Commonly Used Terms
Automated Guiding Vehicle System (AGVS)
An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is a portable robot that uses radio waves, vision cameras, magnets, or lasers to maneuver along specified long lines or wires on the floor. It consists of one or more computer-controlled, wheel-based load carriers running without an onboard operator or driver. They are machines performing simple tasks.
AGVs have been integrated into many non-distribution and manufacturing industries over the past decade, including retail, military, and even healthcare. In industrial applications, they are mostly used for transporting heavy materials around a large industrial building, such as a factory or warehouse.
There are different types of AGVs ranging from :
- Masted vehicles
- Unit load
- Conveyor
- Tow or tuggers
- Carts
Advantages:
There are many advantages of AGV, from reducing labor costs, increasing safety, accuracy, productivity, and modularity. The advantages offered by AGVs have created a buzz and put them at the forefront and center of the minds of warehouse managers and supply chain executives who consider automation.
But the simple truth is they aren't well suited for all businesses. It has potentially high initial investment, maintenance costs. It is also not suitable for the non-repetitive task and decreases the flexibility of operations. Automation comes in many forms and technologies that are to boost your operation's efficiency and profitability. Some potential alternatives to AGVs that you may want to consider are conveyor systems, automated storage & retrieval systems (AS/RS), overhead trolley conveyor, and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Of these options, AMRs may be the most closely-aligned with AGVs in terms of use and intent.
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Average Payment Period (for materials)
Average Inventory
Average Cost per Unit
Accounts Payable
Available to Sell (ATS)
Available to Promise (ATP)
Available Inventory
Automatic Rescheduling
Automatic Relief
Automated Storage-Retrieval System (AS-RS)
Automated Manifest System (AMS)
Automated Guiding Vehicle System (AGVS)
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Automated Call Distribution
Automated Broker Interface (ABI)
Auditing
Audit Trail
Audit Ability
Audit
Attributes
Attachment
Assumed Receipt
Association of American Railroads
Assignment
Assemble-to-order
Arrival Notice
Approved Vendor List (AVL)
Appraisal Costs
Any Quantity Rate (AQ)
Anticipation Inventories
Anticipated Delay Report
Anti-Dumping Duty
ANSI Standard
Amtrak
American Waterways Operators
American Trucking Association (ATA)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Society of Transportation & Logistics
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
Alternate Routing
Alpha Release
Allocation
Allocated Item
All Risks
All Cargo Carrier
Alaskan Carrier
Airport and Airway Trust Fund
Airline Terminal Fee (ATF)
Air Waybill
Air Transport Association of America
Air Taxi
Air Cargo Containers
Air Cargo
Agility
Agile Manufacturing
Aggregate Tender Rate
Aggregate Planning
Aggregate Plan
Aggregate Inventory Management
Aggregate Inventory
Aggregate Forecast
Agglomeration
Agent
Agency Tariff
After Sale Service
Advanced Shipping Notice
Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)
Advance Material Request
Adaptive Smoothing
Adaptive Control
Actual to Theoretical Cycle Time
Actual Demand
Actual Cost System
Actual Cost
Activity Ratio
Activity Network Diagram
Activity Level
Activity Driver
Activity Dictionary
Activity Based Planning (ABP)
Activity Based Management (ABM)
Activity Based Costing System
Activity Based Costing Model
Activity Based Costing (ABC)
Activity Based Budgeting (ABB)
Activity Analysis
Activity
Active Inventory
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Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)
Cross-docking
Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)
Cost and Freight (CFR)
Contract of Carriage
Container Yard (CY)
Completely Knocked Down (CKD)
Certificate of Origin (CO)
Cellular Vessel
Carriers
Carrier's Lien
Carriage Paid To (CPT)
Carriage And Insurance Paid To (CIP)
Carnet
Cargo Agents Settlement System (CASS)
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