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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 12014
42 Certified Supplier 8904
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9192
45 Co-managed Inventory 12362
46 Co-Packers 11676
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6770
48 Computer-Based Training 7613
49 Consular Invoice 19583
50 Container Depot 10523
51 Container Freight Station 10217
52 Continuous Replenishment 19367
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11974
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7887
57 Cost Flow 10183
58 Courier Service 15096
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11692
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43872
62 Date Code 18064
63 Days of Supply 19694
64 Dead on Arrival 9118
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8009
67 Detective Control 8826
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10767
70 Dispatching 24223
71 Distributed Inventory 8278
72 Distribution Channel Management 34488
73 Distribution Metrics 8970
74 Distribution Planning 24080
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15083
76 Double Marginalization 52481
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22174
78 Dual 5377
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20487
80 Echelon Inventory 26043
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38149
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49392
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7535
84 Efficient Frontier 25291
85 Engineer-to-Order 31566
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16253
87 Erlang B Formula 9259
88 ETD 8245
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13354
91 Exponential smoothing 9751
92 External Growth 9970
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9975
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8647
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26836
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
101 FOB Destination 12923
102 Forward buying 29937
103 Freight Charge 10239
104 Freight Consolidation 7451
105 Gantt Chart 8222
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11619
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29421
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12581
109 Hub 23279
110 Idle Time 7984
111 Import/Export License 8626
112 In Bond Shipment 13801
113 Inbound Logistics 13451
114 Interstate System 10913
115 Inventory Costs 53298
116 Inventory in Transit 16313
117 Inventory Management 54433
118 Inventory Planning System 9712
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22162
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42221
121 JIT 2 18351
122 Job Production 27278
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8957
124 Kanban Squares 6760
125 Laid-Down Cost 10055
126 Lean Office 5950
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10807
128 Lee's Notation 8492
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14078
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36903
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9145
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7375
133 Logistics Channel 22772
134 Logistics Costs 26509
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10437
137 Marks and Numbers 12485
138 Material Planning 34935
139 Materials Management 26241
140 Milk Run 42888
 
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