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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 12216
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9371
45 Co-managed Inventory 12646
46 Co-Packers 11846
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6950
48 Computer-Based Training 7751
49 Consular Invoice 19919
50 Container Depot 10668
51 Container Freight Station 10327
52 Continuous Replenishment 19643
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12150
54 Contract Carrier 7359
55 Contract of Affreightment 11480
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10347
58 Courier Service 15335
59 CPFR 8283
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11877
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44340
62 Date Code 18361
63 Days of Supply 19935
64 Dead on Arrival 9419
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7372
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8188
67 Detective Control 8979
68 Devanning 14287
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11043
70 Dispatching 24672
71 Distributed Inventory 8421
72 Distribution Channel Management 34966
73 Distribution Metrics 9227
74 Distribution Planning 24294
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15322
76 Double Marginalization 52888
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22477
78 Dual 5486
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20698
80 Echelon Inventory 26296
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38353
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49963
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7679
84 Efficient Frontier 25607
85 Engineer-to-Order 31871
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16662
87 Erlang B Formula 9413
88 ETD 8390
89 Ex Works 7883
90 Exception Rate 13585
91 Exponential smoothing 9884
92 External Growth 10160
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9583
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10727
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8875
97 Fishbone Diagram 14687
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27197
99 Flow Through Distribution 12395
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8251
101 FOB Destination 13133
102 Forward buying 30319
103 Freight Charge 10476
104 Freight Consolidation 7590
105 Gantt Chart 8341
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11817
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29686
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12764
109 Hub 23544
110 Idle Time 8130
111 Import/Export License 8796
112 In Bond Shipment 14057
113 Inbound Logistics 13674
114 Interstate System 11079
115 Inventory Costs 53901
116 Inventory in Transit 16625
117 Inventory Management 55046
118 Inventory Planning System 9933
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22403
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43143
121 JIT 2 18512
122 Job Production 27982
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9210
124 Kanban Squares 6907
125 Laid-Down Cost 10291
126 Lean Office 6191
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10896
128 Lee's Notation 8627
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14357
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37467
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9362
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7578
133 Logistics Channel 23003
134 Logistics Costs 26790
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6730
136 Manifest 10623
137 Marks and Numbers 12713
138 Material Planning 35258
139 Materials Management 26474
140 Milk Run 43258
 
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