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This glossary was originally compiled in conjunction with a course on Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Chicago. Entries tend to be arranged according to their abbreviation. Thus, Bill-Of-Material is defined under BOM. The reasoning is that it is easier to deduce the abbreviation from a phrase, than deduce the phrase from the abbreviation. 3PL (Third Party Logistics): The use of an outside party to perform some part of the logistics function, typically trucking or warehousing. It is appropriate if there are economies of scale in the logistics function. ABC Analysis: Partition of products into three groups according to…