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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 12281
42 Certified Supplier 9058
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9431
45 Co-managed Inventory 12718
46 Co-Packers 11907
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7006
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20016
50 Container Depot 10720
51 Container Freight Station 10375
52 Continuous Replenishment 19709
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7393
55 Contract of Affreightment 11543
56 Control Charts 8059
57 Cost Flow 10406
58 Courier Service 15403
59 CPFR 8334
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11934
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44519
62 Date Code 18516
63 Days of Supply 20007
64 Dead on Arrival 9485
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7421
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8246
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14343
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11104
70 Dispatching 24792
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35117
73 Distribution Metrics 9313
74 Distribution Planning 24371
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15407
76 Double Marginalization 53005
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22561
78 Dual 5525
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20754
80 Echelon Inventory 26424
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38439
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7730
84 Efficient Frontier 25719
85 Engineer-to-Order 31962
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16785
87 Erlang B Formula 9465
88 ETD 8441
89 Ex Works 7927
90 Exception Rate 13664
91 Exponential smoothing 9933
92 External Growth 10223
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9649
94 Field Services 7826
95 Field Warehouse 10958
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8960
97 Fishbone Diagram 14757
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27312
99 Flow Through Distribution 12467
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8319
101 FOB Destination 13209
102 Forward buying 30401
103 Freight Charge 10515
104 Freight Consolidation 7624
105 Gantt Chart 8375
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11903
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29761
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12829
109 Hub 23621
110 Idle Time 8175
111 Import/Export License 8840
112 In Bond Shipment 14119
113 Inbound Logistics 13743
114 Interstate System 11128
115 Inventory Costs 54068
116 Inventory in Transit 16717
117 Inventory Management 55237
118 Inventory Planning System 9984
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22495
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43380
121 JIT 2 18564
122 Job Production 28220
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9266
124 Kanban Squares 6965
125 Laid-Down Cost 10370
126 Lean Office 6246
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10918
128 Lee's Notation 8654
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14448
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37634
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9430
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7616
133 Logistics Channel 23064
134 Logistics Costs 26874
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6763
136 Manifest 10686
137 Marks and Numbers 12797
138 Material Planning 35359
139 Materials Management 26549
140 Milk Run 43368
 
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