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Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9818
42 Certified Supplier 7323
43 Channel Effectiveness 7103
44 Co-Destiny 7259
45 Co-managed Inventory 10024
46 Co-Packers 9873
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4663
48 Computer-Based Training 6177
49 Consular Invoice 16688
50 Container Depot 8863
51 Container Freight Station 8670
52 Continuous Replenishment 16897
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10222
54 Contract Carrier 5943
55 Contract of Affreightment 9573
56 Control Charts 6397
57 Cost Flow 8469
58 Courier Service 12369
59 CPFR 6424
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9909
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 35974
62 Date Code 14599
63 Days of Supply 17271
64 Dead on Arrival 6945
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5761
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6152
67 Detective Control 6976
68 Devanning 12256
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8402
70 Dispatching 19238
71 Distributed Inventory 6829
72 Distribution Channel Management 28446
73 Distribution Metrics 6365
74 Distribution Planning 21536
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12471
76 Double Marginalization 48070
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19873
78 Dual 3893
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18417
80 Echelon Inventory 23911
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34831
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42477
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5906
84 Efficient Frontier 21527
85 Engineer-to-Order 27606
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13409
87 Erlang B Formula 7221
88 ETD 6476
89 Ex Works 6219
90 Exception Rate 10407
91 Exponential smoothing 8066
92 External Growth 8178
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7593
94 Field Services 6210
95 Field Warehouse 7879
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5550
97 Fishbone Diagram 12444
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22299
99 Flow Through Distribution 10169
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6196
101 FOB Destination 10135
102 Forward buying 27122
103 Freight Charge 8793
104 Freight Consolidation 5902
105 Gantt Chart 6952
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9133
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26149
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10824
109 Hub 20501
110 Idle Time 6531
111 Import/Export License 6761
112 In Bond Shipment 11617
113 Inbound Logistics 11404
114 Interstate System 9448
115 Inventory Costs 45522
116 Inventory in Transit 13392
117 Inventory Management 45789
118 Inventory Planning System 7629
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19263
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32301
121 JIT 2 16777
122 Job Production 19566
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7206
124 Kanban Squares 5352
125 Laid-Down Cost 8185
126 Lean Office 4769
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9758
128 Lee's Notation 6581
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 11026
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32185
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 7099
132 Linear and Logistics Model 5946
133 Logistics Channel 20147
134 Logistics Costs 23681
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 5368
136 Manifest 8121
137 Marks and Numbers 9971
138 Material Planning 29150
139 Materials Management 23076
140 Milk Run 37144
 
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