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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 11998
42 Certified Supplier 8897
43 Channel Effectiveness 8851
44 Co-Destiny 9176
45 Co-managed Inventory 12349
46 Co-Packers 11664
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6755
48 Computer-Based Training 7604
49 Consular Invoice 19556
50 Container Depot 10513
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19350
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11957
54 Contract Carrier 7267
55 Contract of Affreightment 11310
56 Control Charts 7872
57 Cost Flow 10176
58 Courier Service 15081
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11674
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43832
62 Date Code 18043
63 Days of Supply 19680
64 Dead on Arrival 9098
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7214
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8001
67 Detective Control 8811
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10750
70 Dispatching 24178
71 Distributed Inventory 8265
72 Distribution Channel Management 34455
73 Distribution Metrics 8949
74 Distribution Planning 24069
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15062
76 Double Marginalization 52457
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22161
78 Dual 5369
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20472
80 Echelon Inventory 26024
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38131
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49348
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7522
84 Efficient Frontier 25272
85 Engineer-to-Order 31545
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16226
87 Erlang B Formula 9244
88 ETD 8229
89 Ex Works 7763
90 Exception Rate 13337
91 Exponential smoothing 9740
92 External Growth 9955
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9334
94 Field Services 7673
95 Field Warehouse 9902
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8635
97 Fishbone Diagram 14497
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26816
99 Flow Through Distribution 12197
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8064
101 FOB Destination 12903
102 Forward buying 29912
103 Freight Charge 10229
104 Freight Consolidation 7439
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11601
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29400
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12572
109 Hub 23259
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8614
112 In Bond Shipment 13781
113 Inbound Logistics 13430
114 Interstate System 10902
115 Inventory Costs 53253
116 Inventory in Transit 16299
117 Inventory Management 54386
118 Inventory Planning System 9700
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22147
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42158
121 JIT 2 18336
122 Job Production 27230
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8940
124 Kanban Squares 6749
125 Laid-Down Cost 10041
126 Lean Office 5939
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8481
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14060
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36852
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9122
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22756
134 Logistics Costs 26494
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6618
136 Manifest 10423
137 Marks and Numbers 12463
138 Material Planning 34923
139 Materials Management 26226
140 Milk Run 42857
 
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