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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 12259
42 Certified Supplier 9047
43 Channel Effectiveness 9030
44 Co-Destiny 9409
45 Co-managed Inventory 12695
46 Co-Packers 11889
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6987
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19975
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19690
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12190
54 Contract Carrier 7383
55 Contract of Affreightment 11521
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10387
58 Courier Service 15384
59 CPFR 8319
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44458
62 Date Code 18478
63 Days of Supply 19985
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7403
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8230
67 Detective Control 9018
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11086
70 Dispatching 24756
71 Distributed Inventory 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35085
73 Distribution Metrics 9287
74 Distribution Planning 24353
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15389
76 Double Marginalization 52973
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22533
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20739
80 Echelon Inventory 26378
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38410
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50093
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7717
84 Efficient Frontier 25683
85 Engineer-to-Order 31940
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16744
87 Erlang B Formula 9451
88 ETD 8424
89 Ex Works 7917
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10201
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9628
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10897
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8939
97 Fishbone Diagram 14733
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27281
99 Flow Through Distribution 12445
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8300
101 FOB Destination 13179
102 Forward buying 30377
103 Freight Charge 10506
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11875
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29739
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12804
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8159
111 Import/Export License 8827
112 In Bond Shipment 14097
113 Inbound Logistics 13717
114 Interstate System 11110
115 Inventory Costs 54022
116 Inventory in Transit 16689
117 Inventory Management 55183
118 Inventory Planning System 9966
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22473
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43287
121 JIT 2 18551
122 Job Production 28153
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9247
124 Kanban Squares 6949
125 Laid-Down Cost 10347
126 Lean Office 6228
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10910
128 Lee's Notation 8645
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14424
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37585
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9411
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7603
133 Logistics Channel 23047
134 Logistics Costs 26850
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6753
136 Manifest 10672
137 Marks and Numbers 12774
138 Material Planning 35329
139 Materials Management 26530
140 Milk Run 43338
 
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