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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 12088
42 Certified Supplier 8946
43 Channel Effectiveness 8900
44 Co-Destiny 9264
45 Co-managed Inventory 12435
46 Co-Packers 11736
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6830
48 Computer-Based Training 7665
49 Consular Invoice 19707
50 Container Depot 10580
51 Container Freight Station 10255
52 Continuous Replenishment 19433
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12040
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11384
56 Control Charts 7935
57 Cost Flow 10236
58 Courier Service 15188
59 CPFR 8188
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11762
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44063
62 Date Code 18171
63 Days of Supply 19787
64 Dead on Arrival 9204
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8076
67 Detective Control 8880
68 Devanning 14184
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10832
70 Dispatching 24417
71 Distributed Inventory 8326
72 Distribution Channel Management 34647
73 Distribution Metrics 9071
74 Distribution Planning 24159
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15172
76 Double Marginalization 52595
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5420
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20569
80 Echelon Inventory 26154
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38221
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49601
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7584
84 Efficient Frontier 25414
85 Engineer-to-Order 31688
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16376
87 Erlang B Formula 9320
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7812
90 Exception Rate 13442
91 Exponential smoothing 9805
92 External Growth 10035
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10340
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8726
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26960
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8138
101 FOB Destination 12985
102 Forward buying 30031
103 Freight Charge 10294
104 Freight Consolidation 7499
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11693
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29528
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12648
109 Hub 23375
110 Idle Time 8041
111 Import/Export License 8683
112 In Bond Shipment 13901
113 Inbound Logistics 13544
114 Interstate System 10975
115 Inventory Costs 53499
116 Inventory in Transit 16403
117 Inventory Management 54617
118 Inventory Planning System 9753
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22250
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42547
121 JIT 2 18406
122 Job Production 27528
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9024
124 Kanban Squares 6809
125 Laid-Down Cost 10133
126 Lean Office 6006
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10838
128 Lee's Notation 8543
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14179
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37126
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9226
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7411
133 Logistics Channel 22861
134 Logistics Costs 26614
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6666
136 Manifest 10503
137 Marks and Numbers 12571
138 Material Planning 35038
139 Materials Management 26323
140 Milk Run 43046
 
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