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Logistics Vocab
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1. Economic activity that can be conducted via electronic connections such as EDI and the internet.
order processing
electronic commerce
Bill of Lading
decentralized logistics organization
2. A U.S. federal agency that regulates workplaces to ensure the safety of workers.
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
centralized logistics organization
judgmental forecasting
bonded storage
3. Focuses on an organization's ability to respond to changes in demand with respect to volume and variety.
agile supply chain
perfect order
GIS (Graphical Information Systems)
customer satisfaction
4. Similar to the center-of-gravity locational approach - except that shipping volumes are also taken into account.
order cycle
weighted center-of-gravity approach
form utility
short-interval scheduling
5. 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.
bonded storage
hazardous materials
supply chain collaboration
partnerships
6. Refers to employees who do not follow company guidelines about which suppliers to use in particular situations.
grid system
information (channel) strategy
maverick spending
DSS (Decision support system)
7. 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.
information
amodal shipper
unit load devices
third-party logistics (logistics outsourcing)
8. The number of tons times the number of miles.
comprehensive systems analysis
cause and effect forecasting
short sea shipping
tom miles
9. The time from when a transportation carrier picks up the shipment until it is received by the customer.
order delivery
weighing out
partial systems analysis
partnerships
10. Short- to medium-term horizon - Six-month to one-year (plus) time-span - Subsystem decisions are made - - should not impose on other logistics components - Annual budgets provide finance/cost basis - The strategic plan detail is made into an operatio
STB (Surface Transportation Board)
associative forecasting
dunnage
Tactical (planning time horizon)
11. Each separate type of item that is accounted for in an inventory.
SKU (stock-keeping unit)
unitization
centralized logistics organization
Consignee
12. Prohibition of trade between particular countries.
FOB destination - freight prepaid and charged back
AI
embargoes
bullwhip effect
13. A warehouse with an emphasis on quick throughput - such as is needed in supporting marketing efforts.
building-blocks concept
distribution center
grid system
terms of sale
14. Often accompanies an SED and provides explicit shipment instructions.
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15. Factors in the system that cannot be changed for various reasons.
LSP (Logistics Service Provider)
system constraints
maverick spending
Operational (planning time horizon)
16. State laws that specify that a worker does not have to join the union to work permanently at a facility.
Consignee
accumulating
order processing
right-to-work laws
17. Refers to logistical activities associated with goods that move across national boundaries.
bullwhip effect
materials handling
Incoterms 2000
international logistics
18. A small device that responds to radio signals from an outside source.
multiclient warehousing
picker-to-part system
weighted center-of-gravity approach
transponders
19. Bill of Lading
seamless distribution
responsiveness
agile supply chain
BOL
20. For-hire carriers that have been exempted from economic regulation through provisions in various pieces of legislation.
cycle (base) stock
Consignee
exempt carrier
systems analysis
21. Numbers assigned to various types of freight - based mainly on the carrier's costs of handling that type of product - and - along with weight and distance - used as a basis for determining the costs of shipment.
allocating
facility location
materials management
classification
22. Considers a shipment's density (the amount of space occupied relative to weight) to determine a shipment's billable weight.
dimensional (dim) weight
economic utility
order picking and assembly
information (channel) strategy
23. A product that gains weight in processing; the processing point should be close to the market.
detention
weight-gaining product characteristics
customer service
public warehousing
24. A relational exchange approach involving a limited number of suppliers.
public warehousing
FOB origin - freight collect
supply management
Maquiladora
25. Situation where a process - procedure - or system yields less than the best possible outcome or output - caused by a lack of best possible coordination between different components - elements - parts - etc.
suboptimization
data mining
routing
materials management
26. Piggyback traffic - or loading truck trailers onto rail flatcars.
waste materials
TOFC (trailer on flatcar)
shipper's letter of instruction (SLI)
co-branding
27. A company's objectives can be realized by recognizing the mutual interdependence of the major functional areas of the firm - such as marketing - production - finance - and logistics.
systems approach
responsiveness
in bond
tom miles
28. The documents associated with transportation shipments.
FOB origin - freight collect
documentation
data mining
marginal analysis
29. Emphasize the storage of products and their primary purpose is to maximize usage of available storage space.
data mining
TOFC
amodal shipper
warehouse
30. The management of the various activities associated with the order cycle.
order management
inventory carrying (holding) costs
GDP
routing guide
31. Refers to software that users access on a per-use basis instead of software they own or license for installation.
SKU (stock-keeping unit)
classification
on-demand software
assorting
32. Refers to waterborne transportation that utilizes inland and coastal waterways to move shipments from domestic ports to their destination.
short sea shipping
right-to-work laws
in bond
RFID (radio-frequency identification)
33. Price of the product at seller's place of business. Buyer must arrange for transportation of the product from the seller's place of business.
FOB origin pricing
Strategic (planning time horizon)
CPFR (Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment)
cargo preference
34. Refers to the fact that more items are recorded entering than leaving warehouse facilities.
SKU (stock-keeping unit)
inventory shrinkage
product recall
make-to-order
35. Organizations that exploit workers and that do not comply with fiscal and legal obligations toward employees.
embargoes
sorting
sweatshops
excess (surplus) materials
36. Electronic devices that read bar codes and can be used to keep track inventory - reorder inventory - and analyze inventory patterns.
transaction processing system
Tactical (planning time horizon)
bar-code scanners
weighing out
37. 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
flags of convenience
speculative stock
supply management
38. Provides specialized service to each customer based on a contractual arrangement.
inventory
containers
contract carrier
weight break
39. An inventory system that responds to forecasted (rather than actual) customer demand.
Nonvessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC)
supply chain
rail gauge
push inventory system
40. The buyer pays freight charges and owns the goods in transit. This is the most common FOB origin term.
FOB origin - freight collect
postponement
C-TPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
demand management
41. A substance or material in a quantity and form that may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property when transported in commerce.
opportunity costs
SCOR (Supply-Chain Operations Reference Model)
field warehousing
hazardous materials
42. Day-to-day decision making - Operations controlled against standards and rules - Control via weekly/monthly reports - The implementation of the operational plan
part-to-picker system
Strategic (planning time horizon)
Operational (planning time horizon)
terms of sale
43. Refers to the number of transportation modes available to prospective users.
weight break
shipper's letter of instruction (SLI)
BOL
intermodal competition
44. Storage of finished product and movement to the customers.
physical distribution
rail gauge
electronic commerce
commercial invoice
45. Having products available when they are needed by customers.
shipper's letter of instruction (SLI)
inventory shrinkage
unit load
time utility
46. A specific rate for every possible combination of product - weight - and distance.
public warehousing
wireless communication
FOB destination (delivered) pricing
commodity rate
47. Employees who are sent to other countries for extended periods of time.
right-to-work laws
decentralized logistics organization
expatriate workers
data mining
48. Goods that flow from the consumer to the manufacturer (e.g. - product recalls and product recycling).
reverse logistics
parcel carriers
regrouping function
pure materials
49. Raw materials - component parts - and supplies brought from outside organizations to support a company's operations.
inventory tax
flags of convenience
procurement (purchasing)
letter of credit
50. A system that simplifies each of the three primary rate factors - product - weight - and distance.
time utility
mass logistics
facility relocation
class rate system