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Glossary
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A Warehouse Management System (WMS) software layer directs receiving, put-away, picking, packing, and shipping tasks, often sitting above or beside ERP inventory modules.
Radio Frequency Identification uses tags and readers to identify items without line-of-sight barcode scans — useful for bulk counts and gated asset movement.
GS1 is the global standards organization behind common barcode identifiers (GTIN, SSCC). GS1 Kenya and regional partners help companies encode products for retail and export.
First In, First Out inventory rotation ships or consumes the oldest received stock first — common for non-dated or stable goods.
First Expired, First Out prioritizes earliest-expiry lots — critical for pharmaceuticals and perishables in East Africa cold chain.
A License Plate Number is a unique ID for a pallet or handling unit used to move many cases under one scanable identity.
A Stock Keeping Unit is your internal item identity for inventory, distinct from a manufacturer barcode though often mapped to one.
An Advanced Shipping Notice tells the warehouse what is arriving before the truck docks, enabling planned receiving.
European Article Number barcode symbology (now often GTIN-13) used widely on retail products.
Universal Product Code barcode common on North American retail items; related to GTIN standards.
Automatic Identification and Data Capture — the family of barcode, RFID, OCR, and related technologies that capture identity into systems.
A scheduled partial inventory count that maintains accuracy without a full warehouse shutdown.
A flow where inbound goods move quickly to outbound docks with little or no put-away storage time.
Electronic Product Code — a standard identifier scheme often encoded on RFID tags for item or case identity.
The warehouse bay where trucks load and unload; a common location for scan confirmation and RFID portals.
Kenya Revenue Authority electronic Tax Invoice Management System — invoicing compliance sits in finance systems; inventory accuracy still supports clean commercial data.