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Logistics glossary
Here you find current terms and concepts in Supply Chain.
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Dangerous goodsGoods are to be considered dangerous if the transportof such goods might cause harm, risk, peril, or otherevil to people, environment, equipment or any property
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Deadweight (DWT)The total weight of cargo, cargo equipment, bunkers, provisions, water, stores and spare parts which a vessel can lift when loaded to her maximum draught as applicable under the circumstances. The deadweight is expressed in tons.
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Delivery lead Time/Delivery cycleThe time between the receipt of the customer order andthe delivery of the product to the customer. |
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Demand
The requirement for a particular product or componentarising from a number of sources, internal or external. |
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Demand Chain Leadership (DCL)Increased revenues and unique competitiveness through more efficient flow of goods, services and information.
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Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)A product design methodology that provides a quantitative evaluation of product designs.
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Detail planningThe planning (at the lower planning levels) by which itis decided in detail where and when each activity can and/or must be carried out.
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Direct costsThe costs which are directly allocated to a particular product. The classification direct and/or indirect costs and variable and/or fixed costs are not connected with each other. Direct costs can be both variable and fixed in nature: the same applies to the indirect costs. |
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Direct deliveryThe conveyance of goods directly from the vendor to the buyer.
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Disposable pallet/One-way pallet/Expendable palletPallet intended to be discarded after a single cycle of use.
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DistributionOutbound logistics, from the end of the production line to the end user.
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Distribution warehouse/centreA warehouse that stores finished goods and from which customer orders are assembled.
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DistributorA business that does not manufacture its own productsbut purchases and resells these products usually maintaining a finished goods inventory.
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One or more companies or individuals who participate in the flow of goods and services from the manufacturer to the final user or consumer.
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Drop shipmentsDeliveries of shipments from a single shipper to multipleconsignees along the route leading to an ultimate destination.
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Selecting of and working with two equivalent suppliersfor a certain product.
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