Glossary
Logistics Manager Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential logistics manager terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key logistics manager vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in logistics manager training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- 3PL
- Third-party logistics provider.
- Cross-docking
- Moving goods without storing.
- Dock door
- Truck loading door.
- Fill rate
- Orders filled completely.
- Freight cost
- Shipping cost.
- FTL
- Full truckload.
- Inventory turns
- How fast stock sells.
- Last mile
- Final delivery step.
- LTL
- Less-than-truckload.
- On-time delivery
- Shipments arriving on time.
- Peak season
- Busiest period.
- Pick rate
- Items picked per hour.
- Slotting
- Where items are stored.
- TMS
- Transportation management system.
- WMS
- Warehouse management system.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Logistics Manager practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Logistics Manager training.
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