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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 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9068
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9447
45 Co-managed Inventory 12740
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7032
48 Computer-Based Training 7812
49 Consular Invoice 20051
50 Container Depot 10742
51 Container Freight Station 10385
52 Continuous Replenishment 19736
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12227
54 Contract Carrier 7404
55 Contract of Affreightment 11559
56 Control Charts 8074
57 Cost Flow 10428
58 Courier Service 15430
59 CPFR 8352
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11958
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44580
62 Date Code 18556
63 Days of Supply 20032
64 Dead on Arrival 9510
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7440
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9069
68 Devanning 14360
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11129
70 Dispatching 24838
71 Distributed Inventory 8478
72 Distribution Channel Management 35170
73 Distribution Metrics 9350
74 Distribution Planning 24400
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15441
76 Double Marginalization 53046
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22589
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20776
80 Echelon Inventory 26467
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38472
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50214
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7748
84 Efficient Frontier 25755
85 Engineer-to-Order 32000
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16826
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8460
89 Ex Works 7947
90 Exception Rate 13690
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10247
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9678
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11055
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14785
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27361
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8349
101 FOB Destination 13237
102 Forward buying 30442
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8390
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11940
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29784
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12854
109 Hub 23658
110 Idle Time 8200
111 Import/Export License 8860
112 In Bond Shipment 14145
113 Inbound Logistics 13764
114 Interstate System 11147
115 Inventory Costs 54127
116 Inventory in Transit 16757
117 Inventory Management 55315
118 Inventory Planning System 10008
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22526
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43497
121 JIT 2 18586
122 Job Production 28307
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9288
124 Kanban Squares 6983
125 Laid-Down Cost 10397
126 Lean Office 6262
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10928
128 Lee's Notation 8676
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14484
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37685
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9459
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7631
133 Logistics Channel 23088
134 Logistics Costs 26901
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6774
136 Manifest 10712
137 Marks and Numbers 12830
138 Material Planning 35403
139 Materials Management 26584
140 Milk Run 43406
 
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