium delivery service, especially for items that require extra care due to their size, value or fragility.


cross-docking

(logistics) freight terminal management practice of loading the cargo unloaded from inbound transport to the outbound transport with little or no storage in between


FAK

... the excess shipping capacity has caused a steady decline in FAK rates this year ...

(logistics, initialism) freight all kinds; a basic freight rate for a shipping container regardless of the type of goods in the container.


cross-belt sorter

cross-belt sorter (plural cross-belt sorters)

cross-belt sorters (plural)
cross belt sorter (alternative)

(logistics) A conveyor-based sortation system consisting of a chain of independently operated short conveyor belts mounted transversely along the main track.


HAWB

house airwaybill
house airwaybill#English

(business, logistics) Initialism of house airwaybill.


SDBL

(logistics) Initialism of sight draft (on presentation of) bill of lading.


OS&D

(logistics) Initialism of over, short and damaged.


nstd

(logistics, furniture, computing) Abbreviation of nested.


fishyback

(logistics) A system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to ship.


birdyback

(logistics) A system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to airplane.


twenty-foot equivalent unit

twenty-foot equivalent unit (plural twenty-foot equivalent units)

(logistics) A unit of cargo capacity, based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container.


forty-foot equivalent unit

forty-foot equivalent unit (plural forty-foot equivalent units)

(logistics) A unit of cargo capacity, based on the volume of a 40-foot-long (12.19 m) intermodal container.


CIFI

CIFI (countable and uncountable, plural CIFIs)

(logistics) Initialism of cost, insurance, freight and interest.


CIFC

(logistics) Initialism of cost, insurance, freight and commission.


CIFE

(logistics) Initialism of cost, insurance, freight and exchange.


packing list

Near-synonym: shipping list


crosshaul

crosshaul (countable and uncountable, plural crosshauls)

In attempting both to define the nature of the crosshaul and to arrive at a quantitative measurement of its effects, comparison may be made of the freights actually paid with those that would be paid were the movement from mills freightwise nearest.

1932, United States. Federal Trade Commission, Report of the Federal Trade Commission on Price Bases Inquiry: The Basing-point Formula and Cement Prices., U.S. Government Printing Office, page 135:

Since June 1, 1935, however, applicant has curtailed his cross-haul operation, as indicated by the fact that during a similar 5-month period in 1936 he transported only about 35 cross-haul shipments out of a total of approximately 1,400 shipments, and during similar periods in 1937 and 1938 he transported only 7 cross-haul shipments out of approximately 1,100 shipments, and only 6 out of approximately 1,325 shipments respectively.

1941 May - November, “Darling (Dallas L.) Common Carrier Application”, in DECISIONS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES, page 613:

Because the reverse was true with respect to the small proportion of large mills in these regions, the average degree of crosshaul would tend to decline sharply as the size of crush increased.

1954 February, COMPARATIVE ECONOMIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF COTTONSEED OIL MILLS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON OIL SUPPLIES PRICES AND RETURNS TO GROWERS (Marketing Research Report; No 54), US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Marketing, Research Division:

It was explained that the report indicated that a total saving of 98 T-2's would be available if the identified crosshauls had been or were eliminated for the 3rd Quarter.

1969, United States. Oil and Gas Office, Middle East Petroleum Emergency of 1967, volume 2, page 51:

(logistics) The transportation of goods away from a locality while similar goods are simultaneously transported into the same locality, often resulting in inefficiencies.


crosshaul

en-verb

crosshaul (third-person singular simple present crosshauls, present participle crosshauling, simple past and past participle crosshauled)

crosshauls (present singular third-person)
crosshauling (participle present)
crosshauled (participle past)
crosshauled (past)

The example that I have used of crosshauling between Pittsburgh and Chicago is an extreme case which, in actual practice, probably seldom occurs, but is illustrative of crosshauling which does occur in very large quantities from various districts.

1932, United States. Federal Trade Commission, Report of the Federal Trade Commission on Price Bases Inquiry: The Basing-point Formula and Cement Prices., U.S. Government Printing Office, page 134:

The resulting shipments have been called by critics of the basing point practice “cross-hauling”.

1940, UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION T.N.E.C. PAPERS, VOLUME III THE BASING POINT METHOD, United States Steel Corporation, page 5:

(logistics) To transport of goods away from a locality while similar goods are simultaneously transported into the same locality, often resulting in inefficiencies.


agribulk

When fully operational, Laem Chabang's facilities will include three container terminals, one multi-purpose terminal, one agri-bulk terminal, and one coastal shipping terminal.

1992 October, Paul Borden, Jean Kelly, Marketing in Thailand (Overseas Business Reports), US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, International Trade Administration, page 14:

In the agribulk sector the main products transported are grais, animal fodder and fertilizers.

2016 July 16, Bart Wiegmans, Rob Konings, Inland Waterway Transport: Challenges and prospects, Routledge, page ???:

Agribulk is the basis of food that is later consumed by people.

2025 May 2, “Agribulk inland shipping”, in Transito:

(logistics, shipping) Unpackaged agricultural commodities transported in large quantities, such as grains, oilseeds, sugar, and fertilizers, typically handled via bulk carriers, barges, or silos.


overtare

en-noun

overtare (usually uncountable, plural overtares)