FINALS REVIEWER

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involves importing and exporting
products. The strategy can allow you to work with foreign
suppliers and sell to customers around the world while
keeping your physical premises within your home
country.

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IINTERNATIONAL

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a company develop to expand
its operations into the global market, selling the same
products in every location.

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STANDARDIZATION

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can center your business to
individual locations.

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MULTINATIONAL

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Refers to the spread of the flow of
financial products, goods, technology, information, and
jobs across national borders and cultures. It describes an
interdependence of nations around the globe fostered
through free trade.

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GLOBALIZATION

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The purchase and sale of
goods and services by companies in different countries.

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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– is sold to the global market.

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EXPORT

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– is brought from the global market

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IMPORT

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– A theory in international trade is also
sometimes referred to as laissez-faire economics. There
are no restrictions on trade.

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FREE TRADE

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A theory in international trade
that believes having regulation is important ensure that
markets function properly.

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PROTECTIONISM

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seeks to create
competitive advantage by leveraging resources and
capabilities across different markets.

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GLOBALIZATION STRATEGY

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This
document always accompanies the shipment and specifics
the exact content of the shipment, such as number of
boxes or containers. Some shippers combine the invoice
and the packing list in one document.

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SHIPMENT OF DANGEROUS GOODS

Question 12

This transportation
document fulfills three critical roles in transportation: it is
a contract goods from one place to another and to deliver
to a designated consignee; it is a receipt for the goods
signed by the consignee; and it is a certificate of title to
ownership of the goods.

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BILL OF LADING (BOL)

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– provided by
an independent inspection organization, validates that the
imported goods conform to the standards set by the
importing country.

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CERTIFICATE OF CERTIFICATION

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provided by
the exporter’s Chamber of Commerce, authenticates that
the goods to be imported were produced in the country in
which the exporter is located.

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CERTIFICATE OF MANUFACTURE

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– is a quote detailing the final
cost of an anticipated order provided by the exporter to
the importer for the purpose of the importer obtaining a
letter of credit.

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PROFORMA INVOICE

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is presented to the
importer upon shipment and receipt of commercial goods.
This contains a very precise definition of the goods
shipped, the terms of trade (incoterms), all order charges,
and the terms of payment and currency.

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COMMERCIAL INVOIVE

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Agreement between the
issuing bank and the exporter independent of the
exporter/importer relationship. This means that the bank,
if the importer is unable to pay, is contractually obliged to
pay the exporter.

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LETTER OF CREDIT

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This Incoterm specified that the seller’s
responsibility ends once the goods are made available at
their premises. The buyer shoulders the risks and costs of
transportation and establishes the least responsibilities for
the seller. Under this term, the seller must pack and make
the goods available for the buyer at the agreed location,
which can be the seller’s premises, a port, or a warehouse.
In turn, the buyer is responsible for arranging and paying
for the goods transport, customs fees, and loading and
unloading of the cargo.

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EXW

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– is an agreement that means “Free Carrier”, where
the seller’s obligations are to deliver the cargo to an
agreed-upon port, known as the “Named Place”. The
seller is responsible for exporting the shipment, and all
steps before that. The buyer assumes the responsibility for
the cargo once they are ready to be loaded onto the carrier

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FCA

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A type of Supply
Chain Model relies on a manufacturer producing the same
good over and over and expecting customer demand with
little variation.

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CONTINUES FLOW MODEL

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prioritizes flexibility, as a company
may have a specific need at any given moment and must
be prepared to pivot accordingly.

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AGILE MODEL

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emphasizes the quick turnover of a
product with a short life cycle.

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FAST MODEL

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– makes sure production
can easily be ramped up or wound down.

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FLEXIBLE FLOW MODEL

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includes utilizing equipment
and machinery in the most ideal ways in addition to
managing inventory and processing orders most
efficiently.

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EFFICIENT MODEL

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is often the case for highly
specialized industries with high technical requirements
such as an automobile manufacturer.

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CUSTOM MODEL

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Create cultural and
political connections between countries from all over the
world and promote the development of higher standards
of living, wealth, job opportunities, and more.

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GLOBAL TRADE NETWORK

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THE ADVANTAGES OF GLOBALIZATION:

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 Larger market for Goods and Services
 Cheaper consumer prices
 Outsourcing can benefit both domestic firms and
foreign labor
 Increased standard of living

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THE DISADVANTAGES OF GLOBALIZATION:

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Some poorer countries can be left behind
 Concentrates wealth in richer countries
 Cultures and the products consumed around the
world can become homogenized
 Poorer countries can be exploited of their labor
and physical & intellectual resources

Question 29

hese 6-
digit codes or 10 digits (in U.S.) harmonized codes which
vary by country detail the fees and restrictions associated
with the transport of goods across national border. Their
main purpose is to facilitate the recognition of cargos by
customs officials to ensure that the correct items and
duties can be assessed in a shipment.

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HS CODES (HARMONIZED SYSTEMS) –

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To determine whether the exporter or the
importer assumes the risk at certain points in the shipment
in addition to indicating which party is responsible for
each task in the transportation process. It minimize the
confusion over the interpretation of shipping terms by
outlining who is obliged to take control of and/or insure
goods.

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INCOTERMS (INTERNATIONALL COMMERCE
TERMS)

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This focuses on the
level of existing competition the company can expect to
encounter in the local market like cost of market entry and
control; cost of product and communication adaption;
potential for growth in local population, income size; and
the presence of dominant foreign firms that can impose
high barriers to entry

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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

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– Determining how
well the company’s products and culture will fit a local
national marketplace. Key considerations are language,
laws, geographical proximity, stability, cultural
similarity, and other micro factors.

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MARKET ATTRACTIVENESS

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A complete supply chain
dedicated to the reverse flow of products and materials for
the purpose of returns, repair, remanufacture, and/or
recycling.

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REVERSE LOGISTICS –

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principle says there is a distinct
relationship between channel inventory, throughout rate,
and flow time, this law applies or requires measuring
inventory in individual units, flow time in days, and
throughput in units per day and assumes that inventory
moving through the channel pipeline occurs in a “steady
state”.

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LITTLE’S LAW

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– if the demand consumers
stock, a planned replenishment order is created when
stocking levels in individual finished goods reach a
predetermined reorder level. Once planners examine the
replenishment order, they release it as a production order
to be built in the plant.

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MTS or MAKE-TO-STOCK

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– If inventory is not
available, the customer order continues its backward flow
and initiates a replenishment order. This backward flow is
always the

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MTO or MAKE-TO-ORDER

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This transaction function refers
to the placement of customer and channel replenishment
orders, as well as the gathering of information concerning
marketplace trends. This involved in channel stock
replenishment streamlined by the use of point-of-sale
(POS) and automated replenishment systems

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ORDERING FLOW –

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– refers to the possibility of financial loss caused
by shifts in demand, customer tastes, carrying costs,
obsolescence, and spoilage grow proportionally, product
failures, warranties, and price fluctuations and in some
cases, they will even guarantee product satisfaction,
accepting returns for full credit.

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RISK

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defines the supply chaon as “the
integrated processes of Plan, Source, Make, Deliver,
Return, and Enable spanning from the suppliers’ supplier
to the customers’ customer”. This framework was created
to assist in understanding, describing, and evaluating supply chains developed by the APICS Supply Chain
Counci

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SCOR or SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS
REFERENCE –

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to ensure that the supply channel
possesses sufficient stock to satisfy customer
requirements and to act as a buffer guarding against
uncertainties in supply and demand.

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WAREHOUSING –

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– defined as separating a heterogeneous
group of products, often acquired from multiple suppliers,
into homogeneous subgroups.

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SORTING OUT –

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form of sorting breaks down large lots
of products into smaller lots for sale

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ALLOCATION

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refers to channel activities
associated with product warehousing and transportation.
The goal is to provide targeted levels of customer service
at the lowest carrying cost at all channel echelons.

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PRODUCT POSSESSION