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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 11909
42 Certified Supplier 8845
43 Channel Effectiveness 8804
44 Co-Destiny 9092
45 Co-managed Inventory 12260
46 Co-Packers 11596
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6674
48 Computer-Based Training 7542
49 Consular Invoice 19422
50 Container Depot 10425
51 Container Freight Station 10155
52 Continuous Replenishment 19265
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11883
54 Contract Carrier 7224
55 Contract of Affreightment 11244
56 Control Charts 7807
57 Cost Flow 10116
58 Courier Service 14971
59 CPFR 8055
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11592
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43589
62 Date Code 17871
63 Days of Supply 19572
64 Dead on Arrival 9013
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7132
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7919
67 Detective Control 8742
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10670
70 Dispatching 23882
71 Distributed Inventory 8209
72 Distribution Channel Management 34245
73 Distribution Metrics 8827
74 Distribution Planning 23973
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14954
76 Double Marginalization 52328
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22071
78 Dual 5319
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25927
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38037
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49114
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7457
84 Efficient Frontier 25107
85 Engineer-to-Order 31395
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16073
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8147
89 Ex Works 7715
90 Exception Rate 13228
91 Exponential smoothing 9667
92 External Growth 9872
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9262
94 Field Services 7624
95 Field Warehouse 9745
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8531
97 Fishbone Diagram 14398
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26659
99 Flow Through Distribution 12114
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7988
101 FOB Destination 12783
102 Forward buying 29820
103 Freight Charge 10151
104 Freight Consolidation 7381
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11513
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29281
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12490
109 Hub 23149
110 Idle Time 7914
111 Import/Export License 8546
112 In Bond Shipment 13703
113 Inbound Logistics 13306
114 Interstate System 10825
115 Inventory Costs 53008
116 Inventory in Transit 16193
117 Inventory Management 54082
118 Inventory Planning System 9639
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22036
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41734
121 JIT 2 18272
122 Job Production 26911
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8851
124 Kanban Squares 6687
125 Laid-Down Cost 9951
126 Lean Office 5871
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10768
128 Lee's Notation 8413
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13931
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36536
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9018
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7320
133 Logistics Channel 22648
134 Logistics Costs 26386
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6579
136 Manifest 10328
137 Marks and Numbers 12334
138 Material Planning 34738
139 Materials Management 26109
140 Milk Run 42666
 
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