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| Handling Costs
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The cost involved in moving, transferring, preparing, and otherwise handling inventory.
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| Hard Copy
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Computer output printed on paper.
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| Harmonized Commodity Description & Coding System (Harmonized Code)
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An international classification system that assigns identification numbers to specific products. The coding system ensures that all parties in int'l. trade use a consistent classification for the purposes of documentation, statistical control, and duty assessment.
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| Haulage
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The inland transport service which is offered by the carrier under the terms and conditions of the tariff and of the relative transport document.
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| HAWB
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Please refer House Air Waybill.
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| Hawthorne Effect
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From a study conducted at the Hawthorne Plant of Western Electric Company from 1927-1932 which found that the act of showing people that you are concerned usually results in better job performance. Studying and monitoring of activities are typically seen as being concerned and results in improved productivity.
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| Hazardous Goods
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Articles or substances capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety, or property, and that ordinarily require special attention when transported. Also called Dangerous Goods.
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| Hazardous Material
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A substance or material which the Department of Transportation has determined to be capable of posing a risk to health, safety, and property when stored or transported in commerce.
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| Heijunka
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In the just-in-time philosophy, an approach to level production throughout the supply chain to match the planned rate of end product sales.
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| Hierarchy of Cost Assignability
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In cost accounting, an approach to group activity costs at the level of an organization where they are incurred, or can be directly related to. Examples are the level where individual units are identified (unit level), where batches of units are organized or processed (batch level), where a process is operated or supported (process level), or where costs cannot be objectively assigned to lower level activities or processes (facility level). This approach is used to better understand the nature of the costs, including the level in the organization at which they are incurred, the level to which they can be initially assigned (attached), and the degree to which they are assignable to other activity and/or cost object levels, i.e., activity or cost object cost, or sustaining costs.
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| High-density storage
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Describes storage methods where unitized loads are stored more than one unit deep and/or high. Stacked bulk floor storage, drive-in/drive-thru rack, push-back rack, flow rack, and, to a lesser extent, double-deep rack, are examples of high-density storage.
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| High-piled combustible storage
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Term used in fire codes to refer to codes relating to floor or racked storage exceeding 12 feet in height or high-hazard commodity storage exceeding 6 feet in height. See article warehouse fire safety,
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| Highway Trust Fund
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A fund into which highway users (carriers and automobile operators) pay; the fund pays for federal government's highway construction share.
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| Highway Use Taxes
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Taxes that federal and state governments assess against highway users (the fuel tax is an example). The government uses the use tax money to pay for the construction, maintenance, and policing of highways.
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| Hi-Low
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Usually refers to a forklift truck on which the operator must stand rather than sit.
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| Home Page
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The starting point for a web site. It's the page that's retrieved and displayed by default when a user visits a web site. The default home-page name for a server depends on the server's configuration. On many web servers, it is index.html or default.htm. Some web servers support multiple home pages.
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| Honeycombing
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Refers to the unused pallet positions in high-density storage that result when the number of unit-loads for an item does not completely fill the storage lane. Since mixing skus in high-density storage is normally not done, these unused pallet positions are not available to store other materials.
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| Hopper Cars
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Railcars that permit top loading and bottom unloading of bulk commodities; some hopper cars have permanent tops with hatches to provide protection against the elements.
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| Horizontal Play/Horizontal Hub
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This is a term for a function that cuts across many industries and usually defines a facility or organization that is providing a common service.
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| Hostler
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An individual employed to move trucks and trailers within a terminal or warehouse yard area.
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| House Air Waybill (HAWB)
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A bill of lading issued by a forwarder to a shipper as a receipt for goods that the forwarder will consolidate with cargo from other shippers for transport.
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| House to House
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Please refer Door to Door.
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| House to Pier
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Please refer Door to Port.
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| Household Goods Warehouse
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A warehouse that stores household goods.
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| HR
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Please refer Human Resources.
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| Hub Airport
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An airport that serves as the focal point for the origin and termination of long-distance flights; flights from outlying areas meet connecting flights at the hub airport.
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| Human Resources (HR)
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The function broadly responsible for personnel policies and practices within an organization.
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| Hundredweight (CWT)
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a pricing unit used in transportation (equal to 100 pounds).
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