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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 11883
42 Certified Supplier 8833
43 Channel Effectiveness 8795
44 Co-Destiny 9072
45 Co-managed Inventory 12240
46 Co-Packers 11579
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6658
48 Computer-Based Training 7530
49 Consular Invoice 19387
50 Container Depot 10403
51 Container Freight Station 10142
52 Continuous Replenishment 19242
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11864
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11217
56 Control Charts 7789
57 Cost Flow 10097
58 Courier Service 14933
59 CPFR 8040
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11576
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43497
62 Date Code 17826
63 Days of Supply 19541
64 Dead on Arrival 8985
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7115
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7900
67 Detective Control 8728
68 Devanning 14031
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10645
70 Dispatching 23787
71 Distributed Inventory 8198
72 Distribution Channel Management 34176
73 Distribution Metrics 8790
74 Distribution Planning 23953
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14923
76 Double Marginalization 52295
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22046
78 Dual 5307
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20354
80 Echelon Inventory 25905
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38011
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49036
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7445
84 Efficient Frontier 25066
85 Engineer-to-Order 31347
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16032
87 Erlang B Formula 9145
88 ETD 8123
89 Ex Works 7697
90 Exception Rate 13203
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9860
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7612
95 Field Warehouse 9730
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8502
97 Fishbone Diagram 14369
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26619
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7970
101 FOB Destination 12743
102 Forward buying 29793
103 Freight Charge 10136
104 Freight Consolidation 7364
105 Gantt Chart 8144
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11491
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29243
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12469
109 Hub 23118
110 Idle Time 7900
111 Import/Export License 8524
112 In Bond Shipment 13674
113 Inbound Logistics 13275
114 Interstate System 10809
115 Inventory Costs 52920
116 Inventory in Transit 16164
117 Inventory Management 54005
118 Inventory Planning System 9621
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22011
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41633
121 JIT 2 18256
122 Job Production 26839
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8826
124 Kanban Squares 6669
125 Laid-Down Cost 9930
126 Lean Office 5849
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10762
128 Lee's Notation 8398
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13902
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36475
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8998
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7308
133 Logistics Channel 22619
134 Logistics Costs 26350
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6565
136 Manifest 10300
137 Marks and Numbers 12306
138 Material Planning 34690
139 Materials Management 26078
140 Milk Run 42603
 
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