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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 12189
42 Certified Supplier 8997
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9339
45 Co-managed Inventory 12614
46 Co-Packers 11818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6923
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19873
50 Container Depot 10644
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19617
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7344
55 Contract of Affreightment 11453
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10317
58 Courier Service 15296
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11844
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44269
62 Date Code 18313
63 Days of Supply 19896
64 Dead on Arrival 9380
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8155
67 Detective Control 8946
68 Devanning 14256
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11008
70 Dispatching 24609
71 Distributed Inventory 8396
72 Distribution Channel Management 34883
73 Distribution Metrics 9186
74 Distribution Planning 24253
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15284
76 Double Marginalization 52838
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22446
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26260
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38316
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49871
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7656
84 Efficient Frontier 25570
85 Engineer-to-Order 31832
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16610
87 Erlang B Formula 9388
88 ETD 8364
89 Ex Works 7865
90 Exception Rate 13546
91 Exponential smoothing 9859
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9560
94 Field Services 7769
95 Field Warehouse 10627
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8837
97 Fishbone Diagram 14658
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27137
99 Flow Through Distribution 12360
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8221
101 FOB Destination 13101
102 Forward buying 30261
103 Freight Charge 10446
104 Freight Consolidation 7570
105 Gantt Chart 8325
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11784
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29650
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12737
109 Hub 23501
110 Idle Time 8106
111 Import/Export License 8765
112 In Bond Shipment 14022
113 Inbound Logistics 13638
114 Interstate System 11049
115 Inventory Costs 53804
116 Inventory in Transit 16588
117 Inventory Management 54957
118 Inventory Planning System 9906
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22359
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43019
121 JIT 2 18490
122 Job Production 27861
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9179
124 Kanban Squares 6874
125 Laid-Down Cost 10257
126 Lean Office 6159
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10884
128 Lee's Notation 8604
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14313
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37407
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9331
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7559
133 Logistics Channel 22968
134 Logistics Costs 26742
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6716
136 Manifest 10586
137 Marks and Numbers 12673
138 Material Planning 35209
139 Materials Management 26432
140 Milk Run 43197
 
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