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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 12082
42 Certified Supplier 8941
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9253
45 Co-managed Inventory 12423
46 Co-Packers 11729
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6824
48 Computer-Based Training 7660
49 Consular Invoice 19698
50 Container Depot 10571
51 Container Freight Station 10250
52 Continuous Replenishment 19424
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12034
54 Contract Carrier 7299
55 Contract of Affreightment 11376
56 Control Charts 7929
57 Cost Flow 10229
58 Courier Service 15178
59 CPFR 8182
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11751
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44045
62 Date Code 18156
63 Days of Supply 19779
64 Dead on Arrival 9193
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7273
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8877
68 Devanning 14176
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10828
70 Dispatching 24399
71 Distributed Inventory 8314
72 Distribution Channel Management 34635
73 Distribution Metrics 9059
74 Distribution Planning 24150
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15162
76 Double Marginalization 52588
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22243
78 Dual 5415
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20562
80 Echelon Inventory 26143
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38211
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49574
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25405
85 Engineer-to-Order 31671
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16360
87 Erlang B Formula 9312
88 ETD 8294
89 Ex Works 7805
90 Exception Rate 13433
91 Exponential smoothing 9796
92 External Growth 10031
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9393
94 Field Services 7718
95 Field Warehouse 10311
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8714
97 Fishbone Diagram 14565
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26948
99 Flow Through Distribution 12273
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8134
101 FOB Destination 12980
102 Forward buying 30024
103 Freight Charge 10285
104 Freight Consolidation 7492
105 Gantt Chart 8263
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11685
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29519
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12641
109 Hub 23362
110 Idle Time 8030
111 Import/Export License 8677
112 In Bond Shipment 13890
113 Inbound Logistics 13535
114 Interstate System 10965
115 Inventory Costs 53476
116 Inventory in Transit 16390
117 Inventory Management 54603
118 Inventory Planning System 9749
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22244
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42516
121 JIT 2 18400
122 Job Production 27501
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9015
124 Kanban Squares 6805
125 Laid-Down Cost 10122
126 Lean Office 5998
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8537
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14169
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37109
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9216
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7406
133 Logistics Channel 22851
134 Logistics Costs 26604
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6657
136 Manifest 10495
137 Marks and Numbers 12565
138 Material Planning 35027
139 Materials Management 26315
140 Milk Run 43033
 
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