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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 12220
42 Certified Supplier 9021
43 Channel Effectiveness 8998
44 Co-Destiny 9375
45 Co-managed Inventory 12650
46 Co-Packers 11851
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6956
48 Computer-Based Training 7754
49 Consular Invoice 19932
50 Container Depot 10674
51 Container Freight Station 10331
52 Continuous Replenishment 19649
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12156
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11485
56 Control Charts 8022
57 Cost Flow 10354
58 Courier Service 15343
59 CPFR 8285
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11885
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44356
62 Date Code 18374
63 Days of Supply 19942
64 Dead on Arrival 9423
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7377
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8195
67 Detective Control 8984
68 Devanning 14292
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11050
70 Dispatching 24685
71 Distributed Inventory 8428
72 Distribution Channel Management 34990
73 Distribution Metrics 9236
74 Distribution Planning 24301
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15335
76 Double Marginalization 52898
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22485
78 Dual 5488
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20705
80 Echelon Inventory 26307
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38361
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49980
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7685
84 Efficient Frontier 25620
85 Engineer-to-Order 31878
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16671
87 Erlang B Formula 9419
88 ETD 8394
89 Ex Works 7887
90 Exception Rate 13595
91 Exponential smoothing 9892
92 External Growth 10169
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9590
94 Field Services 7792
95 Field Warehouse 10750
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8886
97 Fishbone Diagram 14693
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27205
99 Flow Through Distribution 12402
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8260
101 FOB Destination 13145
102 Forward buying 30329
103 Freight Charge 10481
104 Freight Consolidation 7592
105 Gantt Chart 8345
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11825
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29695
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12772
109 Hub 23554
110 Idle Time 8135
111 Import/Export License 8803
112 In Bond Shipment 14067
113 Inbound Logistics 13681
114 Interstate System 11085
115 Inventory Costs 53928
116 Inventory in Transit 16634
117 Inventory Management 55064
118 Inventory Planning System 9940
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22411
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43157
121 JIT 2 18517
122 Job Production 28011
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9214
124 Kanban Squares 6916
125 Laid-Down Cost 10301
126 Lean Office 6198
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10898
128 Lee's Notation 8628
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14366
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37487
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9369
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7580
133 Logistics Channel 23010
134 Logistics Costs 26801
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6733
136 Manifest 10631
137 Marks and Numbers 12721
138 Material Planning 35270
139 Materials Management 26481
140 Milk Run 43276
 
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