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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 12156
42 Certified Supplier 8978
43 Channel Effectiveness 8946
44 Co-Destiny 9319
45 Co-managed Inventory 12580
46 Co-Packers 11799
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6898
48 Computer-Based Training 7705
49 Consular Invoice 19825
50 Container Depot 10626
51 Container Freight Station 10294
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11434
56 Control Charts 7978
57 Cost Flow 10291
58 Courier Service 15265
59 CPFR 8242
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11820
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44204
62 Date Code 18264
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9345
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7328
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8927
68 Devanning 14229
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10983
70 Dispatching 24557
71 Distributed Inventory 8373
72 Distribution Channel Management 34793
73 Distribution Metrics 9138
74 Distribution Planning 24226
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15241
76 Double Marginalization 52782
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22405
78 Dual 5456
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20635
80 Echelon Inventory 26236
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38293
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49784
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7632
84 Efficient Frontier 25516
85 Engineer-to-Order 31782
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16553
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8345
89 Ex Works 7848
90 Exception Rate 13514
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10095
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7756
95 Field Warehouse 10537
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8790
97 Fishbone Diagram 14627
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27070
99 Flow Through Distribution 12331
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8197
101 FOB Destination 13058
102 Forward buying 30198
103 Freight Charge 10425
104 Freight Consolidation 7543
105 Gantt Chart 8303
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11753
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29614
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12706
109 Hub 23460
110 Idle Time 8085
111 Import/Export License 8740
112 In Bond Shipment 13984
113 Inbound Logistics 13613
114 Interstate System 11025
115 Inventory Costs 53715
116 Inventory in Transit 16558
117 Inventory Management 54871
118 Inventory Planning System 9888
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22329
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42830
121 JIT 2 18460
122 Job Production 27754
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9163
124 Kanban Squares 6855
125 Laid-Down Cost 10212
126 Lean Office 6140
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10868
128 Lee's Notation 8581
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14265
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37331
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9296
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7544
133 Logistics Channel 22939
134 Logistics Costs 26710
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6702
136 Manifest 10558
137 Marks and Numbers 12629
138 Material Planning 35148
139 Materials Management 26396
140 Milk Run 43144
 
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