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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 11789
42 Certified Supplier 8782
43 Channel Effectiveness 8746
44 Co-Destiny 9005
45 Co-managed Inventory 12150
46 Co-Packers 11515
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6573
48 Computer-Based Training 7461
49 Consular Invoice 19259
50 Container Depot 10313
51 Container Freight Station 10097
52 Continuous Replenishment 19153
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11774
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7724
57 Cost Flow 10032
58 Courier Service 14785
59 CPFR 7963
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11490
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43210
62 Date Code 17686
63 Days of Supply 19422
64 Dead on Arrival 8887
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7055
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7821
67 Detective Control 8670
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10561
70 Dispatching 23554
71 Distributed Inventory 8146
72 Distribution Channel Management 33968
73 Distribution Metrics 8667
74 Distribution Planning 23851
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14807
76 Double Marginalization 52124
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21956
78 Dual 5231
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25826
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37916
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48751
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7381
84 Efficient Frontier 24908
85 Engineer-to-Order 31205
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15882
87 Erlang B Formula 9056
88 ETD 8059
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13103
91 Exponential smoothing 9585
92 External Growth 9793
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9181
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9653
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14277
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26470
99 Flow Through Distribution 12009
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
101 FOB Destination 12644
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7294
105 Gantt Chart 8091
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11370
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29127
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 22999
110 Idle Time 7841
111 Import/Export License 8453
112 In Bond Shipment 13576
113 Inbound Logistics 13173
114 Interstate System 10760
115 Inventory Costs 52643
116 Inventory in Transit 16053
117 Inventory Management 53753
118 Inventory Planning System 9552
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21862
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41223
121 JIT 2 18185
122 Job Production 26512
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8730
124 Kanban Squares 6591
125 Laid-Down Cost 9869
126 Lean Office 5778
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10718
128 Lee's Notation 8331
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13772
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36198
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8931
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7224
133 Logistics Channel 22523
134 Logistics Costs 26240
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6520
136 Manifest 10201
137 Marks and Numbers 12232
138 Material Planning 34512
139 Materials Management 25991
140 Milk Run 42348
 
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