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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


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 11799
42 Certified Supplier 8784
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9011
45 Co-managed Inventory 12156
46 Co-Packers 11522
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6581
48 Computer-Based Training 7468
49 Consular Invoice 19270
50 Container Depot 10322
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19160
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11781
54 Contract Carrier 7183
55 Contract of Affreightment 11159
56 Control Charts 7728
57 Cost Flow 10036
58 Courier Service 14796
59 CPFR 7973
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11499
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43237
62 Date Code 17696
63 Days of Supply 19428
64 Dead on Arrival 8897
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7827
67 Detective Control 8675
68 Devanning 13959
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10568
70 Dispatching 23572
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33985
73 Distribution Metrics 8676
74 Distribution Planning 23864
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14815
76 Double Marginalization 52137
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21965
78 Dual 5238
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25833
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37923
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48780
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7387
84 Efficient Frontier 24920
85 Engineer-to-Order 31214
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15896
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7658
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9591
92 External Growth 9805
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9661
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8395
97 Fishbone Diagram 14282
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26483
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7898
101 FOB Destination 12654
102 Forward buying 29681
103 Freight Charge 10078
104 Freight Consolidation 7299
105 Gantt Chart 8097
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11379
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29136
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23012
110 Idle Time 7848
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13582
113 Inbound Logistics 13180
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52677
116 Inventory in Transit 16062
117 Inventory Management 53773
118 Inventory Planning System 9557
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21877
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41264
121 JIT 2 18192
122 Job Production 26543
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8736
124 Kanban Squares 6597
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5783
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10720
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13786
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36215
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8937
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7234
133 Logistics Channel 22533
134 Logistics Costs 26252
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6523
136 Manifest 10210
137 Marks and Numbers 12243
138 Material Planning 34524
139 Materials Management 26001
140 Milk Run 42374
 
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