CLTD Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution Questions and Answers

Rail

Water

Pipeline

Truck

repositioning charge.

peak season surcharge.

currency adjustment factor.

bunker adjustment factor.

registration license.

import quota.

cargo preference.

manufacturing location.

Order preparation and loading and order picking

Order preparation and loading and order delivery

Order transit time and order returns

Order transit time and customer receiving

Order cycle time

Logistics operations responsiveness

Postsale logistics support

Product availability

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Farm Service Agency (FSA)

$012

$5 00

$8.33

$9.00

Provides competitive differentiation

Enables visibility throughout the supply chain

Improves the product life cycle

Reduces transportation costs

The shorter the order cycle length, the more inventory is required to be held

The shorter the order cycle length, the less inventory is required to be held

The longer the order cycle length, the less inventory is required to be held

The changes made to the order cycle has little/no impact on inventory levels

Performance benchmarking

Process benchmarking

Product benchmarking

Strategic benchmarking

distance and load size.

carner capacity and distance.

distance and carrier rates.

carrier rates and load size.

deliver their products to the consumer and payment from consumers is based on supply.

stock their products on retail stores shelves and payment from consumers is based on forecast.

deliver their products to the consumer and wait for payment until consumers requires to refill stock level.

stock their products on retail stores shelves and wait for payment until consumers purchase the product.

Make products available while minimizing total carrying cost.

Realize economies of scale while minimizing total carrying cost

Reduce ordering cost while minimizing total carrying cost

Buffer against delivery time while minimizing total carrying cost

Capacity, transit time, reliability, safety, and supply chain security participation

Accessibility, capacity, transit time, reliability, and financial stability

Accessibility, capacity, transit time, reliability, and safety

Capacity, transit time, safety, supply chain security participation, and availability

FOB destination, freight collect

FOB destination, freight prepaid

FOB origin, freight prepaid

FOB origin, freight collect

procurement is now increasingly charged with pushing back inventory to vendors.

there is increased consideration of trade-offs among purchase price, quality, and vendor capability.

procurement is decreasing its emphasis on the importance of vendor certification and audit programs.

there is increased emphasis on procuring at the lowest purchase price possible.

Production management

Financial management

Warehouse management

Marketing management

establish an international system of payment.

stabilize international currency exchange rates.

enforce free trade on a global basis.

create global free trade agreements.

customer orders for product are ready to be shipped or to replenish a forward case or unit pick area.

immediately after a product is stored in a designated location in order to be shipped to the customer.

a kanban signal arrives to replenish material in the workshop.

when a customer order needs to be replaced by a new product due to engineering changes.