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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 12028
42 Certified Supplier 8915
43 Channel Effectiveness 8869
44 Co-Destiny 9206
45 Co-managed Inventory 12379
46 Co-Packers 11690
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7626
49 Consular Invoice 19614
50 Container Depot 10536
51 Container Freight Station 10224
52 Continuous Replenishment 19384
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11991
54 Contract Carrier 7284
55 Contract of Affreightment 11337
56 Control Charts 7895
57 Cost Flow 10194
58 Courier Service 15116
59 CPFR 8149
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11704
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43927
62 Date Code 18082
63 Days of Supply 19717
64 Dead on Arrival 9137
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7237
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8026
67 Detective Control 8842
68 Devanning 14142
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10784
70 Dispatching 24276
71 Distributed Inventory 8288
72 Distribution Channel Management 34521
73 Distribution Metrics 8994
74 Distribution Planning 24099
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15105
76 Double Marginalization 52507
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22194
78 Dual 5385
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20506
80 Echelon Inventory 26072
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38166
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49445
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7545
84 Efficient Frontier 25316
85 Engineer-to-Order 31594
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16275
87 Erlang B Formula 9271
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7781
90 Exception Rate 13379
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10070
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8669
97 Fishbone Diagram 14520
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26866
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8090
101 FOB Destination 12940
102 Forward buying 29959
103 Freight Charge 10253
104 Freight Consolidation 7465
105 Gantt Chart 8229
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11638
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29453
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12602
109 Hub 23300
110 Idle Time 7997
111 Import/Export License 8642
112 In Bond Shipment 13823
113 Inbound Logistics 13474
114 Interstate System 10928
115 Inventory Costs 53347
116 Inventory in Transit 16333
117 Inventory Management 54478
118 Inventory Planning System 9721
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22187
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42307
121 JIT 2 18364
122 Job Production 27340
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8970
124 Kanban Squares 6769
125 Laid-Down Cost 10069
126 Lean Office 5962
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10813
128 Lee's Notation 8503
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14104
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36953
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9160
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7381
133 Logistics Channel 22794
134 Logistics Costs 26536
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6633
136 Manifest 10454
137 Marks and Numbers 12510
138 Material Planning 34963
139 Materials Management 26264
140 Milk Run 42932
 
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