stock

en-noun

stock (countable and uncountable, plural stocks or (obsolete) stocken)

stocks (plural)
stocken (obsolete plural)

→ Dutch: stock

desctree

→ French: stock
→ Romanian: stoc
→ Turkish: stok

→ Italian: stock

→ Portuguese: estoque

→ Spanish: stock

From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”), with modern senses mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.

stark (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)

We have a stock of televisions on hand.

(operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.

(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.


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.

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

Initialism of quick response.
Ellipsis of QR code.


OR

OR (countable and uncountable, plural ORs)

(Philippines, accounting, business, countable) Initialism of official receipt.

operations research
operations research#English

(sciences, uncountable) Initialism of operations research.


OR

United States of America
United States of America

Oregon, a state of the United States of America.


igloo

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

bor

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.


ERP

en-noun

ERP (countable and uncountable, plural ERPs)

(finance) Initialism of estimated retail price.


ugly

ugly (countable and uncountable, plural uglies)

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.

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.


each

From Middle English eche, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk (“each, every”). Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”).

inh

Make sure you wash each bowl well.

The sun comes up each morning and sets each night.

Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).


each

The apples cost 50 cents each.

(e.g., po dek cendoj, ten cents each) po

à (placed before the price/weight/measurement and used when you have a defined number of something, for example Tre äpplen à 50 cent.)

We ordered half a chicken each, but we each got a whole one.

You are each right in a different way.

There are three of us and we have five dollars each, so that means we've got 15 dollars.

Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group.


each

I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

Every one/thing individually or one by one.


each

In one embodiment, there is an additional charge when ordering products as an “each” compared to the unit cost of the item when ordered by the case.

1999, William S. Paasche, Thomas D. Kerker, System and method for managing recurring orders in a computer network, US Patent 7359871 (PDF version), page 50:

An each, piece, single item, or individual item package.

2007, David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook (Series on resource management), Auerbach Publications, →ISBN, page 385:

The commonly used term “each” means that each individual item is one unit.

2012, Arthur V. Hill, “unit of measure”, in edited by Barry Render, The Encyclopedia of Operations Management, FT Press, →ISBN, page 373:

Amour-propre would be able to take an interest in assuming the standpoint of reason, then, if applying 'each' to oneself in rational deliberation were simultaneously bound up with publicly establishing oneself as an 'each'

2008, Frederick Neuhouser, Rousseau's theodicy of self-love, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238:

(operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.


FIFO

en-noun

FIFO (countable and uncountable, plural FIFOs)


JIT

(operations) Initialism of just-in-time.


water spider

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

operations; logistics; operations; logistics


inventory

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).

Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

inventar

The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

рэе́стр

Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.

Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..

2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270:

(linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)


inventory

en-verb

inventory (third-person singular simple present inventories, present participle inventorying, simple past and past participle inventoried)

inventories (present singular third-person)
inventorying (participle present)
inventoried (participle past)
inventoried (past)

The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

‘Now,’ said Jethro, ‘we’re inventorying all the stock today, do you want to lend a hand?’

2024, Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story, Hodder & Stoughton, page 235:

(transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

инвентаризи́рам

to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory


buffer

Agent noun from obsolete verb buff (“make a dull sound when struck”) (mid-16c.), from Old French buffe (“blow”).
The “boatswain's mate” sense is said to be popularly explained by the mate being a “buffer”, that is intermediary, between officers and men, but various other explanations have also been proposed.

bufro

anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another

Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.

(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.

(politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.

international relations
international relations

He decided to run for president of the POs' Mess against the Buffer, Chief Bosun's Mate Mal Crane, but the two had a face-to-face in his cabin one night in Narvik and sorted it out.

2001, Mark Higgitt, Through Fire and Water, page 43:

I happen to be on the brow handing my Bosun's Mate duties over to an Ordinary Seaman when the Buffer arrives with an unofficial Side-Party to man the brow with Bosun's Calls at the ready.

2015, Peter Broadbent, A Singapore Fling: An AB's Far-Flung Adventure:

(UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.


throughput

en-noun

throughput (countable and uncountable, plural throughputs)


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”).

der

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.


logistic

From French logistique, from loger (“to lodge”) or logis (“lodging place”).


operations research

(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.


safety stock

(management, supply chain) Additional inventory planned to buffer against the variability in supply and demand plans, that could otherwise result in inventory shortages.


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.


WIP

work in progress
work in progress#English


just-in-time

Taking place at the time when it is needed, and not in advance.

(manufacturing) Of a manufacturing system in which components are delivered at the precise time required, thus minimizing inventory carrying costs.

(computing) Performing compilation of code on the client machine immediately before execution.

just-in-time learning


business analyst

en-noun

business analyst (plural business analysts)

(business, operations) A person who analyzes the operations of an organization in order to develop a solution to its problems.


milk run

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


project management

(operations) The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

إدارَة المشاريع

discipline of organizing and managing project resources


MRP II

application software
application software

(computing, operations) Acronym of manufacturing resource planning, a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the full range of resources required for a manufacturing operation.


MRP

MRP (countable and uncountable, plural MRPs)

material requirements planning
w:material requirements planning

application software
application software#English

(computing, operations, supply chain) Initialism of material requirements planning. (a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the use of components and other materials in a manufacturing operation)

operations; supply chain; operations; supply chain

material requirements planning

manufacturing resource planning
w:manufacturing resource planning

(computing, operations) Initialism of manufacturing resource planning. (a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the full range of resources required for a manufacturing operation, sometimes called MRP II)


HU

(logistics) Initialism of handling unit.


inventory management

(supply chain) The formal management of the timing and quantities of goods to be ordered and stocked by an organization in order that demand can always be satisfied without excess expenditure.


line item

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


capacity utilization

capacity utilization (usually uncountable, plural capacity utilizations)

(management, operations) The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively.


utilization rate

utilization rate (plural utilization rates)

(management, operations) The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is used productively.


capacity utilization rate

capacity utilization rate (plural capacity utilization rates)

stépenʹ zagrúzki proizvódstvennyx moščnostéj

сте́пень загру́зки произво́дственных мощносте́й


LTL

less than truckload
less than truckload#English

(logistics) Initialism of less than truckload.


critical path

(operations) The sequence of dependent steps that determine the minimum time needed to carry out an operation.


WBS

work breakdown structure
w:work breakdown structure

(operations) Initialism of work breakdown structure.


PERT

program evaluation and review technique#English

(operations) Acronym of program evaluation and review technique.


program evaluation and review technique

(operations) A method for diagramming and analyzing the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.


PERT chart

program evaluation and review technique
program evaluation and review technique

(operations) A diagram which uses the symbols and notations of program evaluation and review technique to depict the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.

PERT-kaavio

chart depicting the flow of dependent tasks


first in first out

(accounting) A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.

To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.

1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, pages 357–358:

(operations) A policy of serving first what has arrived for service first.

пе́рвым пришёл — пе́рвым ушёл (pérvym prišól — pérvym ušól)

(computing) A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.


assessorial

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


cycle time

Order cycle time can now be minutes from when the customer starts entering an order to when it is visible to the warehouse.

Production cycle time is not as important as the time spent in transit.

Design cycle time for an all-new state-of-the-art compressor is still years from go-ahead to readiness for manufacture.

(computing, software, computer science) The total elapsed time to complete an operation or set of operations.


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.


supply chain visibility

supply chain visibility (plural supply chain visibilities)

(supply chain) Ability of parts, components or products in transit to be tracked from the manufacturer to their final destination.


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)

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


collaborative project management

collaborative project management (uncountable)

(operations) The method used to plan, coordinate, control, and monitor distributed complex projects..

Kollaboratives Projektmanagement

methods used to plan, coordinate, control, and monitor distributed complex projects


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

Coordinate term: birdyback

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


birdyback

Coordinate term: fishyback

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


make to stock

Coordinate term: make to order

(supply chain) Manufacture with the intention of storing as inventory before customer orders are received.


make to order

Coordinate term: make to stock

(supply chain) To make based on the specifications of a particular customer.