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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 12037
42 Certified Supplier 8917
43 Channel Effectiveness 8872
44 Co-Destiny 9211
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6785
48 Computer-Based Training 7629
49 Consular Invoice 19623
50 Container Depot 10541
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19388
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11996
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11339
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10197
58 Courier Service 15123
59 CPFR 8152
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11709
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43941
62 Date Code 18090
63 Days of Supply 19722
64 Dead on Arrival 9145
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7238
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8031
67 Detective Control 8846
68 Devanning 14149
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10790
70 Dispatching 24293
71 Distributed Inventory 8293
72 Distribution Channel Management 34528
73 Distribution Metrics 9002
74 Distribution Planning 24105
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15108
76 Double Marginalization 52514
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22198
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20512
80 Echelon Inventory 26079
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49454
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7551
84 Efficient Frontier 25325
85 Engineer-to-Order 31604
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16283
87 Erlang B Formula 9275
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7784
90 Exception Rate 13386
91 Exponential smoothing 9766
92 External Growth 9991
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7695
95 Field Warehouse 10093
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8677
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26875
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8093
101 FOB Destination 12943
102 Forward buying 29965
103 Freight Charge 10257
104 Freight Consolidation 7470
105 Gantt Chart 8232
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11642
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29456
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12606
109 Hub 23304
110 Idle Time 7999
111 Import/Export License 8645
112 In Bond Shipment 13829
113 Inbound Logistics 13478
114 Interstate System 10933
115 Inventory Costs 53356
116 Inventory in Transit 16339
117 Inventory Management 54493
118 Inventory Planning System 9727
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22194
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42331
121 JIT 2 18369
122 Job Production 27344
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8976
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10076
126 Lean Office 5964
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10819
128 Lee's Notation 8509
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14112
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36971
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9169
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7384
133 Logistics Channel 22801
134 Logistics Costs 26543
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6637
136 Manifest 10461
137 Marks and Numbers 12517
138 Material Planning 34973
139 Materials Management 26270
140 Milk Run 42940
 
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