Maves Glossary
Written by Ned Keco
Updated at August 11th, 2025
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Glossary
This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary.
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3PL
Acronym for "Third-Party Logistics"
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Accessorial Charges
Invoices which contain various charges that would not be contained by a warehouse receipt or recurring charge
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Account Manager
Person responsible for a particular account/Client. Often referred to as the Control Desk.
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Action Grid
Spreadsheet-stye instrument for viewing, organizing, displaying, and manipulating data elements retrieved from the ViewPoint Logistics database.
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Administration
VL menu items organized for configuring and maintaining the system; i.e., setup parameters, master tables, purging routines, job streams and other more administrative tasks that are usually restricted to certain operators.
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Ancillary Charges
Invoices which contain various charges that would not be contained by a warehouse receipt or recurring charge.
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Anniversary Date Billing
Where Storage Billing month is for a full calendar month; i.e., from the Receipt date to the same day, less one day, in the month following.
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Appointment Log
Online Appointment Log to book delivery appointments for inbound and outbound traffic, within Highviews
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ASN
Advance Shipment Notification
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Assembly
Activity where products and loads are collected and combined.
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Carrier
Transporter of goods. This can be from the client and/or to the consignee (customer).
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Client
Original owner of stock. They make arrangements with you to store and distribute their mechandise.
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Company
Business entity within a MC3PL organization. Possibly a separate company,campus, or logical entity (for accounting or tracking purposes).
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Consignee
.. or Customer. The client’s customer; i.e., the "end user" where stock is to be shipped.
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Conveyance
Any type of receptacle for holding and/or carrying goods; e.g., pallet, carton, tote, etc.
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Customer
.. or Consignee. The client’s customer; i.e., the "end user" where stock is to be shipped.
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Disassembly
Activity where loads are broken down for distribution of product.
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ECQ-B Pks
Estimated remaining number of ECQ Picks (Entire and Standard Conveyance Quantity) from bulk locations (non-pick line locations) required to complete the picking of the order. Sample Order: Product A - 180 Pieces. Standard Conveyance/Pallet is 60 Pieces Product B - 50 Pieces. Standard Conveyance/Pallet is 50 Pieces Calculation: Product A = 180/60 = 3 ECQ Picks from Bulk Locations Product B = 50/50 = 1 ECQ Pick from a Bulk Location Total = 4 ECQ Picks from Bulk Locations
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EDI
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) represents a set of standards for controlling the transfer of business documents, such as purchase orders and invoices, between computers.
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Foreign Trade Zone
..or FTZ. A warehouse that has special status for storing imported goods without having to pay tax or duty.
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FTZ
Foreign Trade Zone. A warehouse that has special status for storing imported goods without having to pay tax or duty.
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Group
..or operator group. A class of operators that will have access to the same set of menu items in VL.
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Hazardous Materials
..or HAZMAT. Classification of dangerous substances requiring special handling, transportation, and storage.
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HAZMAT
Hazardous Materials. Classification of dangerous substances requiring special handling, transportation, and storage.
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HighView
ViewPoint Logistics application for accessing Action Grids which have been organized to convey the data collected from various related and /or linked 3PL operations.
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HighViews
ViewPoint Logistics applications for accessing Action Grids which have been organized to convey the data collected from various related and /or linked 3PL operations.
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Hover Help
Provides context-sensitive help whenever you place your mouse over various objects in the interface.
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Inbounds
Products arriving from the client to the warehouse.
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Inbound Warehouse In-Transit
Also known as ASN (Advanced Shipment Notification)
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Inventory
A quantity of goods/products in stock.
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Inventory Turn
Inventory Turnover. A caculation to determine the number of times inventory stock has been completely replaced in a year.
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Invoice
Itemized statement of fees presented by the vendor to the purchaser.
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Job
Core application functionality designed to perform a specific 3PL-related task. Each job is associated with a menu item in ViewPoint Logistics.
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Jobs
Core application functionality for performing specific 3PL-related tasks. Each job is associated with a menu item in ViewPoint Logistics.
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Label
A pre-printed tag or sticker installed by the manufacturer on packaging.
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Liquor Control
Sub-system for monitoring and performing tasks related to the receiving, storage and distribution of (government-regulated) alcohol inventory.
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Location
The specific location of stock in a warehouse.
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Lot
A collection of goods from the same production run or date.
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MAVES
Leading provider of multi-client third party logistics software solutions
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MC3PL
Multi-Client Third Party Logistics (MC3PL) represents various integrated operation, warehousing and transportation services provided by a third party firm for multiple customers.
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Menu Chain
A logical division of VL menus based on core responsibilities (either Administration or Operations).
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Menu Item
A button or icon that represents a job in Visible Logistics.
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MyFavorites
Accordian tab on the VL Menu Page that lists user-defined menus, for invoking selected Jobs, HighViews, Action Grids, and OneClicks.
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OneClick
Menu item listed under the OneClicks accordian tab assigned to invoke a selected Action Grid with an assigned View.
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OneClicks
Accordian tab on the VL Menu Page that lists OneClicks, menu items defined by the user that are assigned to invoke selected Action Grids with assigned Views.
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Operations
VL menu items organized for accessing the HighViews, Jobs and data required to perform various day-to-day business operations in ViewPoint Logistics.
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Operator
A user account (with an operator code and password) that can invoke VL.
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ORD
Outbound Warehouse Order (a Shipment)
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Outbounds
Products that are destined for shipment from the warehouse to the customer.
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Pallet
Movable storage platform designed to be transported via forklift or pallet jack.
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Physical Count
Inventory of all stock in a warehouse.
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Pick Slip
Document used to locate stock for an order; i.e., product location, quantity, lot numbers, etc.
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PRO
Outbound Transportation Probill (a Shipment)
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Radio Frequency
Portable devices and system used to collect and transmit data in a warehouse.
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REC
Inbound Warehouse Receipt
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Rendition
Customized layout of columns in an action grid.
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Reportless Management
The ability to dynamically retrieve, analyze, and act on specific collections of data in real time without the need to define and generate reports.
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RF
Radio Frequency
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Shortcut
A menu item defined by the user that is assigned to invoke a selected Action Grid with an assigned View.
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Sub-System
A collection of jobs relating to the same type of work within a VL system.
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Supply Chain
Associated organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
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SYSADM
VL System Administrator.
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System
A collection of VL sub-systems and jobs representing a specific line of business in MC3PL (WMS, TMS, FMS, etc.)
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Third-Party Logistics
Service provided to customers who require outsourced (third party) logistics for some or all supply chain management functions.
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TMS
Maves Transportation Management System
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ViewPoint Logistics
MAVES' browser-based 3PL software suite for managing the storage, handling, and distribution of material in the supply chain.
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Visible Logistics
Former name of ViewPoint Logistics suite.
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VL
ViewPoint Logistics
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WMS
Maves Warehouse Management System