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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 12228
42 Certified Supplier 9033
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9389
45 Co-managed Inventory 12660
46 Co-Packers 11863
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6970
48 Computer-Based Training 7763
49 Consular Invoice 19947
50 Container Depot 10684
51 Container Freight Station 10338
52 Continuous Replenishment 19659
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12170
54 Contract Carrier 7366
55 Contract of Affreightment 11497
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15357
59 CPFR 8300
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11893
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44387
62 Date Code 18410
63 Days of Supply 19956
64 Dead on Arrival 9438
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7383
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8205
67 Detective Control 8994
68 Devanning 14304
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11061
70 Dispatching 24707
71 Distributed Inventory 8435
72 Distribution Channel Management 35026
73 Distribution Metrics 9257
74 Distribution Planning 24319
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15351
76 Double Marginalization 52926
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22503
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20719
80 Echelon Inventory 26332
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38376
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50021
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7693
84 Efficient Frontier 25644
85 Engineer-to-Order 31900
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16690
87 Erlang B Formula 9427
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7896
90 Exception Rate 13615
91 Exponential smoothing 9901
92 External Growth 10176
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9604
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10806
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8901
97 Fishbone Diagram 14706
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27233
99 Flow Through Distribution 12417
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
101 FOB Destination 13157
102 Forward buying 30347
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7600
105 Gantt Chart 8351
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11841
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29709
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12786
109 Hub 23568
110 Idle Time 8145
111 Import/Export License 8811
112 In Bond Shipment 14078
113 Inbound Logistics 13693
114 Interstate System 11096
115 Inventory Costs 53963
116 Inventory in Transit 16654
117 Inventory Management 55104
118 Inventory Planning System 9948
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22426
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43205
121 JIT 2 18533
122 Job Production 28046
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9227
124 Kanban Squares 6929
125 Laid-Down Cost 10317
126 Lean Office 6209
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10903
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14386
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37522
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9384
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7591
133 Logistics Channel 23025
134 Logistics Costs 26819
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6739
136 Manifest 10648
137 Marks and Numbers 12739
138 Material Planning 35293
139 Materials Management 26499
140 Milk Run 43294
 
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