| A | B |
| terminal | warehouses, built at rail centers |
| information | can be substituted for materials management |
| agriculture | warehousing was first linked to the Age of |
| globalization | stimulated by the dropping of national trade barriers |
| fast | tomorrow's warehouse will emphasize this type of movement |
| stockpiling | using the warehouse to handle production overflow |
| public | warehouse that offers space to numberous users |
| contract | warehouse that offers long-term leasing of services |
| demand | the price of warehouse space changes as this changes |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| strategy | a plan for development of growth |
| culture | it can affect the utilization of space in different countries |
| outsource | to let another company handle a core function |
| JIT | just-in-time |
| scan | to "read" a bar code |