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Logistics Vocab
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1. A degree of aggressive procurement involvement not normally encountered in supplier selection.
cause and effect forecasting
supplier development (reverse marketing)
density
office automation systems
2. Looks at a single aspect of logistics - such as a time-and-motion study of individuals who handle incoming freight at a receiving dock.
short sea shipping
certificate of origin
class rate system
partial systems analysis
3. Materials used for the containment - protection - handling - delivery - and presentation of goods.
packaging
distribution center
delivery window
warehouse
4. Refers to alphanumeric identification that specifies where a product was processed or manufactured.
reconsignment
batch number
draft
letter of credit
5. U.S. federal government body with primary responsibility for transportation safety regulation.
quality-of-life considerations
order cycle
DOT (Department of Transportation)
perfect order
6. The buying and controlling of transportation services by either a shipper or consignee.
product recall
allocating
associative forecasting
transportation management
7. Separating products into grades and qualities desired by different target markets.
order delivery
sorting
carrier
order transmittal
8. These help various stake-holders to work together by interacting and sharing information in many different forms.
communication system
centralized logistics organization
CPFR (Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment)
unitization
9. Are similar to credit cards for personal use - only p-cards are used for organizational purchases.
WMS (Warehouse Management Systems)
p-cards (procurement cards)
Maquiladora
pull inventory system
10. A specific rate for every possible combination of product - weight - and distance.
transit time
accessorial service
commodity rate
ISO 9000
11. Refers to the number of carriers within each mode.
flags of convenience
private carrier
intramodal competition
p-cards (procurement cards)
12. A common credential that will be used to identify workers across all modes of transportation.
TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
maverick spending
third-party logistics (logistics outsourcing)
speculative stock
13. An individual or firm in the business of carrying cargo or passengers.
carrier
brownfields
hazardous materials
inventory turnover
14. Refers to ships that register in nations that have lax maritime registration rules - particularly with respect to safety requirements.
fast supply chain
field warehousing
'C-level' position
flags of convenience
15. Products are produced after receiving a customer order.
TOFC
exempt carrier
regrouping function
make-to-order
16. An organization's ability to address unexpected operational situations.
distribution center
voice-based order picking
Application-specific software
flexibility
17. The degree to which an organization can accommodate unique or unplanned customer requests.
responsiveness
exempt carrier
Strategic (planning time horizon)
market strategy
18. An analysis of workers' productivity over short periods of time. Each worker is assigned specific duties that he or she should be able to complete during the time period provided.
short-interval scheduling
parcel carriers
order picking and assembly
consolidate
19. Includes all activities from when an appropriate location is authorized to fill an order until goods are loaded aboard an outbound carrier.
sweatshops
intermodal transportation
order picking and assembly
quality
20. Gross domestic product
order management
hazardous materials
GDP
cycle (base) stock
21. Helps managers make decisions by providing information - models - or analysis tools.
part-to-picker system
stockout
DSS (Decision support system)
time series forecasting
22. Flatboard boat used to transport heavy products.
building-blocks concept
carrier
landed costs
barge
23. A major port where thousands of containers arrive and depart per week. These ports specialize in the efficient handling of containers.
containers
FOB origin - freight prepaid
in bond
load center
24. Refers to buying components and inputs anywhere in the world.
freight forwarder
global procurement (sourcing)
routing
TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
25. Having products available where they are needed by customers.
possession utility
place utility
class rate system
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
26. Day-to-day decision making - Operations controlled against standards and rules - Control via weekly/monthly reports - The implementation of the operational plan
Operational (planning time horizon)
accumulating
right-to-work laws
WMS (Warehouse Management Systems)
27. Damage that is not initially apparent but is discovered after a package is opened.
weight-gaining product characteristics
concealed damage
supply chain
dunnage
28. Pricing that includes both the price of the product and the transportation cost of the product to the purchaser's receiving dock.
shrink-wrap
demurrage
EOQ (Economic Order Quanitity)
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
29. Refers to the allocation of revenues and costs to customer segments or individual customers to calculate the profitability of the segments or customers.
public warehousing
FOB destination - freight prepaid and charged back
CPA (Customer profitability analysis)
STB (Surface Transportation Board)
30. Inventory needed to satisfy demand during an order cycle.
cycle (base) stock
CPFR (Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment)
supply chain
terms of sale
31. Retailers that are characterized by large market share and low prices.
sweatshops
power retailer
shipping conferences
materials management
32. Considers a shipment's density (the amount of space occupied relative to weight) to determine a shipment's billable weight.
center-of-gravity approach
dimensional (dim) weight
FOB origin - freight collect
grid system
33. The use of radio frequency to identify objects that have been implanted with an RFID tag.
routing
flexibility
bulk-breaking
RFID (radio-frequency identification)
34. Packaging tapered articles inside each other to reduce the cubic volume of the entire shipment.
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
nesting
contract logistics
theft
35. Retail industry initiative where trading partners share planning and forecasting data to better match supply and demand.
common carrier
packaging
export packers
CPFR (Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment)
36. Refers to the number of transportation modes available to prospective users.
slip sheet
building-blocks concept
intermodal competition
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
37. Established in the late 1980s to recognize U.S. organizations for their achievements in quality and performance.
carrier
process strategy
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
public warehousing
38. Refers to forecasting that involves judgment or intuition and is preferred in situations where there is limited - or no - historical data.
packaging
global procurement (sourcing)
judgmental forecasting
time series forecasting
39. Terminal-to-terminal movement of freight or passengers.
facility closing
CPFR (Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment)
line-haul
back order
40. The need to rapidly move a shipment to its final destination.
expediting
data
EOQ (Economic Order Quanitity)
shipping conferences
41. Refers to the amount of product entering and leaving a facility in a given time period.
contract logistics
private warehousing
weighted center-of-gravity approach
throughput
42. A small platform (made of plastic - steel - or wood) on which goods are placed for handling by mechanical means.
pallet (skid)
suboptimization
mass logistics
demurrage
43. Analyzing the impacts of small changes - such as adding or subtracting one unit of input.
productivity
industry systems analysis
marginal analysis
parcel
44. Focuses on an organization's ability to respond to changes in demand with respect to volume and variety.
excess capacity
voice-based order picking
DOT (Department of Transportation)
agile supply chain
45. A technique used to model the systems under study - typically using mathematical equations to represent relationships among components of a logistics system.
barge
FOB destination - freight prepaid
simulation
time series forecasting
46. Contains relevant export transaction data such as the transportation mode(s) - transaction participants - and description of what is being exported.
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47. Boxes or other containers secured to a pallet or slip sheet.
weight break
hazardous materials
tom miles
unit load
48. Concept that suggests that all relevant activities in moving and storing products should be considered as a whole (i.e. - their total cost) - not individually.
procurement (purchasing)
partnerships
total cost approach
postponement
49. Goods moving between two points - often accompanied by a live bill of lading.
phantom freight
dunnage
shipping conferences
goods in transit
50. Refers to the value or usefulness of a product in fulfilling customer needs and wants.
fixed order quantity system
economic utility
seamless distribution
carrier