Hoja 3

Question 1

Organizational design

Answer 1

Familiar series of boxes and lines that detail reporting relationships in an organization

Question 2

Order cycle

Answer 2

Time from when a customer places an order to when the order is received

Question 3

Transportation

Answer 3

Physical movement of goods and people between two points

Question 4

Brokers

Answer 4

Type of transportation specialist, they are companies that look to match a shipper freight with a carrier to transport it

Question 5

Packaging

Answer 5

Materials used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery and presentation goods

Question 6

FOB destination

Answer 6

The seller retains title and control of a shipment until it is delivered

Question 7

FOB origin

Answer 7

The buyer assumes title and control of a shipment at the point of pickup

Question 8

Bill of Lading

Answer 8

Binding contract, specifying the duties and obligations of both carrier and shipper.

Question 9

Documentation

Answer 9

Documents associated with transportation shipments.

Question 10

Labeling

Answer 10

Using this location avoids accumulating an inventory of preprinted packages.

Question 11

Supply chain

Answer 11

All activities associated with the flow and transformation of goods from raw material stage to the end user

Question 12

Trade off

Answer 12

Compensatory exchange, in which an increase in one or several logistic variables is balanced by the decrease of one or more other variables

Question 13

International logistics

Answer 13

Logistics activities associated with goods that are sold across national boundaries

Question 14

Hierarchical, or functional, organizational design

Answer 14

Has its foundations in the command- and-control military organization, where decision making and communication often follow a top–down flow