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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 9821
42 Certified Supplier 7326
43 Channel Effectiveness 7106
44 Co-Destiny 7265
45 Co-managed Inventory 10030
46 Co-Packers 9877
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4667
48 Computer-Based Training 6181
49 Consular Invoice 16692
50 Container Depot 8866
51 Container Freight Station 8673
52 Continuous Replenishment 16901
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10227
54 Contract Carrier 5947
55 Contract of Affreightment 9576
56 Control Charts 6400
57 Cost Flow 8472
58 Courier Service 12375
59 CPFR 6427
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9912
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 35981
62 Date Code 14603
63 Days of Supply 17275
64 Dead on Arrival 6949
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5764
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6155
67 Detective Control 6979
68 Devanning 12260
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8405
70 Dispatching 19243
71 Distributed Inventory 6832
72 Distribution Channel Management 28452
73 Distribution Metrics 6369
74 Distribution Planning 21541
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12478
76 Double Marginalization 48074
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19877
78 Dual 3896
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18421
80 Echelon Inventory 23914
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34835
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42481
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5909
84 Efficient Frontier 21532
85 Engineer-to-Order 27610
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13413
87 Erlang B Formula 7224
88 ETD 6479
89 Ex Works 6222
90 Exception Rate 10410
91 Exponential smoothing 8070
92 External Growth 8181
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7596
94 Field Services 6213
95 Field Warehouse 7882
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5555
97 Fishbone Diagram 12447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22305
99 Flow Through Distribution 10174
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6199
101 FOB Destination 10137
102 Forward buying 27125
103 Freight Charge 8794
104 Freight Consolidation 5903
105 Gantt Chart 6954
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9136
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26151
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10826
109 Hub 20502
110 Idle Time 6532
111 Import/Export License 6762
112 In Bond Shipment 11619
113 Inbound Logistics 11406
114 Interstate System 9449
115 Inventory Costs 45533
116 Inventory in Transit 13393
117 Inventory Management 45798
118 Inventory Planning System 7630
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19264
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32308
121 JIT 2 16778
122 Job Production 19577
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7208
124 Kanban Squares 5353
125 Laid-Down Cost 8186
126 Lean Office 4771
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9759
128 Lee's Notation 6587
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 11030
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32187
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 7100
132 Linear and Logistics Model 5947
133 Logistics Channel 20150
134 Logistics Costs 23683
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 5369
136 Manifest 8124
137 Marks and Numbers 9973
138 Material Planning 29157
139 Materials Management 23082
140 Milk Run 37149
 
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