February 2026
Intermediate to advanced
896 pages
27h 30m
English
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The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, 8th Edition
by Alan Rushton, Phil Croucher, Dr. Peter Baker, Professor Ioannis Koliousis
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Glossary
This section is aimed at identifying many of the more common acronyms and abbreviations used in the industry. Most, but not all, of these appear in the text. Readers may consult this section quite independently.
- 2D
- two-dimensional (e.g. 2D barcodes)
- 24/7
- 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
- 3D
- three-dimensional (e.g. 3D printing)
- 3PL
- third-party logistics service provider
- 4IR
- Fourth Industrial Revolution
- 4PL
- fourth-party logistics service provider
- 5PL
- fifth-party logistics service provider
- ABC
- activity-based costing
- ABC curve
- Pareto or ABC inventory analysis
- ADR
- Accord Dangereux Routier (European agreement regarding the road transport of dangerous goods)
- AFRA
- average freight rate assessment (system)
- AGV
- automated guided vehicle
- AI
- artificial ...
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