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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 12243
42 Certified Supplier 9039
43 Channel Effectiveness 9020
44 Co-Destiny 9399
45 Co-managed Inventory 12675
46 Co-Packers 11872
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6980
48 Computer-Based Training 7771
49 Consular Invoice 19962
50 Container Depot 10697
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19669
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12178
54 Contract Carrier 7375
55 Contract of Affreightment 11508
56 Control Charts 8039
57 Cost Flow 10376
58 Courier Service 15371
59 CPFR 8312
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11903
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44420
62 Date Code 18444
63 Days of Supply 19972
64 Dead on Arrival 9454
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8217
67 Detective Control 9009
68 Devanning 14316
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11074
70 Dispatching 24731
71 Distributed Inventory 8446
72 Distribution Channel Management 35055
73 Distribution Metrics 9269
74 Distribution Planning 24333
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15371
76 Double Marginalization 52951
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22520
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20730
80 Echelon Inventory 26352
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38393
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50054
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7709
84 Efficient Frontier 25662
85 Engineer-to-Order 31914
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16716
87 Erlang B Formula 9441
88 ETD 8413
89 Ex Works 7909
90 Exception Rate 13631
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10191
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9616
94 Field Services 7804
95 Field Warehouse 10852
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8919
97 Fishbone Diagram 14723
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27257
99 Flow Through Distribution 12430
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8285
101 FOB Destination 13167
102 Forward buying 30362
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11859
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12797
109 Hub 23579
110 Idle Time 8153
111 Import/Export License 8819
112 In Bond Shipment 14087
113 Inbound Logistics 13708
114 Interstate System 11102
115 Inventory Costs 53990
116 Inventory in Transit 16676
117 Inventory Management 55142
118 Inventory Planning System 9958
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22448
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43241
121 JIT 2 18539
122 Job Production 28101
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9239
124 Kanban Squares 6941
125 Laid-Down Cost 10334
126 Lean Office 6216
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10907
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14407
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37554
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9398
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7595
133 Logistics Channel 23038
134 Logistics Costs 26836
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6748
136 Manifest 10660
137 Marks and Numbers 12764
138 Material Planning 35308
139 Materials Management 26512
140 Milk Run 43318
 
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