June 2011
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 59m
English
book
The Shipping Point: The Rise of China and the Future of Retail Supply Chain Management
by Peter J. Levesque
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SUPPLY CHAIN ACRONYM QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
3PL – Third Party Logistics
BCO – Beneficial Cargo Owner
BLP – Bonded Logistics Park
BOL – Bill of Lading
BPO – Business Process Outsourcing
C.A.F.E. – Coffee and Farmers Equity
CBM – Cubic Meter
CBP – Customs Border Protection
CFS – Consolidator Freight Station
CSI – Container Security Initiative
CTPAT – Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism CY – Container Yard
DC – Distribution Center
DCF – Discounted Cash Flow
DHS – Department of Homeland Security
ECSW – Export Customs Supervised Warehouse FCA – Free Carrier Alongside
FEU – Forty Foot Equivalent Unit
FFA – Freight Forward Agreements
FOB – Free on Board
FTP – Free Trade Port
ISF – Import Security Filing
LSP – Logistics Service Provider
NPV – Net Present Value
NVOCC – Non Vessel Owner Common Carrier
PO – Purchase Order
PRC – Peoples Republic of China
PRD – Pearl River Delta
RFID – Radio Frequency Identification
SCFI – Shanghai Container Freight Index
SCM – Supply Chain Management
SEZ – Special Economic Zone
SKU – Stock Keeping Unit
TEU – Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
USDOT – United States Department of Transportation
VAT – Value Added Tax
YRD – Yangtze River Delta
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