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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 11812
42 Certified Supplier 8794
43 Channel Effectiveness 8759
44 Co-Destiny 9025
45 Co-managed Inventory 12172
46 Co-Packers 11531
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6593
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19292
50 Container Depot 10336
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19170
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11798
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11172
56 Control Charts 7739
57 Cost Flow 10047
58 Courier Service 14825
59 CPFR 7985
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11514
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43282
62 Date Code 17715
63 Days of Supply 19449
64 Dead on Arrival 8916
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7071
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7840
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13974
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10582
70 Dispatching 23608
71 Distributed Inventory 8156
72 Distribution Channel Management 34022
73 Distribution Metrics 8697
74 Distribution Planning 23891
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14830
76 Double Marginalization 52167
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21979
78 Dual 5251
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20290
80 Echelon Inventory 25849
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37941
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48823
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24946
85 Engineer-to-Order 31242
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15927
87 Erlang B Formula 9084
88 ETD 8074
89 Ex Works 7665
90 Exception Rate 13128
91 Exponential smoothing 9599
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9196
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9675
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8413
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26501
99 Flow Through Distribution 12033
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7912
101 FOB Destination 12670
102 Forward buying 29699
103 Freight Charge 10088
104 Freight Consolidation 7311
105 Gantt Chart 8105
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11399
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29154
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12416
109 Hub 23037
110 Idle Time 7857
111 Import/Export License 8469
112 In Bond Shipment 13602
113 Inbound Logistics 13201
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52719
116 Inventory in Transit 16080
117 Inventory Management 53812
118 Inventory Planning System 9570
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21902
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41325
121 JIT 2 18200
122 Job Production 26589
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8750
124 Kanban Squares 6609
125 Laid-Down Cost 9881
126 Lean Office 5793
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8344
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13804
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36256
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8945
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7252
133 Logistics Channel 22551
134 Logistics Costs 26270
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6527
136 Manifest 10224
137 Marks and Numbers 12251
138 Material Planning 34547
139 Materials Management 26015
140 Milk Run 42408
 
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