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Business Logistics Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sales and Order Processing






2. Export goods and services to overseas buyers and handles most of the export arrangements.






3. Growth to a global or worldwide scale. Important Issues in a SC: More volatile supply and demand - shorter product lifetimes - blurring of organizational boundaries.






4. Marketing - Manufacturing/operations - Finance - Accounting






5. Business Logistics - Military Logistics - Event Logistics - Service Logistics






6. Influences product availability






7. Point-of-sale(POS); Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment(CPFR); Vendor-managed inventory (VMI)






8. The most pervasive and important global shipment method. Low rates - wide variety of products






9. Fast - high rate






10. Refer to the traditional linkages between firms in the supply chain such as retailers - distributors - manufacturers - and parts and materials suppliers






11. 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).






12. Electrical Machinery - Power Generation Equipment.






13. Enlightened - Educated - easy access to Internet






14. Return on Assets.






15. The time that elapses from when a buyer places an order until receipt of the order






16. Distribution Requirement Planning






17. Primarily created through the basic marketing activities related to the promotion of products and services -






18. Order Fill Rate - Perfect Order






19. Challenge is to evaluate and successfully implement the technology






20. Represents an alternative that may imply even greater involvement than the partnership or strategic alliance






21. Reliability - Responsiveness - Flexibility - Cost - Assets






22. Measures cost and performance of activities.






23. Item Fill Rate - Line Fill Rate






24. Product/Service - Information - Finance






25. Cost and Freight






26. Materials Requirement Planning






27. Organizations require collaboration or cooperation.






28. Plays large part in intermodal shipments.






29. Adding value to products by making them available when they're needed.






30. Random Variation - Trend - Seasonal Patterns - Normal Business Cycle






31. Anything that touches the customer






32. Producer to Store - servicing the customer






33. Procurement and Manufacturing - value adding activities






34. 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.






35. The branch of military science having to do with procuring - maintaining - utility/value and transporting material - personnel - and facilities






36. The ________ is associated with downstream activities.






37. Both parties in a vendor relational are said to be at "arm's" length.






38. Warehouse Management System






39. Value added by delivering the proper amount of a good.






40. Strategic Alliance






41. Networks - Complexity - Inventory Deployment - Information - Cost/Value - Organizational Relationships - Performance Measurement - Technology - Transportation Management - Supply Chain Security






42. Right: information - partner - quantity - format - time - place - cost


43. Globalization - Technology - Organizational Consolidation - Empowered Customer - Government Policy and Regulation






44. Efficiency (cost) and effectiveness (value). A challenge for SCs is the prevention of sub-optimization.






45. Transportation-based - Warehouse/distribution-based - Forwarder-based - Shipper/management-based - Financial-based - Information-based firms






46. Right product - right time - right quantity - right quality - right cost - right destination






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






48. Procurement and Manufacturing - value adding activities






49. Providing time and place utility/value of materials and products in support of Functional management organization objectives.






50. Processes for developing and implementing successful relationship