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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 11881
42 Certified Supplier 8833
43 Channel Effectiveness 8794
44 Co-Destiny 9070
45 Co-managed Inventory 12238
46 Co-Packers 11577
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6656
48 Computer-Based Training 7530
49 Consular Invoice 19383
50 Container Depot 10402
51 Container Freight Station 10142
52 Continuous Replenishment 19239
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11864
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11217
56 Control Charts 7787
57 Cost Flow 10095
58 Courier Service 14932
59 CPFR 8039
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11573
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43494
62 Date Code 17825
63 Days of Supply 19540
64 Dead on Arrival 8984
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7115
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7899
67 Detective Control 8728
68 Devanning 14030
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10644
70 Dispatching 23781
71 Distributed Inventory 8197
72 Distribution Channel Management 34171
73 Distribution Metrics 8788
74 Distribution Planning 23951
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14920
76 Double Marginalization 52294
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22042
78 Dual 5305
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20354
80 Echelon Inventory 25904
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38009
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49031
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7444
84 Efficient Frontier 25064
85 Engineer-to-Order 31345
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16030
87 Erlang B Formula 9144
88 ETD 8122
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13202
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9859
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7609
95 Field Warehouse 9729
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8498
97 Fishbone Diagram 14368
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26618
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7967
101 FOB Destination 12741
102 Forward buying 29792
103 Freight Charge 10136
104 Freight Consolidation 7363
105 Gantt Chart 8144
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11490
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29243
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12469
109 Hub 23115
110 Idle Time 7898
111 Import/Export License 8521
112 In Bond Shipment 13672
113 Inbound Logistics 13272
114 Interstate System 10808
115 Inventory Costs 52913
116 Inventory in Transit 16163
117 Inventory Management 54003
118 Inventory Planning System 9621
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22008
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41626
121 JIT 2 18255
122 Job Production 26833
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8823
124 Kanban Squares 6667
125 Laid-Down Cost 9929
126 Lean Office 5847
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10761
128 Lee's Notation 8396
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13900
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36470
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8998
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7307
133 Logistics Channel 22618
134 Logistics Costs 26349
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6563
136 Manifest 10299
137 Marks and Numbers 12305
138 Material Planning 34686
139 Materials Management 26078
140 Milk Run 42598
 
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