Wayfair

1. business intelligence team, mainly responsible for data definitions, source system identification and connectivity
2. Time amount of time a trailer is in detention in a yard (time differential between trailer ship and trailer pick-up from yard)
5. less than truck load
10. Hot orders assigned to be shipped by “twilight sort”
11. (DS) traditional Wayfair delivery network, by which Wayfair suppliers ship directly to the customer
13. electronic data interchange; the format WF uses to communicate business information with different parties
14. transport of goods over a short distance
17. (Wayfair) large parcel (on average, a large parcel weighs 80 lbs. and measures 22 ft3)
18. an event not in line with operational targets (e.g. a trailer not picking up a package by the assigned time)
20. product badging is adding virtual stickers to online products, e.g. “1-Day shipping”
21. LP master license plate – applied for a group of packages to be put away collectively

1. Promise inaccurate delivery date promise assigned to customer at the time of order
3. end-to-end, covering every stage of the supply chain
4. Cold orders assigned to be shipped after “twilight sort”
6. Hub a carrier distribution center near the destination of a package
7. basis points. 1 bps = 1/100th of 1%, mainly used to denote percentage change in on-time delivery rate
8. hot and local cold are based on assignment not execution
9. the moment packages are transferred from warehouse physical doors to the back of a trailer
10. (Warehouse) license plate – pre-shelfing label applied to packages for tracking location
11. delivery station injection; shipping directly to delivery stations with high regional demand
12. a quantifiable measure used to track and assess performance
15. advanced shipping notice, stickers suppliers apply on the inbound packages
16. package containers
19. of Oct 2019, 1-Day and 2-Day shipping badges are used in the US, while 1-Day, 2-Day, and 3-Day shipping badges are used in Canada]