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Business Logistics Management
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1. Strategically positioning customers to improve the profitability of the organization and enhance its relationship with its customer base
Performance Measurement Issue
Ocean
Internal Metrics
CRM Customer Relationship Management
2. Challenge is to evaluate and successfully implement the technology
Time Utility Definition
Dimensions of customer service
ABC Activity-Based Costing
Technology Issue
3. Both parties in a vendor relational are said to be at "arm's" length.
Inventory Deployment Issue
Transactional Relationship
Internal Society of Logistics
Logistics
4. Form - Time - Place - Quantity - Possession
Value Added Role of Logistics (5 types of utility)
Military Logistics
MRP
The Micro Dimension
5. Random Variation - Trend - Seasonal Patterns - Normal Business Cycle
Collaborative Relationship
Factors Affecting Demand
Inventory
Physical Distribution
6. Segment Customer Base - Identify the product service package - Develop and execute the best procedures - measure performance continuously
Place Utility Definition
Steps in implementing CRM
Major categories of metrics
Information Issue
7. Materials Requirement Planning
Utility(ies) associated with Marketing
Service Logistics
Supply Chain
MRP
8. Return on Assets.
NAFTA
ROA
Top US imports from China
Strategic Example
9. Critical part of global supply chains
Information Requirements
Ports
Possession Utility
Logistics
10. Vendor
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11. Focuses on the outbound side of of a firm's logistics system.
R's of Information
Order Cycle Time
Vertical Relationship
Physical Distribution
12. The design and integration of all aspects of support for the operational capability of the military forces and their equipment to ensure readiness - reliability and efficiency.
Inventory
Time Utility Definition
Military Logistics
Cost/Value Issue
13. Free Alongside Ship
FOB
Component Support
FAS
Horizontal Relationships
14. Acquisition - scheduling and management of the facilities/ assets - personnel and materials to support and sustain a service operation or business.
Time Utility Definition
Service Logistics
FOB
Top US imports from China
15. Strategic Alliance
Value Added Role of Logistics (5 types of utility)
Global Markets Characteristics
Component Support
Strategic Example
16. The dual flow of Product/Services - Information - and Finances across the suppliers - distributors - manufacturers - wholesalers - and customers.
Integrated Supply Chain
Two Phases of order mgmt.
TMS
Steps in implementing CRM
17. Right: information - partner - quantity - format - time - place - cost
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18. Supplies expertise to international shippers. Consolidate small shipments. Derives income from fees for service.
Strategic Relationship
Freight Forwarder
Utility(ies) associated with Logistics
Physical Distribution
19. Growth to a global or worldwide scale. Important Issues in a SC: More volatile supply and demand - shorter product lifetimes - blurring of organizational boundaries.
Supply Chain Security Issue
Globalization Force
FOB
CFR
20. Transportation - Warehousing and storage - Industrial packaging - Materials handling - Inventory control - Order fulfillment - Demand forecasting - Production planning/scheduling - Procurement - Customer service - Facility location - Return goods han
DDP
Inventory
Logistics Activities
Supply Chain
21. Business agreements between firms that have "parallel" or cooperating positions in the logistics process.
Logistics
Horizontal Relationships
Vertical Relationship
Physical Distribution
22. Management of materials in motion and at rest.
Top US trading partners
Cost/Value Issue
Customer Service
Inventory
23. Getting the right product - to the right customer - in the right quantity - in the right condition - at the right place - at the right time - and at the right cost.
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24. Sales and Order Processing
Military Logistics
Forecast Errors
Common Culture
S&OP
25. Electrical Machinery - Power Generation Equipment.
Inventory
Export Management Companies
S&OP
Top US imports from China
26. Fast - high rate
Value Added Role of Logistics (5 types of utility)
Immutable Laws of Collaborative Logistics
Air
Globalization Force
27. Analyze and evaluate on organizations efficiency over a time period.
Supply Chain Flows
Technology Issue
Performance Measurement Issue
Place Utility Definition
28. Value added to goods through a manufacturing or assembly process.
Service Logistics
Form Utility Definition
Forecasting
Organizational Consolidation Force
29. Efficiency (cost) and effectiveness (value). A challenge for SCs is the prevention of sub-optimization.
3rd Party Logistics
Cost/Value Issue
Strategic Role of I.T.
Forecast Errors
30. The process of planning - implementing - and controlling the efficient - effective flow and storage of goods - services - and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requ
Business Logistics
Forces Driving the Rate of Change
Export Management Companies
NAFTA
31. Measures cost and performance of activities.
Ports
Top US exports to China
ABC Activity-Based Costing
Forecasting
32. Distribution Requirement Planning
Technology Force
Motor
DRP
Supply Chain Flows
33. Right product - right time - right quantity - right quality - right cost - right destination
Dimensions of customer service
Globalization Force
Outbound
Transportation Management Issue
34. Represents an alternative that may imply even greater involvement than the partnership or strategic alliance
Export Management Companies
Strategic Relationship
Forecasting
Dimensions of customer service
35. Canada - China - Mexico
Common Culture
Customer Service
CIF
Top US trading partners
36. ISs lead to the collection and storage of vast amounts of data and help lead to better decision making - but many companies are not taking advantage of it.
Forces Driving the Rate of Change
Information Issue
Time Utility Definition
S&OP
37. Simple moving average - Weighted Moving average - Exponential Smoothing - Adjusted Exponential Smoothing for Trend - Seasonal Influences
Steps in implementing CRM
Types of Forecasts
Four Subdivisions of Logistics
Factors Affecting Demand
38. Time - Dependability - Communications - Convenience
Dimensions of customer service
Export Trading Companies
Types of Forecasts
4PL
39. Customers trade partnership against terrorism
C-TPAT
ABC Activity-Based Costing
Technology Force
WMS
40. Refer to the traditional linkages between firms in the supply chain such as retailers - distributors - manufacturers - and parts and materials suppliers
Vertical Relationship
Supply Chain Network Issue
Supply Chain Issues
Top US exports to China
41. Deregulation: Transportation - Communications - and Financial Institutions
TMS
Government Regulations and Policy Force
Internal Metrics
Dimensions of customer service
42. Transportation Management System
Time Utility Definition
Technology Issue
TMS
CFR
43. Plays large part in intermodal shipments.
Motor
Dimensions of customer service
The Micro Dimension
Information Issue
44. Procurement and Manufacturing - value adding activities
The Micro Dimension
Strategic Role of I.T.
Top US exports to China
Inbound
45. Warehouse Management System
WMS
Outbound
4PL
Forecasting
46. Export goods and services to overseas buyers and handles most of the export arrangements.
Military Logistics
Place Utility Definition
Business Logistics
Export Trading Companies
47. Organizations require collaboration or cooperation.
Organizational Relationships Issue
Utility(ies) associated with Production
CPFR
Dimensions of customer service
48. The ________ is associated with downstream activities.
Supply Chain
Strategic Example
Transportation Management Issue
Time Utility Definition
49. Free On Board
FOB
Logistics Activities
NAFTA
Supply Chain
50. Influencing the order - order execution
Supply Chain Definition
Two Phases of order mgmt.
Strategic Example
Balancing Supply/Demand