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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 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9200
45 Co-managed Inventory 12370
46 Co-Packers 11681
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6775
48 Computer-Based Training 7620
49 Consular Invoice 19600
50 Container Depot 10530
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19379
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11982
54 Contract Carrier 7278
55 Contract of Affreightment 11328
56 Control Charts 7892
57 Cost Flow 10188
58 Courier Service 15106
59 CPFR 8143
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11697
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43895
62 Date Code 18071
63 Days of Supply 19707
64 Dead on Arrival 9127
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7227
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8018
67 Detective Control 8833
68 Devanning 14137
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10774
70 Dispatching 24253
71 Distributed Inventory 8284
72 Distribution Channel Management 34506
73 Distribution Metrics 8981
74 Distribution Planning 24091
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15091
76 Double Marginalization 52491
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22186
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20496
80 Echelon Inventory 26057
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38156
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49416
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7540
84 Efficient Frontier 25302
85 Engineer-to-Order 31577
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16267
87 Erlang B Formula 9266
88 ETD 8251
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13365
91 Exponential smoothing 9755
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9347
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10011
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8656
97 Fishbone Diagram 14510
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26850
99 Flow Through Distribution 12216
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29947
103 Freight Charge 10246
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11624
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29437
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12594
109 Hub 23290
110 Idle Time 7989
111 Import/Export License 8633
112 In Bond Shipment 13812
113 Inbound Logistics 13458
114 Interstate System 10918
115 Inventory Costs 53317
116 Inventory in Transit 16320
117 Inventory Management 54449
118 Inventory Planning System 9716
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22171
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42262
121 JIT 2 18360
122 Job Production 27310
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8962
124 Kanban Squares 6763
125 Laid-Down Cost 10060
126 Lean Office 5953
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10811
128 Lee's Notation 8500
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14088
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36926
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9152
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7377
133 Logistics Channel 22782
134 Logistics Costs 26522
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6629
136 Manifest 10446
137 Marks and Numbers 12498
138 Material Planning 34943
139 Materials Management 26249
140 Milk Run 42907
 
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