SUPPLY CHAIN VISIONS LOGISTICS TERMS and GLOSSARY
Classification of a group of items in decreasing order of annual dollar
volume or other criteria. This array is then split into three classes called A, B, and C. The A
group represents 10 – 20% by number of items and 50 –70% by projected dollar volume. The
next grouping, B, represents about 20% of the items and about 20% of the dollar volume. The C
class contains 60 – 70% of the items and represents about 10 – 30% of the dollar volume.
