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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 12101
42 Certified Supplier 8953
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9273
45 Co-managed Inventory 12450
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6843
48 Computer-Based Training 7675
49 Consular Invoice 19731
50 Container Depot 10588
51 Container Freight Station 10262
52 Continuous Replenishment 19445
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12055
54 Contract Carrier 7307
55 Contract of Affreightment 11394
56 Control Charts 7945
57 Cost Flow 10245
58 Courier Service 15203
59 CPFR 8195
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11772
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44086
62 Date Code 18186
63 Days of Supply 19800
64 Dead on Arrival 9214
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7289
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14193
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10843
70 Dispatching 24446
71 Distributed Inventory 8338
72 Distribution Channel Management 34667
73 Distribution Metrics 9084
74 Distribution Planning 24170
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15186
76 Double Marginalization 52609
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22266
78 Dual 5428
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20579
80 Echelon Inventory 26165
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38235
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49637
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7597
84 Efficient Frontier 25432
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16393
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8311
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13457
91 Exponential smoothing 9811
92 External Growth 10049
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9406
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10378
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8735
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26981
99 Flow Through Distribution 12287
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8153
101 FOB Destination 12998
102 Forward buying 30044
103 Freight Charge 10304
104 Freight Consolidation 7510
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11706
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29547
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12657
109 Hub 23386
110 Idle Time 8051
111 Import/Export License 8693
112 In Bond Shipment 13919
113 Inbound Logistics 13552
114 Interstate System 10982
115 Inventory Costs 53549
116 Inventory in Transit 16420
117 Inventory Management 54653
118 Inventory Planning System 9764
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22261
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42591
121 JIT 2 18415
122 Job Production 27571
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9037
124 Kanban Squares 6813
125 Laid-Down Cost 10145
126 Lean Office 6019
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8549
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14193
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37148
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9237
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7420
133 Logistics Channel 22872
134 Logistics Costs 26632
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6676
136 Manifest 10511
137 Marks and Numbers 12580
138 Material Planning 35058
139 Materials Management 26339
140 Milk Run 43065
 
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