Across
- 6. Principal direction of movement for customer orders which originate at point of demand or use.
- 7. The total time that elapses between an order's placement and its receipt.
- 8. The process of minimizing the times required to source, handle, produce, transport, and deliver products in order to meet customer requirements.
- 10. Pulling a function back in house as an outsourcing contract expires.
- 12. The cost involved in moving, transferring, preparing, and otherwise handling inventory.
- 13. An estimate of future demand.
- 14. A specialized segment of logistics focusing on the movement and management of products and resources after the sale and after delivery to the customer
- 17. Raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and supplies required for creation of a company's goods and services.
- 19. The purchaser's authorization used to formalize a purchase transaction with a supplier.
- 21. A method to determine how features of a product or service relate to cost, functionality, appeal and utility to a customer.
- 25. The time and process involved from the placement of an order to the receipt of the order.
- 26. A set of discussions between two or more enterprises to determine the business relationship.
- 27. The quantity of goods a company purchases or produces in anticipation of use or sale in the future.
- 28. The physical facilities, personnel, and processes available to meet the product or service needs of customers.(INITIALS)
- 29. upward or downward movement of a variable over time such as demand for a product.
- 30. Conformance to requirements or fitness for use.
Down
- 1. The final buyer of the product who purchases the product for immediate use.
- 2. Outbound logistics, from the end of the production line to the end user.
- 3. The labor, material, and associated overhead costs that are charged against a job as it moves through the production process.
- 4. The process of moving or resupplying inventory from a reserve storage location or facility to a primary storage.
- 5. Encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activites.(INITIALS)
- 9. The materials management function that attempts to coordinate materials supply with materials demand.
- 11. The process of a supplier placing goods at a customer location without receiving payment until after the goods are used or sold.
- 15. An analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of and to an organization.
- 16. The storage or holding of goods.
- 18. The process of making something worldwide in scope or application.
- 20. A Japanese term for improvement
- 22. Certification by a recognized body of the facilities, capability, objectivity, competence, and integrity of an agency, service, operational group, or individual to provide the specific service or operation needed
- 23. A structured list of all the materials or parts and quantities needed to produce a particular finished product, assembly, subassembly, or manufactured part, whether purchased or not.
- 24. An analysis that compares cumulative percentages of the rank ordering of costs, cost drivers, profits, or other attributes to determine whether a minority of elements have a disproportionate impact.