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Logistics Vocab
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1. A cartel consisting of nearly all the world's scheduled international airlines.
physical distribution
transportation
Nonvessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC)
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
2. Products are produced after receiving a customer order.
cycle (base) stock
information
make-to-order
excess capacity
3. Refer to materials that are not likely to ever be used by the organization that purchased it.
bulk-making
Nonvessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC)
nesting
obsolete materials
4. These are materials that are no longer serviceable - have been discarded - or are a by-product of the production process.
DSS (Decision support system)
import quotas
LIS
scrap materials
5. Refers to communication without cables and cords - and includes infrared - microwave - and radio transmissions.
wireless communication
logistics
Tactical (planning time horizon)
intramodal competition
6. Cooperative - formal or informal supply chain relationships between manufacturing companies and their suppliers - business partners - or customers - developed to enhance the overall business performance of both sides.
theft
weight break
order delivery
supply chain collaboration
7. Refers to a situation in which a hazard or defect is discovered in a manufactured or processed item - and its return is mandated by a government agency.
order picking and assembly
theft
complementary products
product recall
8. Artificial intelligence - Sophisticated use of the computer in which it is programmed to 'think' as a trained - skilled human in specific situations.
SKU (stock-keeping unit)
part-to-picker system
AI
perfect order
9. Refers to the amount of product entering and leaving a facility in a given time period.
SCOR (Supply-Chain Operations Reference Model)
throughput
order triage
inventory flow diagram
10. The cost of giving up an alternative opportunity.
agile supply chain
opportunity costs
accumulating
field warehousing
11. The orders to be picked are identified by lights placed on shelves or racks.
maverick spending
pick-to-light technology
shipper's export declaration (SED)
weighted center-of-gravity approach
12. Flatboard boat used to transport heavy products.
allocating
fourth-party logistics (lead logistics provider)
barge
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
13. An alternative name for airfreight containers.
variable slot location
contract (third-party) warehousing
unit load devices
channel intermediaries
14. One location where customers can purchase products from two or more name-brand retailers.
quality
shipper's export declaration (SED)
co-branding
obsolete materials
15. A strategic orientation where a diverse group of logistics activities - together with other activities - are managed as a channel system.
warehouse
ABC (Activity-based costing)
information (channel) strategy
letter of credit
16. Material that is used to block and brace products inside carrier equipment to prevent the shipment from shifting in transit and becoming damaged.
order delivery
dunnage
draft
facility relocation
17. Analysis that is performed by a trade association - professional organization - or other entity - on a industry wide basis.
DSS (Decision support system)
complementary products
industry systems analysis
grid system
18. A program in which public and private organizations work together to prevent terrorism against the United States through imports and transportation.
C-TPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
short sea shipping
freight claims
brownfields
19. A strategic orientation in which traditional logistics activities are managed as a value-added system.
form utility
LIS
speculative stock
process strategy
20. Locations that contain chemicals or other types of industrial wastes.
brownfields
parcel carriers
weighing out
embargoes
21. The most important single transportation document that is the operating document in the industry.
Bill of Lading
piggyback transportation
import quotas
backhaul
22. 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.
AI
quality-of-life considerations
short-interval scheduling
Six Sigma
23. Inventory that is held for several reasons such as seasonal demand - projected price increases - and potential product shortages.
freight forwarder
WMS (Warehouse Management Systems)
speculative stock
materials handling
24. Employees who are sent to other countries for extended periods of time.
shipper's letter of instruction (SLI)
customer satisfaction
transponders
expatriate workers
25. Cartels of all ocean vessel operators operating between certain trade areas.
shipping conferences
data
marginal analysis
Tactical (planning time horizon)
26. Includes all activities from when an appropriate location is authorized to fill an order until goods are loaded aboard an outbound carrier.
short-interval scheduling
order picking and assembly
private warehousing
import quotas
27. Truck trailers of flatcars.
bullwhip effect
shipper's export declaration (SED)
associative forecasting
TOFC
28. A transportation manager who purchases a prespecified level of transportation service and is indifferent to the mode(s) or carrier(s) used to provide the actual transportation service.
bar-code scanners
reconsignment
amodal shipper
ABC (Activity-based costing)
29. Bringing together inventory from different sources.
cargo preference
Incoterms 2000
bulk-making
CPA (Customer profitability analysis)
30. The shipment size that equates transportation charges for different rates and weight groups.
containers
weight break
density
batch number
31. A strategic orientation in which a limited number of traditional logistics activities are managed across business units.
brownfields
kickbacks
market strategy
bulk-making
32. A process where product is received in a facility - occasionally married with product going to the same destination - then shipped at the earliest opportunity - without going into long-term storage.
cross-docking
materials handling
piggyback transportation
total cost approach
33. An international trade specialist that can handle either vessel shipments or air shipments and that offers a number of different functions such as booking space on carriers - obtaining consular documents - and arranging for insurance - among other
international freight forwarders
place utility
nesting
relationship management
34. Cargo reaches a vehicle's or a container's weight capacity without filling its cubic capacity.
product recall
weighing out
warehousing
decentralized logistics organization
35. Money paid after an exchange.
WMS (Warehouse Management Systems)
bulk cargo
transportation management
kickbacks
36. A type of contract logistics that focuses on providing unique and specially tailored warehousing services to particular clients.
contract (third-party) warehousing
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
in bond
order processing
37. A group of forecasting techniques that is based on the idea that future demand is solely dependent on past demand.
demand management
time series forecasting
sorting
cube out
38. Restrictions other than tariffs that are placed on imported products.
allocating
ROP (reorder point)
pull inventory system
nontariff barriers
39. Transportation service that is supplemental to line-haul transportation.
comprehensive systems analysis
accessorial service
TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
land bridge
40. Prohibition of trade between particular countries.
BOL
substitute products
bonded storage
embargoes
41. 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.
carrier
fixed order interval system
international freight forwarders
field warehousing
42. A product that loses weight during the production process; the processing point as near to its origin as possible.
cargo preference
demurrage
weight-losing product characteristics
order processing
43. A common credential that will be used to identify workers across all modes of transportation.
density
TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
distribution center
perfect order
44. The receiver of a shipment.
ergonomics
TOFC (trailer on flatcar)
ABC (Activity-based costing)
Consignee
45. Money paid before an exchange.
bribes
customer satisfaction
total cost approach
SKU (stock-keeping unit)
46. Inventory needed to satisfy demand during an order cycle.
decentralized logistics organization
package testing
Maquiladora
cycle (base) stock
47. Buyer pays a lower freight charge than the shipper incurs in shipping the product.
FOB origin pricing
freight absorption
FOB origin - freight prepaid
intermodal competition
48. Simulation of the types of problems that the package will be exposed to in warehouses and in transit.
customs broker
accessorial service
package testing
relationship management
49. These are material that have been spoiled - broken - or otherwise rendered unfit for further use or reclamation.
waste materials
Application-specific software
embargoes
sweatshops
50. Breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities.
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Nonvessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC)
pick-to-light technology
bulk-breaking