Glossary of Supply Chain Terminology

Oct. 14, 2011

By Philip Obal, Industrial Data & Information, 2011, 705 pages, $89.95

Have you ever felt like you were being squeezed dry by your single biggest customer? If so, then you've been victimized by a soroptomy. Are you unclear about which warehousing strategy would work best for your operation? Then maybe you should look into the differences between pick-to-carton, pick-to-clear, pick-to-display, pick-to light and pick-to-voice. Do you feel like you're stuck in a closed-loop of acronyms that all sound pretty much the same but have very different meanings, such as FIFO, FILO, HIFO, Hi-Lo, IFO, LIFO and LILO?

The book is compiled by Philip Obal, president of IDII, a consulting firm focused on supply chain solutions.

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During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. He also serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2010), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its second edition. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.