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Logistics Vocab
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1. Truck trailers on flatcars - also referred to as TOFC.
private carrier
piggyback transportation
rail gauge
free (foreign) trade zone
2. A body of facts in a format suitable for decision making.
embargoes
terminal
classification
information
3. A document that notifies a transportation carrier of wrong or defective deliveries - delay - or other delivery shortcoming.
scrap materials
freight claims
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
control
4. The depth in the water to which a vessel can be loaded.
draft
SKU (stock-keeping unit)
BOL
weighted center-of-gravity approach
5. A technique used to model the systems under study - typically using mathematical equations to represent relationships among components of a logistics system.
simulation
tariffs
landed costs
place utility
6. Locations that contain chemicals or other types of industrial wastes.
brownfields
bulk cargo
carrier
expatriate workers
7. The shipper of goods.
density
pure materials
Consignor
regrouping function
8. An individual or firm in the business of carrying cargo or passengers.
pipeline (in-transit) stock
suboptimization
letter of credit
carrier
9. The need to rapidly move a shipment to its final destination.
Incoterms 2000
contract logistics
expediting
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning system)
10. Companies whose primary business is other than transportation provide their own transportation service by operating truck - railcars - barges - ships - or airplanes.
Incoterms 2000
quality
freight forwarder
private carrier
11. Actual physical movement of goods and people between two points.
phantom freight
supply chain
brownfields
transportation
12. A buyer invites bids from multiple sellers - and the seller with the lowest bid is often awarded the business.
flexibility
stockout
reverse auctions
freight forwarder
13. The distance between the inner sides of two parallel rail tracks.
complementary products
rail gauge
Consignor
form utility
14. Terminal-to-terminal movement of freight or passengers.
land bridge
fragmented logistics structure
line-haul
FOB origin - freight prepaid
15. Satisfying current and emerging customer needs.
process strategy
pallet (skid)
relevancy
inventory carrying (holding) costs
16. A charge assessed by rail carriers to users that fail to unload and return vehicles or containers promptly.
dunnage
demurrage
assorting
terms of sale
17. The orderly and planned observation of one or more segments in the logistics network or supply chain.
Tactical (planning time horizon)
load center
systems analysis
ABC analysis
18. Strategic - Tactical - Operational
line-haul
inventory turnover
channel intermediaries
The major functions of the different planning time horizons
19. Mixes attributes of public and contract warehousing; services are more differentiated than a public facility but less customized than in a contract facility.
nesting
multiclient warehousing
detention
regrouping function
20. Refers to the number of transportation modes available to prospective users.
allocating
intermodal competition
variable slot location
FOB origin - freight collect
21. Stock that exceeds the reasonable requirements of an organization.
excess (surplus) materials
shipper's export declaration (SED)
export packers
simulation
22. Facilitators that make the channel function better.
TEU
reconsignment
procurement (purchasing)
channel intermediaries
23. A system in which the size and timing of replenishment orders into a retailer's system are the manufacturer's responsibility.
regrouping function
order fill rate
VMI (vendor-managed inventory)
ABC (Activity-based costing)
24. Similar to diversion - but it occurs after the shipment has arrived in the destination city.
slip sheet
BOL
reconsignment
STB (Surface Transportation Board)
25. Collects and stores information about transactions and may also control some aspects of transactions.
seamless distribution
field warehousing
STB (Surface Transportation Board)
transaction processing system
26. Similar to common carriers in that public warehousing serves all legitimate users and has certain responsibilities to this users.
public warehousing
weighing out
pull inventory system
stockout
27. Products are produced after receiving a customer order.
fourth-party logistics (lead logistics provider)
weight break
obsolete materials
make-to-order
28. For-hire carriers that have been exempted from economic regulation through provisions in various pieces of legislation.
bulk-breaking
transportation
procurement (purchasing)
exempt carrier
29. Aka bulk-making
throughput
accumulating
class rate system
data mining
30. Breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities.
allocating
import quotas
decentralized logistics organization
disintermediation
31. An agreement in which the world's ports agree to allow U.S. customs agents to identify and inspect high-risk containers bound for the United States before they are loaded onto ships.
expediting
Container Security Initiative (CSI)
order fill rate
Consignor
32. A group of forecasting techniques that is based on the idea that future demand is solely dependent on past demand.
complementary products
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning system)
Consignor
time series forecasting
33. 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
centralized logistics organization
throughput
inventory carrying (holding) costs
34. Retail industry initiative where trading partners share planning and forecasting data to better match supply and demand.
CPFR (Collaborative planning - forecasting - and replenishment)
EOQ (Economic Order Quanitity)
The major functions of the different planning time horizons
intermodal transportation
35. Refers to how easy a commodity is to pack into a load.
cost trade-offs
fragmented logistics structure
expediting
stowability
36. Procurement activities that meet the ethical and discretionary responsibilities expected by society.
socially responsible procurement
TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
load center
terms of payment
37. The elapsed time from when an order is picked up by a transportation carrier until it is received by the customer.
data
systems analysis
FOB origin - freight collect
transit time
38. Cargo on which taxes or duties have yet to be paid. The owner must post a bond or use a bonded carrier or warehouse to guarantee that the materials will not be sold until the taxes or duties are paid.
SCOR (Supply-Chain Operations Reference Model)
unit load devices
in bond
consolidate
39. According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals - SCM encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement - conversion - and all logistics management activities. Importantly - it also i
SCM (Supply Chain Management)
decentralized logistics organization
accumulating
GDP
40. These are materials that are no longer serviceable - have been discarded - or are a by-product of the production process.
center-of-gravity approach
GDP
waste materials
scrap materials
41. Movement and storage of raw materials - parts - and components within a firm.
stockout
freight claims
materials management
inventory
42. 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.
private carrier
voice-based order picking
product recall
order fill rate
43. Raw materials - component parts - and supplies brought from outside organizations to support a company's operations.
seamless distribution
freight bill
procurement (purchasing)
closed-loop systems
44. A process for returning a customer to a state of satisfaction after a service or product has failed to live up to expectations.
land bridge
service recovery
control
pick-to-light technology
45. Key suppliers locate on - or adjacent to - automobile plants - which helps reduce shipping costs and inventory carrying costs.
Container Security Initiative (CSI)
supplier parks
accessorial service
system constraints
46. Building up a variety of different products for resale to a particular customer.
backhaul
system constraints
assorting
private warehousing
47. Contains relevant export transaction data such as the transportation mode(s) - transaction participants - and description of what is being exported.
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48. Conformance to mutually agreed upon requirements.
terms of payment
BOL
judgmental forecasting
quality
49. That part of a firm's logistics system that stores products at and between points of origin and point of consumption.
nodes
benchmarking
warehousing
customs broker
50. The time from when the customer places or sends the order to when the seller receives it.
carrier
relationship management
order transmittal
BOL