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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 11820
42 Certified Supplier 8796
43 Channel Effectiveness 8762
44 Co-Destiny 9032
45 Co-managed Inventory 12179
46 Co-Packers 11536
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6596
48 Computer-Based Training 7477
49 Consular Invoice 19306
50 Container Depot 10341
51 Container Freight Station 10112
52 Continuous Replenishment 19176
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11805
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11174
56 Control Charts 7744
57 Cost Flow 10052
58 Courier Service 14836
59 CPFR 7993
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11521
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43301
62 Date Code 17724
63 Days of Supply 19456
64 Dead on Arrival 8921
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7849
67 Detective Control 8685
68 Devanning 13982
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10587
70 Dispatching 23623
71 Distributed Inventory 8162
72 Distribution Channel Management 34036
73 Distribution Metrics 8706
74 Distribution Planning 23894
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14845
76 Double Marginalization 52177
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21985
78 Dual 5259
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20295
80 Echelon Inventory 25855
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37946
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48842
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24959
85 Engineer-to-Order 31251
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15938
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8078
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13138
91 Exponential smoothing 9605
92 External Growth 9818
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9203
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9680
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8421
97 Fishbone Diagram 14298
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26511
99 Flow Through Distribution 12039
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7920
101 FOB Destination 12676
102 Forward buying 29708
103 Freight Charge 10092
104 Freight Consolidation 7316
105 Gantt Chart 8109
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11410
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29172
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12422
109 Hub 23046
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8475
112 In Bond Shipment 13609
113 Inbound Logistics 13206
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52738
116 Inventory in Transit 16091
117 Inventory Management 53831
118 Inventory Planning System 9578
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21912
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41358
121 JIT 2 18204
122 Job Production 26612
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8758
124 Kanban Squares 6614
125 Laid-Down Cost 9884
126 Lean Office 5799
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10732
128 Lee's Notation 8349
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13815
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36274
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8950
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7258
133 Logistics Channel 22558
134 Logistics Costs 26277
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6533
136 Manifest 10231
137 Marks and Numbers 12257
138 Material Planning 34564
139 Materials Management 26019
140 Milk Run 42425
 
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