Third-Party Logistics provider that handles warehousing, fulfillment, and shipping for e-commerce brands.
Advance Ship Notice - a document sent before inventory arrives detailing SKUs, quantities, and carton counts.
Bill of Lading - freight document for LTL/FTL shipments including pallet count, weight, and freight class.
Regular partial inventory audits where subsets of SKUs are counted to maintain accuracy without full warehouse counts.
Short-distance trucking service, typically from port to warehouse for container pickup and delivery.
Fulfilled by Amazon - Amazon stores and ships your products from their warehouses.
Fulfilled by Merchant - seller handles fulfillment from their own warehouse or 3PL.
Fulfillment Network SKU - Amazon's unique identifier for FBA products, starts with 'X00'.
Combining multiple individual products into a single bundled SKU with unique barcode.
Less Than Truckload - freight shipping for 1-10 pallets that don't fill a full truck.
Process of picking ordered items from inventory and packing them for shipment.
Stock Keeping Unit - unique identifier for each distinct product in inventory.
Walmart Fulfillment Services - Walmart's version of FBA for marketplace sellers.