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Business Logistics Management
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1. The branch of military science having to do with procuring - maintaining - utility/value and transporting material - personnel - and facilities
Strategic Role of I.T.
Information Requirements
Globalization Force
Internal Society of Logistics
2. Enterprise Resource Planning
Time Utility Definition
Logistics
Form Utility Definition
ERP
3. Relevant - Accurate - Accessible - Timely - Transferable
CIF
Information Requirements
Order Cycle Time
Empowered Customer Force
4. Random Variation - Trend - Seasonal Patterns - Normal Business Cycle
Top US imports from China
Internal Society of Logistics
Logistics Activities
Factors Affecting Demand
5. Coordination and Integration can reduce the inventory level on horizontal and vertical levels in the SC. (the bullwhip effect [when inventory is duplicated])
Balancing Supply/Demand
Inventory Deployment Issue
Export Management Companies
Collaborative Relationship
6. Strategic Alliance
Cost/Value Issue
Strategic Example
Top US imports from China
Ocean
7. Customers trade partnership against terrorism
C-TPAT
Top US trading partners
Horizontal Relationships
Third Party Logistics Industry
8. The dual flow of Product/Services - Information - and Finances across the suppliers - distributors - manufacturers - wholesalers - and customers.
ABC Activity-Based Costing
S&OP
Strategic Role of I.T.
Integrated Supply Chain
9. Sales and Order Processing
Supply Chain Relationship
Ports
S&OP
Inventory
10. Value added by delivering the proper amount of a good.
DDP
Quantity Utility Definition
DRP
Logistics Activities
11. Anything that touches the customer
Supply Chain Issues
Customer Service
ROA
Information Issue
12. Delivered Duty Paid
DDP
Inventory
Dimensions of customer service
Event Logistics
13. Network of activities - facilities and personnel required to organize - schedule and deploy the resources for an even to take place and to effectively withdraw after the even (ex: Superbowl).
Information Issue
Event Logistics
Logistics
S&OP
14. Producer to Store - servicing the customer
Component Support
Supply Chain Flows
Outbound
Vertical Relationship
15. Assembles and manages the resources - capabilities - and technology of its own organization with those of complementary service providers to deliver a comprehensive supply chain solution.
4PL
Customer (7 R's of logistics)
Logistics Activities
Export Management Companies
16. The ________ is associated with downstream activities.
Supply Chain
The Micro Dimension
Transportation Management Issue
Logistics Activities
17. Supplies expertise to international shippers. Consolidate small shipments. Derives income from fees for service.
DRP
Utility(ies) associated with Marketing
Supply Chain Flows
Freight Forwarder
18. Getting the Right Things to the Right Place at the Right Time at the lowest cost.
Ports
Utility(ies) associated with Logistics
Logistics
Types of 3PLs
19. Collaborative Planning - Forecasting - and Replenishment
Information Requirements
CPFR
WMS
Empowered Customer Force
20. Both parties in a vendor relational are said to be at "arm's" length.
Supply Chain Network Issue
Inventory Deployment Issue
Balancing Supply/Demand
Transactional Relationship
21. An external supplier that performs all or part of a company's logistics functions.
3rd Party Logistics
Supply Chain
Top US trading partners
ABC Activity-Based Costing
22. Reduced complexity - reduced product life cycle - more volatility - organizational structures frequently change.
Supply Chain
Strategic Role of I.T.
Utility(ies) associated with Logistics
Global Markets Characteristics
23. Adding value to products by making them available when they're needed.
WMS
Time Utility Definition
Transportation Management Issue
Top US trading partners
24. That part of the supply chain process that plans - implements - and controls the efficient - effective flow and storage of goods - services - and related information from point of origin to point of consumption in order to meet customer requirem
R's of Information
Strategic Example
Strategic Relationship
Common Culture
25. Enlightened - Educated - easy access to Internet
Technology Issue
R's of Information
Government Regulations and Policy Force
Empowered Customer Force
26. Time - Quality - Cost - Supporting Metrics
Event Logistics
Performance Categories
Ports
Customer Service
27. Free Alongside Ship
FAS
Time Utility Definition
ERP
Ocean
28. Management of Product/Service - Information - and Cash Flows.
Supply Chain Definition
Air
Logistics Management
Transportation Management Issue
29. Possession Utility
Cost/Value Issue
Order Cycle Time
Supply Chain Issues
Utility(ies) associated with Marketing
30. Providing time and place utility/value of materials and products in support of Functional management organization objectives.
C-TPAT
Component Support
3rd Party Logistics
Forces Driving the Rate of Change
31. Adding value to products by having them where people want them.
External Metrics
Place Utility Definition
Order Cycle Time
Possession Utility
32. Vendor
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33. Simple moving average - Weighted Moving average - Exponential Smoothing - Adjusted Exponential Smoothing for Trend - Seasonal Influences
Ports
Order Cycle Time
Types of Forecasts
Export Management Companies
34. Business Logistics - Military Logistics - Event Logistics - Service Logistics
Four Subdivisions of Logistics
Order Cycle Time
Component Support
CIF
35. 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.
Information Issue
Utility(ies) associated with Logistics
Global Markets Characteristics
Air
36. Right: information - partner - quantity - format - time - place - cost
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37. Measures cost and performance of activities.
Arm's Length
ABC Activity-Based Costing
Forecast Errors
Inventory
38. North American Free Trade Agreement. Establishes free trade between US - Canada - and Mexico
Balancing Supply/Demand
Performance Measurement Issue
NAFTA
Event Logistics
39. CFE - MSE - MAD - MAPE
Integrated Supply Chain
Supply Chain Network Issue
CFR
Forecast Errors
40. Time - Dependability - Communications - Convenience
Event Logistics
Internal Society of Logistics
Dimensions of customer service
Supply Chain
41. Value added to goods through a manufacturing or assembly process.
Complexity Issue
Inventory
Organizational Consolidation Force
Form Utility Definition
42. Product/Service - Information - Finance
Technology Issue
Supply Chain Flows
DDP
Dimensions of customer service
43. Transportation-based - Warehouse/distribution-based - Forwarder-based - Shipper/management-based - Financial-based - Information-based firms
Types of 3PLs
Horizontal Relationships
Military Logistics
Internal Metrics
44. Segment Customer Base - Identify the product service package - Develop and execute the best procedures - measure performance continuously
Transactional Relationship
ERP
Inbound
Steps in implementing CRM
45. Distribution Requirement Planning
Organizational Relationships Issue
DRP
C-TPAT
CRM Customer Relationship Management
46. Act as agents for domestic firms in the international arena.
Globalization Force
Arm's Length
Major categories of metrics
Export Management Companies
47. Form Utility
Utility(ies) associated with Production
Possession Utility
Strategic Role of I.T.
Dimensions of customer service
48. Real and recognized benefits to all members - Dynamic creation - measurement - and evolution of collaborative partnerships - Co-buyer and co-seller relationships - Flexibility and security - Collaboration across all stages of business process integ
Council of Supply Chain Management
The Micro Dimension
External Metrics
Immutable Laws of Collaborative Logistics
49. Electrical Machinery - Power Generation Equipment
Top US exports to China
4PL
Logistics
Supply Chain Network Issue
50. Influences product availability
Component Support
Order Cycle Time
Time Utility Definition
R's of Information