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Logistics Vocab
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1. 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
judgmental forecasting
communication system
Strategic (planning time horizon)
pure materials
2. People - equipment - and procedures to gather - sort - analyze - evaluate - and distribute needed - timely - and accurate information to logistics decision makers.
common carrier
brownfields
JIT (Just-in-time) approach
logistics information system
3. Refers to removing impediments to the flow of information and goods.
reverse auctions
scrap materials
seamless distribution
classification
4. Absolute limits to the quantity of a product that can be imported into a country during a particular time period.
p-cards (procurement cards)
import quotas
demurrage
bar-code scanners
5. Taxes that governments place on the importation of certain items.
system constraints
carrier
tariffs
facility relocation
6. The delay of value-added activities such as assembly - production - and packaging to the latest possible time.
Nonvessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC)
postponement
stockout cost
contract (third-party) warehousing
7. A specific rate for every possible combination of product - weight - and distance.
commodity rate
cycle (base) stock
export management company
ergonomics
8. Materials used for the containment - protection - handling - delivery - and presentation of goods.
speculative stock
packaging
suboptimization
VMI (vendor-managed inventory)
9. Looks at the entire logistics systems to see how well all of its components function together.
wireless communication
demurrage
Maquiladora
comprehensive systems analysis
10. A measure of how heavy a product is in relation to its size.
density
short sea shipping
FOB origin - freight collect
order triage
11. General contractor that ensures that third-party logistics companies are working toward relevant supply chain goals and objectives.
tom miles
transit time
fourth-party logistics (lead logistics provider)
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
12. Facilitators that make the channel function better.
GDP
parcel carriers
channel intermediaries
office automation systems
13. Often accompanies an SED and provides explicit shipment instructions.
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14. Cartels of all ocean vessel operators operating between certain trade areas.
free (foreign) trade zone
shipping conferences
partnerships
carrier
15. Concept that recognizes that because inventories are not of equal value to a firm - they should not be managed in the same way.
dead inventory (stock)
intermodal transportation
supply management
ABC analysis
16. Utilizes sophisticated quantitative techniques to find hidden patterns in large volumes of data.
data mining
intermodal transportation
warehouse
aperless warehousing
17. Having products available where they are needed by customers.
detention
place utility
batch number
slip sheet
18. Contains relevant export transaction data such as the transportation mode(s) - transaction participants - and description of what is being exported.
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19. Refers to alphanumeric identification that specifies where a product was processed or manufactured.
batch number
RFID (radio-frequency identification)
unitization
supply management
20. A carrier or public facility where freight (or passengers) is shifted between vehicles or modes.
terminal
facility relocation
GSCF
time series forecasting
21. An approach for locating a single facility that minimizes the distance to existing facilities.
assorting
center-of-gravity approach
Six Sigma
sorting
22. A charge assessed by rail carriers to users that fail to unload and return vehicles or containers promptly.
FOB origin - freight prepaid
order management
waste materials
demurrage
23. Economic activity that can be conducted via electronic connections such as EDI and the internet.
dunnage
letter of credit
marginal analysis
electronic commerce
24. Fixed facilities - such as a plant - warehouse - or store - in a logistics system.
order fill rate
backhaul
nodes
back order
25. Logistics-related decisions are made separately at the divisional or product group level and often in different geographic regions.
systems analysis
goods in transit
service recovery
decentralized logistics organization
26. Positive - long-term relationships between supply chain participants.
DOT (Department of Transportation)
make-to-order
ABC analysis
partnerships
27. Refers to ships that register in nations that have lax maritime registration rules - particularly with respect to safety requirements.
expatriate workers
inventory
TOFC
flags of convenience
28. Refers to software that users access on a per-use basis instead of software they own or license for installation.
on-demand software
GSCF
bonded storage
unit load devices
29. The seller pays the freight charges - but the buyer owns the goods in transit.
concealed damage
customer service
FOB origin - freight prepaid
landed costs
30. Procurement activities that meet the ethical and discretionary responsibilities expected by society.
shipper's letter of instruction (SLI)
order triage
industry systems analysis
socially responsible procurement
31. For-hire carriers that have been exempted from economic regulation through provisions in various pieces of legislation.
logistics information system
routing
exempt carrier
pull inventory system
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.
routing
third-party logistics (logistics outsourcing)
cross-docking
electronic procurement (e-procurement)
33. An organization's ability to address unexpected operational situations.
unified logistics structure
dimensional (dim) weight
flexibility
flags of convenience
34. Inventory that is held in addition to cycle stock to guard against uncertainties in supply and/or lead time.
centralized logistics organization
associative forecasting
safety (buffer) stock
time series forecasting
35. The amount of output divided by the amount of input.
productivity
time utility
nontariff barriers
quality
36. Stocks of goods and materials that are maintained for many purposes.
FOB origin - freight prepaid
inventory
physical distribution
fragmented logistics structure
37. The buying and controlling of transportation services by either a shipper or consignee.
benchmarking
nesting
cost trade-offs
transportation management
38. Refers to forecasting that involves judgment or intuition and is preferred in situations where there is limited - or no - historical data.
judgmental forecasting
transportation management
expatriate workers
unit load
39. A strategic orientation in which a limited number of traditional logistics activities are managed across business units.
market strategy
draft
bulk-breaking
system constraints
40. Refers to a combination of water transportation and surface transportation between an origin and destination port.
FOB destination - freight prepaid and charged back
containers
cube out
land bridge
41. 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.
routing guide
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
agile supply chain
short-interval scheduling
42. Computer-to-computer transmission of business data in a structured format.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
responsiveness
accumulating
stowability
43. Bill of Lading
unit load
SCM (Supply Chain Management)
BOL
transportation management
44. Being out of an item at the same time there is a willing buyer for it.
Consignee
stockout
quality-of-life considerations
fast supply chain
45. Money paid after an exchange.
public warehousing
communication system
centralized logistics organization
kickbacks
46. A common credential that will be used to identify workers across all modes of transportation.
TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
relevancy
terminal
piggyback transportation
47. The time from when a transportation carrier picks up the shipment until it is received by the customer.
order cycle
order delivery
BOL
bribes
48. Mixes attributes of public and contract warehousing; services are more differentiated than a public facility but less customized than in a contract facility.
demurrage
simulation
ROP (reorder point)
multiclient warehousing
49. Logistics Information System
class rate system
LIS
weight-gaining product characteristics
reverse auctions
50. Similar to common carriers in that public warehousing serves all legitimate users and has certain responsibilities to this users.
public warehousing
logistics
landed costs
theft