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English translation: long-running product


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German term or phrase:Langläufer
English translation:long-running product
Entered by: Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
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02:36 Sep 17, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Master Delivery Contract
German term or phrase: Langläufer
"Langläufer" are products that have been produced for a long time and consequently products that the purchaser requires long term.
Would "long running products" be adequate?
Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
Local time: 03:44
long running products
Explanation:
I think long running products (or long-running products)is good in your context.
(A company I work for translates Langläuferteil as part made with long-procurement tool, but I'm not sure that fits your context.)

HTH!

PDF]The economics of the madhouse Part II "DaimlerChrysler warranty ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... system. Well-proven, well- loved, long-running products are the ones
that make money. They are the pillars of a strong brand. Premature ...
www.autopolis.com/madhouse2.PDF

BPIC's - World Class Manufacturing Checklist
... your customer? Minimum order sizes on standard or long running products
are incompatible with world class manufacturing. If you ...
www.bpic.co.uk/wcmlist.htm - 57k - Cached - Similar pages

McKechnie PLC - Annual Report 1997/1998 - UK Company Fundamentals ...
... Close relationships with OEMs enable Dzus to update long-running products, protecting
them from sliding into commodity pricing by adding functionality or ...
www.hemscott.co.uk/EQUITIES/COMPANY/ AR/ID/00428/ar98/g_special.htm - 11k
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Beth Kantus
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3long-selling productsNancy Arrowsmith
4long running productsBeth Kantus
4slow-moving goods/products
Steffen Walter
4long-term stock itemsmckinnc
4also cf: cash cow(s) - depending on context
Tom Funke


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
long-selling products


Explanation:
or long-sellers

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jos Essers
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agree  Justine Fischbach
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agree  Sueg
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
also cf: cash cow(s) - depending on context


Explanation:
A cash cow is a product that's been around forever and whose development has been paid for long ago, that keeps making money for the company (implicitly without much further innovation or effort by the company)


All the best, Tom


Tom Funke
Local time: 04:44
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ken Cox: not exactly contractual language ...
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long-term stock items


Explanation:
maybe

mckinnc
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slow-moving goods/products


Explanation:
...as I understand it...

If the purchaser needs the products long term, then these are being moved off stocks quite slowly (e.g. consumer durables such as fridges, washing machines...)

HTH
Steffen

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 10:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
long running products


Explanation:
I think long running products (or long-running products)is good in your context.
(A company I work for translates Langläuferteil as part made with long-procurement tool, but I'm not sure that fits your context.)

HTH!

PDF]The economics of the madhouse Part II "DaimlerChrysler warranty ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... system. Well-proven, well- loved, long-running products are the ones
that make money. They are the pillars of a strong brand. Premature ...
www.autopolis.com/madhouse2.PDF

BPIC's - World Class Manufacturing Checklist
... your customer? Minimum order sizes on standard or long running products
are incompatible with world class manufacturing. If you ...
www.bpic.co.uk/wcmlist.htm - 57k - Cached - Similar pages

McKechnie PLC - Annual Report 1997/1998 - UK Company Fundamentals ...
... Close relationships with OEMs enable Dzus to update long-running products, protecting
them from sliding into commodity pricing by adding functionality or ...
www.hemscott.co.uk/EQUITIES/COMPANY/ AR/ID/00428/ar98/g_special.htm - 11k


Beth Kantus
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Changes made by editors
Apr 4, 2008 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Term askedLanglufer => Langläufer
Field (specific)(none) => Transport / Transportation / Shipping


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