Das Logistik-Glossar
OECD
On demand
One-stop shopping
Open register
Open storage
Operator
Operatorless transport system
Order completion
Order penetration point
Order processing
Order quantity
Order-cycle system
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Origin services
Outbound logistics
Outsourcing
Overcarrier
Overhead conveyor system
Open register
The open register is a term used in the shipping industry. It describes the shipping registers of countries that permit foreign companies or persons to enter themselves into the national shipping register. Anyone who does so is entitled to sail under the flag of that particular country.
Open storage
In open storage, construction activity is limited to laying a base that can be used by the means of transport. Open storage is particularly well suited for goods that are insensitive to weather conditions. Or the storage goods must receive extra protection against the effects of weather (e.g., with shrink foil or tarpaulins). Floor storage is the form of warehousing that is selected in most cases.
Order penetration point
The order penetration point is the critical interface for postponement decisions between forecast-based production and order-based production.
At the order penetration point, the place where a large number of product variations are created should coincide with the place where customer orders begin to steer the logistics channel. As a result, the variations can be completed and distributed without any storage or out-of-fashion risks.
The goods flow is driven by forecasts until the order penetration point (push principle) is reached. The goods flow is activated by customer orders starting at the order penetration point (pull principle). In terms of warehousing costs, the order penetration point should be located at the level of lowest possible value creation.
Order processing
Order processing covers the transmission and data-related handling and checking of orders from order acceptance from the customer to the receipt of all shipping documents and invoices by the customer. A distinction can be drawn between technical and commercial order processing. Technical order processing involves the writing of a sales offer, construction, work preparation, procurement, component manufacture, assembly and dispatch. Commercial order processing concerns calculation, purchasing and financial accounting.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
The OECD is an international organization with 30 member states and close ties to 70 other countries. The OECD’s mission is to ensure currency stability, promote world trade, to plan and encourage economic growth, and to coordinate economic aid for developing countries. To this end, it regularly compiles and publishes country, economic and statistical reports, organizes economic-policy conferences, and provides advice on social and economic issues. The organization is headquartered in Paris.
Origin services
Origin services are support/value-added services provided at the point of origin of goods and materials. These services can include procurement, order processing, vendor compliance, quality checks, document management, container optimization, pick & pack, pallet loading, customs processing and consolidation.
Overcarrier
An overcarrier is an alliance of shipping companies that, in a certain period of time, transports a volume of cargo that exceeds its allotted limit. Its antipode is the so-called undercarrier. In this arrangement, the overcarrier must provide compensation to the undercarrier if the individual shipping company has adhered to the schedule.
