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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "N"

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N NAFTA: * See North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) National Carrier: A for-hire certificated air carrier that has an...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "M"

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M Machine Downtimes: Time during which a machine cannot be utilized. Machine downtimes may occur during breakdowns, maintenance, ...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "L"

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L Lading: The cargo carried in a transportation vehicle. Laid-Down cost: The sum of the product and transportation costs. Th...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "K"

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K Kaizen: A Japanese term for improvement - continuing improvement involving everyone - managers and workers. In manufacturing, k...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "J"

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J Jidoka: The concept of adding an element of human judgment to automated equipment. In doing this, the equipment becomes capable...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "I"

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I ICC: Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S.). Igloos: Pallets and containers used in air transportation; the igloo shape fit...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "H"

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H Handling Costs: The cost involved in moving, transferring, preparing, and otherwise handling inventory. Hard Copy: Compute...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "G"

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G Gain Sharing: A method of incentive compensation where supply chain partners share collectively in savings from productivity im...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "F"

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F FA: * See Functional Acknowledgement (FA) FAS: See Final Assembly Schedule Fabricator: A manufacturer that turns the ...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "E"

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E EAI: See Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) . EAN.UCC: European Article Numbering/Uniform Code Council. The EAN.UCC ...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "D"

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D Dangerous Goods: Articles or substances capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety, or property, and that ordinaril...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "C"

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C C & F: See Cost and Freight Cab Extenders: Also called gap seals, which help to close the gap between the tractor and the ...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "B"

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B B2B: See Business-to-Business (B2B) . B2C: See Business-to-Customer (B2C) . Back Order: Product ordered but out of st...

Glossary of Supply Chain Terms "A"

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A ABC Analysis: A classification of items in an inventory according to importance defined in terms of criteria such as sales volume...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Equipment for Recovery, Recycling, Reclamation and Evacuation (RRRE) - Refrigerant charging and evacuation unit

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