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expeditor

n. (alternative spelling of expediter English)

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An expeditor is someone who facilitates a process. It is a position or role found within project management, construction, purchasing and production control. One example of this is a person in a restaurant who coordinates actions between cooks and wait staff in a restaurant, managing the flow of orders and giving real-time commands to other employees.

In a shipping logistics supply chain, an expeditor's role is primarily to look at the requirement levels in the business and fulfill the demands by either rescheduling in or rescheduling out the delivery date on the purchase order. The expeditor is also responsible for making sure there is no line stopping situation for a business. The key metrics which an expeditor influences may be - Ontime Delivery, Cash Flow Cycle and Inventory Management. An expeditor needs to be assertive and needs to know the business at high contextual levels

Usage examples of "expeditor".

The Expeditor had not yet been paid, and Marvie was faced by the prospect of stalling him for eleven months until the check cleared.

The Expeditor was said to have been born on the Ferry between the Zone and the Island.

The Expeditor had once been President and served the full five years of his term.

This reference to his Island origin was more than the Expeditor could stand.

Circle of Friends, with Himmler acting as protector and expeditor for its members.

Filamena, the expeditor, was busy watching a scroll of incoming cargo assignments.

Squealing children shoved up against the expeditor as they lined up to buy lunch-boxes, gummy bears, T-shirts and bomber jackets from the merchandising concession.