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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 12153
42 Certified Supplier 8978
43 Channel Effectiveness 8946
44 Co-Destiny 9317
45 Co-managed Inventory 12580
46 Co-Packers 11798
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6895
48 Computer-Based Training 7704
49 Consular Invoice 19821
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10293
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11433
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10290
58 Courier Service 15263
59 CPFR 8242
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11820
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44203
62 Date Code 18260
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7326
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8926
68 Devanning 14225
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10982
70 Dispatching 24553
71 Distributed Inventory 8372
72 Distribution Channel Management 34789
73 Distribution Metrics 9134
74 Distribution Planning 24225
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15239
76 Double Marginalization 52780
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22403
78 Dual 5454
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20631
80 Echelon Inventory 26234
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49782
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7632
84 Efficient Frontier 25513
85 Engineer-to-Order 31781
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16552
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8345
89 Ex Works 7848
90 Exception Rate 13510
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10093
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7753
95 Field Warehouse 10533
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8789
97 Fishbone Diagram 14627
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27068
99 Flow Through Distribution 12330
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8197
101 FOB Destination 13056
102 Forward buying 30196
103 Freight Charge 10424
104 Freight Consolidation 7542
105 Gantt Chart 8303
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11750
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29613
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12700
109 Hub 23459
110 Idle Time 8083
111 Import/Export License 8736
112 In Bond Shipment 13981
113 Inbound Logistics 13613
114 Interstate System 11023
115 Inventory Costs 53709
116 Inventory in Transit 16555
117 Inventory Management 54866
118 Inventory Planning System 9887
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22324
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42824
121 JIT 2 18459
122 Job Production 27750
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9162
124 Kanban Squares 6855
125 Laid-Down Cost 10209
126 Lean Office 6139
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10868
128 Lee's Notation 8581
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14264
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37330
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9293
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7544
133 Logistics Channel 22936
134 Logistics Costs 26709
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6702
136 Manifest 10558
137 Marks and Numbers 12628
138 Material Planning 35144
139 Materials Management 26393
140 Milk Run 43142
 
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