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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 12124
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12539
46 Co-Packers 11763
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6868
48 Computer-Based Training 7688
49 Consular Invoice 19768
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10273
52 Continuous Replenishment 19535
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11409
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15227
59 CPFR 8216
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44131
62 Date Code 18216
63 Days of Supply 19828
64 Dead on Arrival 9301
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7306
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10932
70 Dispatching 24494
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34722
73 Distribution Metrics 9105
74 Distribution Planning 24195
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15205
76 Double Marginalization 52701
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22356
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20602
80 Echelon Inventory 26195
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38255
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49702
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7611
84 Efficient Frontier 25469
85 Engineer-to-Order 31729
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16484
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7831
90 Exception Rate 13483
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10070
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9491
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10431
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8752
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27015
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8171
101 FOB Destination 13021
102 Forward buying 30135
103 Freight Charge 10389
104 Freight Consolidation 7525
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11727
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29577
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12674
109 Hub 23417
110 Idle Time 8065
111 Import/Export License 8714
112 In Bond Shipment 13940
113 Inbound Logistics 13577
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53609
116 Inventory in Transit 16507
117 Inventory Management 54767
118 Inventory Planning System 9847
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22287
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42683
121 JIT 2 18436
122 Job Production 27641
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9122
124 Kanban Squares 6828
125 Laid-Down Cost 10178
126 Lean Office 6106
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10852
128 Lee's Notation 8566
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14221
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37249
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9264
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7506
133 Logistics Channel 22899
134 Logistics Costs 26666
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6683
136 Manifest 10528
137 Marks and Numbers 12598
138 Material Planning 35094
139 Materials Management 26368
140 Milk Run 43096
 
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