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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 12265
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9035
44 Co-Destiny 9418
45 Co-managed Inventory 12701
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6996
48 Computer-Based Training 7783
49 Consular Invoice 19990
50 Container Depot 10711
51 Container Freight Station 10362
52 Continuous Replenishment 19696
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12195
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11532
56 Control Charts 8048
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8322
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11917
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44484
62 Date Code 18501
63 Days of Supply 19994
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7409
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8237
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14329
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24772
71 Distributed Inventory 8457
72 Distribution Channel Management 35099
73 Distribution Metrics 9295
74 Distribution Planning 24359
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15393
76 Double Marginalization 52982
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22542
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20746
80 Echelon Inventory 26398
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38426
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50117
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25701
85 Engineer-to-Order 31949
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16761
87 Erlang B Formula 9459
88 ETD 8429
89 Ex Works 7922
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9926
92 External Growth 10208
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9633
94 Field Services 7816
95 Field Warehouse 10919
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8949
97 Fishbone Diagram 14742
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12455
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8308
101 FOB Destination 13197
102 Forward buying 30390
103 Freight Charge 10511
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11886
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12815
109 Hub 23600
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14106
113 Inbound Logistics 13727
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54040
116 Inventory in Transit 16700
117 Inventory Management 55203
118 Inventory Planning System 9973
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22484
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43330
121 JIT 2 18555
122 Job Production 28183
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9253
124 Kanban Squares 6958
125 Laid-Down Cost 10355
126 Lean Office 6233
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8647
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14435
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37608
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9419
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23056
134 Logistics Costs 26862
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6757
136 Manifest 10677
137 Marks and Numbers 12783
138 Material Planning 35340
139 Materials Management 26539
140 Milk Run 43351
 
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