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Unit 6
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- 1ADVANCED SHIPPING NOTICE (ASN)A shipping notice delivered directly from vendor to purchaser
- 2ASSORTMENT WAREHOUSINGA form of warehousing in which a wide array of goods is held close to the source of demand in order to assure short customer lead times
- 3BREAK-BULK WAREHOUSINGA specialized form of cross-docking in which the incoming shipments are from a single source or manufacturer
- 4CONSOLIDATION WAREHOUSINGA form of warehousing that pulls together shipments from a number of sources and combines them into larger shipping loads (National Grocers -Loblaws)
- 5CROSS-DOCKINGA form of warehousing where large incoming shipments are received and then broken down into smaller outgoing shipments to demand points in a geographic area (Overland Transport)
- 6DROP SHIPPINGShipping directly from the supplier to the end consumer rather than from the seller, saving both time and reshipping costs.
- 7HUB-AND-SPOKE SYSTEMA form of warehousing in which strategically placed hubs are used as sorting or transfer facilities (Canada Post Parcel)
- 8LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT“that part of supply chain management that plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption…”
- 9MULTIMODAL SOLUTIONA transportation solution that seeks to exploit the strengths of multiple transportation modes as seamlessly as possible
- 10PERFECT ORDERA term used to refer to the timely error free provision of a product or service in good condition
- 11POSTPONEMENT WAREHOUSINGA form of warehousing that includes light manufacturing and packaging duties to allow firms to put off final assembly of goods until the last possible moment
- 12REVERSE LOGISTICSA complete supply chain dedicated to the reverse flow of products and materials for the purpose of returns, repair, remanufacture, and/or recycling
- 13SPOT STOCK WAREHOUSINGA form of warehousing that attempts to position seasonal goods close to the market-place.
- 14THIRD PART LOGISTICS PROVIDER (3PL)A firm that handles all of the logistics requirements for other companies
- 15WAREHOUSINGAny operation that stores, repackages, stages, sorts or centralizes goods or materials.
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