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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 12115
42 Certified Supplier 8961
43 Channel Effectiveness 8919
44 Co-Destiny 9287
45 Co-managed Inventory 12511
46 Co-Packers 11756
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6861
48 Computer-Based Training 7685
49 Consular Invoice 19758
50 Container Depot 10599
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19505
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12070
54 Contract Carrier 7315
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7954
57 Cost Flow 10261
58 Courier Service 15217
59 CPFR 8209
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11785
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44120
62 Date Code 18204
63 Days of Supply 19820
64 Dead on Arrival 9272
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8092
67 Detective Control 8901
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10903
70 Dispatching 24478
71 Distributed Inventory 8347
72 Distribution Channel Management 34700
73 Distribution Metrics 9098
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15199
76 Double Marginalization 52671
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22325
78 Dual 5436
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20592
80 Echelon Inventory 26185
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49686
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7607
84 Efficient Frontier 25450
85 Engineer-to-Order 31717
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16456
87 Erlang B Formula 9336
88 ETD 8321
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13477
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9464
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10412
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8744
97 Fishbone Diagram 14596
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27004
99 Flow Through Distribution 12300
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
101 FOB Destination 13011
102 Forward buying 30106
103 Freight Charge 10362
104 Freight Consolidation 7518
105 Gantt Chart 8281
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29569
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12670
109 Hub 23406
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13935
113 Inbound Logistics 13569
114 Interstate System 10992
115 Inventory Costs 53581
116 Inventory in Transit 16478
117 Inventory Management 54727
118 Inventory Planning System 9821
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22284
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42649
121 JIT 2 18428
122 Job Production 27623
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9094
124 Kanban Squares 6822
125 Laid-Down Cost 10168
126 Lean Office 6080
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10847
128 Lee's Notation 8560
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14210
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37216
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9253
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7480
133 Logistics Channel 22884
134 Logistics Costs 26653
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6681
136 Manifest 10524
137 Marks and Numbers 12593
138 Material Planning 35082
139 Materials Management 26357
140 Milk Run 43086
 
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