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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 11868
42 Certified Supplier 8827
43 Channel Effectiveness 8787
44 Co-Destiny 9058
45 Co-managed Inventory 12224
46 Co-Packers 11562
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6636
48 Computer-Based Training 7518
49 Consular Invoice 19359
50 Container Depot 10381
51 Container Freight Station 10136
52 Continuous Replenishment 19221
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11848
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11206
56 Control Charts 7775
57 Cost Flow 10086
58 Courier Service 14913
59 CPFR 8027
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11556
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43435
62 Date Code 17789
63 Days of Supply 19517
64 Dead on Arrival 8963
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7099
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7889
67 Detective Control 8708
68 Devanning 14013
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10628
70 Dispatching 23735
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34134
73 Distribution Metrics 8759
74 Distribution Planning 23935
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14893
76 Double Marginalization 52273
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22027
78 Dual 5296
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20332
80 Echelon Inventory 25889
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37987
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48976
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7433
84 Efficient Frontier 25040
85 Engineer-to-Order 31314
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16003
87 Erlang B Formula 9133
88 ETD 8111
89 Ex Works 7689
90 Exception Rate 13188
91 Exponential smoothing 9634
92 External Growth 9848
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9233
94 Field Services 7599
95 Field Warehouse 9715
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8478
97 Fishbone Diagram 14348
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26585
99 Flow Through Distribution 12079
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7956
101 FOB Destination 12721
102 Forward buying 29776
103 Freight Charge 10125
104 Freight Consolidation 7352
105 Gantt Chart 8133
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11477
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29229
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12454
109 Hub 23098
110 Idle Time 7888
111 Import/Export License 8508
112 In Bond Shipment 13650
113 Inbound Logistics 13254
114 Interstate System 10798
115 Inventory Costs 52868
116 Inventory in Transit 16139
117 Inventory Management 53955
118 Inventory Planning System 9609
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21981
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41551
121 JIT 2 18245
122 Job Production 26774
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8803
124 Kanban Squares 6653
125 Laid-Down Cost 9917
126 Lean Office 5836
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8383
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13878
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36410
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8986
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7298
133 Logistics Channel 22602
134 Logistics Costs 26333
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6557
136 Manifest 10276
137 Marks and Numbers 12289
138 Material Planning 34650
139 Materials Management 26062
140 Milk Run 42548
 
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