ופרישה קדמית

English translation: forward deployment

16:48 Jul 31, 2014
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Science - Engineering (general)
Hebrew term or phrase: ופרישה קדמית
ארגון מוקד האחזקה ופרישה קדמית של ציוד וחלקים, מיקומם
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Emanuel Weisgras
United States
English translation:forward deployment
Explanation:
Forward deployment is a logistic term that means that an asset is placed in proximity to where it is being used, which may be far from its base or storage center.

The term is used mainly in the military, but also elsewhere as the references below show.
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Daniel Rabinovich
Israel
Local time: 10:41
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4forward deployment
Daniel Rabinovich
3front-end distribution
David Greenberg


  

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פרישה קדמית
front-end distribution


Explanation:
Or, if it fits the context better, "deployment." I believe that the ש should be a ס.

David Greenberg
Israel
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Notes to answerer
Asker: That's what confused me (the apparent misspelling). I too thought it meant deployment (forward/front-end retirement doesn't seem appropriate).


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neutral  Daniel Rabinovich: there's no misspelling https://www.safa-ivrit.org/spelling/prisa.php
15 mins
  -> Only theoretically. Most such words that employ שין שמאלי are conventionally spelled with ס nowadays, as evidenced by the dearth of online examples of the source term.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
forward deployment


Explanation:
Forward deployment is a logistic term that means that an asset is placed in proximity to where it is being used, which may be far from its base or storage center.

The term is used mainly in the military, but also elsewhere as the references below show.


    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23241473
    Reference: http://www.spectrumlogistics.com/services.php?id=1&keywords=...
Daniel Rabinovich
Israel
Local time: 10:41
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Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 50
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