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Logistics Vocab
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1. Raw materials - component parts - and supplies brought from outside organizations to support a company's operations.
procurement (purchasing)
disintermediation
weighing out
draft
2. A return trip or movement in a direction of secondary importance or purpose.
Consignee
supplier parks
physical distribution
backhaul
3. A firm must move operations to another facility to better serve suppliers or customers.
packaging
facility relocation
short-interval scheduling
slip sheet
4. Refers to logistical activities associated with goods that move across national boundaries.
draft
parcel
international logistics
grid system
5. Analyzing the impacts of small changes - such as adding or subtracting one unit of input.
quality-of-life considerations
C-TPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
tailored logistics
marginal analysis
6. A practice that emphasizes the virtual elimination of business errors that strives to achieve 3.4 defects - deficiencies - or errors per one million opportunities.
diversion
GPS (Global positioning systems)
weighing out
Six Sigma
7. Created by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to encourage business development-through various tax credits-in economically depressed portions of cities.
tailored logistics
dimensional (dim) weight
classification
empowerment zone
8. Pricing that includes both the price of the product and the transportation cost of the product to the purchaser's receiving dock.
cross-docking
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
in bond
commodity rate
9. Refers to an alliance in the container trades in which ocean carriers retain their individual identities but cooperate in the area of operations.
postponement
excess (surplus) materials
ocean carrier alliances
sweatshops
10. Nonprofit membership cooperatives that perform basically the same function as freight forwarders.
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11. A type of contract logistics that focuses on providing unique and specially tailored warehousing services to particular clients.
warehousing
pipeline (in-transit) stock
contract (third-party) warehousing
disintermediation
12. Movement and storage of raw materials - parts - and components within a firm.
aperless warehousing
amodal shipper
materials management
fast supply chain
13. Refers to the number of transportation modes available to prospective users.
nodes
Consignor
carrier
intermodal competition
14. A common credential that will be used to identify workers across all modes of transportation.
complementary products
supplier development (reverse marketing)
TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
bribes
15. State laws that specify that a worker does not have to join the union to work permanently at a facility.
right-to-work laws
facility location
freight forwarder
weight break
16. For-hire carriers that have been exempted from economic regulation through provisions in various pieces of legislation.
grid system
exempt carrier
order processing
investment recovery
17. A body of facts in a format suitable for decision making.
Consignee
information
nontariff barriers
intermodal competition
18. An alternative name for airfreight containers.
service recovery
co-branding
shipper's letter of instruction (SLI)
unit load devices
19. Damage that is not initially apparent but is discovered after a package is opened.
inbound logistics
aperless warehousing
dunnage
concealed damage
20. The time from when the customer places or sends the order to when the seller receives it.
order transmittal
consolidate
detention
cube out
21. The removal of levels (layers) from a channel of distribution.
reverse auctions
disintermediation
suboptimization
communication system
22. A program in which public and private organizations work together to prevent terrorism against the United States through imports and transportation.
unit load devices
concealed damage
C-TPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
allocating
23. Changes to one logistics activity cause some costs to increase and others to decrease.
order picking and assembly
order management
cost trade-offs
ocean carrier alliances
24. Materials used for the containment - protection - handling - delivery - and presentation of goods.
safety (buffer) stock
packaging
in bond
decentralized logistics organization
25. Are similar to credit cards for personal use - only p-cards are used for organizational purchases.
inbound logistics
p-cards (procurement cards)
bonded storage
grid system
26. A U.S. federal agency that regulates workplaces to ensure the safety of workers.
nontariff barriers
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
routing guide
freight bill
27. A small device that responds to radio signals from an outside source.
terms of payment
Application-specific software
transponders
LIS
28. Medium- to long-term horizon - One- to five-year (plus) time span - Overall 'structural' decisions - Trade-offs between company functions - Trade-offs with other organizations - Corporate financial plans and policies - Policy decisions developed into
Strategic (planning time horizon)
DSS (Decision support system)
package testing
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
29. The use of speech to guide order-picking activities.
terms of sale
decentralized logistics organization
voice-based order picking
inventory
30. Their intent is to incorporate nonbusiness factors (e.g. - cost of living - crime rate - educational opportunities) into the decision of where to locate a plant or distribution facility.
in bond
fixed order quantity system
detention
quality-of-life considerations
31. A facility temporarily established at the site of inventory; the warehouser assumes custody of the inventory and issues a receipt for it - which can then be used as collateral for a loan.
allocating
GDP
flags of convenience
field warehousing
32. Refers to a combination of water transportation and surface transportation between an origin and destination port.
intermodal competition
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
land bridge
draft
33. Artificial intelligence - Sophisticated use of the computer in which it is programmed to 'think' as a trained - skilled human in specific situations.
AI
parcel
information (channel) strategy
stockout
34. Products are produced after receiving a customer order.
co-branding
service recovery
make-to-order
transportation
35. Taking and removing personal property with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.
theft
TEU
bonded storage
pipeline (in-transit) stock
36. Refer to the manner by which a seller will be paid by a buyer for an international transaction.
postponement
Incoterms 2000
terms of payment
GDP
37. Goods moving between two points - often accompanied by a live bill of lading.
unit load devices
assorting
goods in transit
excess capacity
38. The buyer pays freight charges and owns the goods in transit. This is the most common FOB origin term.
FOB origin - freight collect
expatriate workers
commodity rate
supply management
39. Refers to corporate officers such as a chief executive officer (CEO) - chief operating officer (COO) - or chief financial officer (CFO).
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40. A buyer invites bids from multiple sellers - and the seller with the lowest bid is often awarded the business.
TOFC
reverse auctions
intramodal competition
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
41. Logistics activities are managed in multiple departments throughout an organizations.
customer service
fragmented logistics structure
system constraints
facility location
42. Day-to-day decision making - Operations controlled against standards and rules - Control via weekly/monthly reports - The implementation of the operational plan
ocean carrier alliances
terminal
Application-specific software
Operational (planning time horizon)
43. Packaging tapered articles inside each other to reduce the cubic volume of the entire shipment.
hazardous materials
fast supply chain
nesting
international logistics
44. Piggyback traffic - or loading truck trailers onto rail flatcars.
delivery window
seamless distribution
quality
TOFC (trailer on flatcar)
45. Transportation service that is supplemental to line-haul transportation.
decentralized logistics organization
reconsignment
accessorial service
pipeline (in-transit) stock
46. Combining smaller packages into larger unites that can be more efficiently handled at one time.
building-blocks concept
sweatshops
unitization
Tactical (planning time horizon)
47. Actual physical movement of goods and people between two points.
transportation
BOL
transaction processing system
order triage
48. Contains relevant export transaction data such as the transportation mode(s) - transaction participants - and description of what is being exported.
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49. Refers to alphanumeric identification that specifies where a product was processed or manufactured.
contract carrier
distribution center
batch number
regrouping function
50. The seller owns the goods in transit - prepays the freight charges - and bills the buyer for the freight charges.
FOB destination - freight prepaid and charged back
weight-gaining product characteristics
Incoterms 2000
batch number
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