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Business Logistics Management
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1. Right product - right time - right quantity - right quality - right cost - right destination
Military Logistics
Supply Chain Definition
Transportation Management Issue
Top US trading partners
2. Free Alongside Ship
Collaborative Example
FAS
Integrated Supply Chain
The Micro Dimension
3. The ________ is associated with downstream activities.
Quantity Utility Definition
Strategic Relationship
C-TPAT
Supply Chain
4. Act as agents for domestic firms in the international arena.
Types of 3PLs
Export Management Companies
Outbound
Transportation Management Issue
5. Point-of-sale(POS); Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment(CPFR); Vendor-managed inventory (VMI)
Organizational Consolidation Force
Information Requirements
Order Cycle Time
CRM Customer Relationship Management
6. Relevant - Accurate - Accessible - Timely - Transferable
Types of Forecasts
CPFR
Organizational Consolidation Force
Information Requirements
7. 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).
Common Culture
DRP
Event Logistics
Logistics Activities
8. Business Logistics - Military Logistics - Event Logistics - Service Logistics
Supply Chain Network Issue
Top US trading partners
Four Subdivisions of Logistics
Utility(ies) associated with Marketing
9. Critical part of global supply chains
Ports
Utility(ies) associated with Marketing
Motor
Globalization Force
10. 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.
Freight Forwarder
Major categories of metrics
Business Logistics
Information Issue
11. The time that elapses from when a buyer places an order until receipt of the order
C-TPAT
Order Cycle Time
Physical Distribution
NAFTA
12. Producer to Store - servicing the customer
Information Issue
Outbound
Government Regulations and Policy Force
Service Logistics
13. Form - Time - Place - Quantity - Possession
The Micro Dimension
Supply Chain Flows
Value Added Role of Logistics (5 types of utility)
Freight Forwarder
14. Networks - Complexity - Inventory Deployment - Information - Cost/Value - Organizational Relationships - Performance Measurement - Technology - Transportation Management - Supply Chain Security
Supply Chain Issues
Quantity Utility Definition
4PL
Supply Chain Relationship
15. Canada - China - Mexico
ABC Activity-Based Costing
Top US trading partners
Complexity Issue
Council of Supply Chain Management
16. Delivered Duty Paid
Strategic Role of I.T.
DDP
Inventory Deployment Issue
Supply Chain Flows
17. Collaborative Planning - Forecasting - and Replenishment
Service Logistics
CPFR
Value Added Role of Logistics (5 types of utility)
Order Cycle Time
18. Primarily created through the basic marketing activities related to the promotion of products and services -
Supply Chain Flows
Immutable Laws of Collaborative Logistics
Categories of Logistics Quantification Pyramid
Possession Utility
19. Strategically positioning customers to improve the profitability of the organization and enhance its relationship with its customer base
CRM Customer Relationship Management
Forecasting
Complexity Issue
Supply Chain Relationship
20. Management of Product/Service - Information - and Cash Flows.
Time Utility Definition
Transactional Relationship
Supply Chain Definition
Physical Distribution
21. Channel Satisfaction - Transaction Cost and Revenue - Logistics Operations - Logistics Service
Categories of Logistics Quantification Pyramid
Top US trading partners
Technology Force
Dimensions of customer service
22. Enlightened - Educated - easy access to Internet
Forecasting
Two Phases of order mgmt.
Business Logistics
Empowered Customer Force
23. Enterprise Resource Planning
Quantity Utility Definition
Supply Chain Relationship
Horizontal Relationships
ERP
24. Product/Service - Information - Finance
Supply Chain Flows
Service Logistics
CFR
Supply Chain Relationship
25. 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.
Globalization Force
Military Logistics
Horizontal Relationships
Supply Chain Network Issue
26. Analyze and evaluate on organizations efficiency over a time period.
Collaborative Relationship
Performance Measurement Issue
Time Utility Definition
Utility(ies) associated with Production
27. The branch of military science having to do with procuring - maintaining - utility/value and transporting material - personnel - and facilities
Two Phases of order mgmt.
Internal Society of Logistics
Supply Chain
Possession Utility
28. Adding value to products by having them where people want them.
Global Markets Characteristics
Forecasting
Place Utility Definition
Air
29. Electrical Machinery - Power Generation Equipment
Common Culture
Dimensions of customer service
Top US exports to China
Strategic Role of I.T.
30. Fast - high rate
Integrated Supply Chain
Common Culture
Air
Globalization Force
31. Increased complexity for organizations (from SKUs to trade regulations) is a problem. Organizations should simplify.
Event Logistics
Complexity Issue
Internal Society of Logistics
Export Trading Companies
32. 24/7 connection. Fast - accessible - consumers become aware of shipping cycles.
Collaborative Example
Globalization Force
FAS
Technology Force
33. Procurement and Manufacturing - value adding activities
Major categories of metrics
Top US exports to China
Inbound
Order Cycle Time
34. An external supplier that performs all or part of a company's logistics functions.
Transactional Relationship
3rd Party Logistics
DRP
Inventory
35. Customers trade partnership against terrorism
Top US imports from China
C-TPAT
Top US exports to China
Top US trading partners
36. Globalization - Technology - Organizational Consolidation - Empowered Customer - Government Policy and Regulation
Forces Driving the Rate of Change
Time Utility Definition
Supply Chain Flows
Performance Measurement Issue
37. Order Fill Rate - Perfect Order
External Metrics
CFR
Organizational Consolidation Force
Types of 3PLs
38. Simple moving average - Weighted Moving average - Exponential Smoothing - Adjusted Exponential Smoothing for Trend - Seasonal Influences
Types of Forecasts
Time Utility Definition
Organizational Relationships Issue
Council of Supply Chain Management
39. North American Free Trade Agreement. Establishes free trade between US - Canada - and Mexico
NAFTA
Inventory Deployment Issue
Order Cycle Time
Supply Chain Flows
40. Electrical Machinery - Power Generation Equipment.
Utility(ies) associated with Production
Organizational Consolidation Force
Top US imports from China
Forecasting
41. External - Balancing - Price & Lead Time - Internal - Internal Balancing & Inventory/Production flexibility
Balancing Supply/Demand
Freight Forwarder
Customer (7 R's of logistics)
Internal Society of Logistics
42. Represents an alternative that may imply even greater involvement than the partnership or strategic alliance
MRP
Inventory Deployment Issue
NAFTA
Strategic Relationship
43. Materials Requirement Planning
MRP
External Metrics
Motor
Internal Metrics
44. Anything that touches the customer
Customer Service
Air
Customer (7 R's of logistics)
C-TPAT
45. Time - Quality - Cost - Supporting Metrics
Performance Categories
Event Logistics
Order Cycle Time
Common Culture
46. Two or more business orgs cooperate and willingly modify their business objectives and practices to help achieve long-term goals.
Performance Categories
Collaborative Relationship
Supply Chain Issues
Transportation Management Issue
47. Current 1. WMS 2. Web-enabled communication 3. Visibility tools 4. TMS - Future 1. RFID 2. Collaboration tools 3. Supply chain planning and visibility tools
Forecast Errors
Strategic Role of I.T.
3rd Party Logistics
Military Logistics
48. Growth to a global or worldwide scale. Important Issues in a SC: More volatile supply and demand - shorter product lifetimes - blurring of organizational boundaries.
Organizational Relationships Issue
NAFTA
Globalization Force
Air
49. Providing time and place utility/value of materials and products in support of Functional management organization objectives.
Inventory Deployment Issue
Outbound
Component Support
Strategic Relationship
50. Plays large part in intermodal shipments.
Forecasting
Motor
FOB
R's of Information