Im Folgenden werden die Abkürzungen, die in diesem Wörterbuch verwendet werden, kurz beschrieben und mit dem jeweiligen Begriff verbunden.

AÖSp - Allgemeine Österreichische Spediteurbedingungen 

APS - Advanced Planning System

ATO - Assemble to Order

AWB - Air Waybill (Luftfrachtbrief)

B/L - Bill of Lading (Konnossement)

B2A - Business to Administration

B2B - Business to Business

B2C - Business to Consumer

B2E - Business to Employee

BDE - Betriebsdatenerfassung

BP - Best Practice

BPR - Business Process Reengineering

C&F - Cost & Freight

C2C - Consumer to Consumer

CAC - Computer Aided Calculation/ Communication/ Coloring

CAD - Computer Aided Design

CAE - Computer Aided Engineering

CAI - Computer Aided Industry

CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAP - Computer Aided Planning

CAQ - Computer Aided Quality Control/ Insurance

CEMT - Conferénce Europèenne des Ministres des Transportes

CIF - Cost, Insurance and Freight

CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacturing

CIP - Carriage and Insurance Paid

CM - Category Management

CMR - Convention Marchandise Routier

CPFR - Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment

CPT - Carriage Paid To

CRM - Customer Relationship Management

CRP - Continuous Replenishment (Process)

DAF - Delivered at the Frontier

DDP - Delivered Duty Paid

DDU - Delivered Duty Unpaid

DEQ - Delivered Ex Quay Duty Paid

DES - Delivered Ex Ship

DLZ - Durchlaufzeit

DRP - Distribution Requirements Planning

EAN - European Article Number

ECM - Enterprise Content Management

ECMT - European Conference of Ministers of Transport

ECR - Efficient Consumer Response

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

EFQM - European Foundation For Quality Management Mission

EPL - Elektronische Pickliste

ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

ETA - Estimated/Expected Time of Arrival

ETD - Estimated/Expected Time of Departure

ETO - Engineer to Order

EUL - Efficient Unit Load

EXW - Ex Works

FAS - Free Alongside Ship

FCA - Free Carrier

FEFO - First Expired First Out

FIFO - First In First Out

FMEA - Fehler-Möglichkeits-Einfluss-Analyse

FOB - Free On Board

FTL - Full Truck Load

FTS - Fahrerlose Transportsysteme

GSA - General Sales Agent

HIFO - Highest In First Out

IATA - International Air Transport Association

ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organisation

JIS - Just In Sequence

JIT - Just In Time

KEP - Kurier-, Express- und Paketdienste

KLT - Kleinladungsträger

KMU - Kleine und Mittlere Unternehmen

KVP - Kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsprozess

L/C - Letter of Credit (Akkreditiv)

LIFO - Last In First Out

LOFO - Lowest In First Out

LTL - Less Than Truck Load

LM - Logistikmanagement

MFR - Materialflussrechner

MOB - Make-or-Buy

MRO - Maintenance Repair and Operations

MRP I - Material Requirements Planning

MRP II - Manufacturing Resource Planning

MTO - Make to Order

MTS - Make to Stock

NVE - Nummer der Versandeinheit

OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

PLM - Product Lifecycle Management

POD - Proof of Delivery

POS - Point Of Sale

PPS - Produktionsplanungs- und -steuerungssystem

QFD - Quality Function Deployment

QM - Qualitätsmanagement

QMH - Qualitätsmanagementhandbuch

QMS - Qualitätsmanagementsystem

QR - Quick Response

OSA - Optimal Shelf Availability

RBG - Regalbediengerät

RFID - Radio Frequency Identification

RFS - Road Feeder Service

SC - Supply Chain

SCM - Supply Chain Management

SCEM - Supply Chain Event Management

SCOR - Supply Chain Operations Reference

SKU - Stock Keeping Unit

SRM - Supplier Relationship Management

SSCC - Serial Shipping Container Code

TQM - Total Quality Management

TUL - Transport, Umschlag und Lagerung

UID - Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer

VMI - Vendor Managed Inventory

WCS - Warehouse Control System

WIP - Work in Progress

WMS - Warehouse Management System

WWS - Warenwirtschaftssystem