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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 11953
42 Certified Supplier 8868
43 Channel Effectiveness 8827
44 Co-Destiny 9132
45 Co-managed Inventory 12302
46 Co-Packers 11627
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6715
48 Computer-Based Training 7569
49 Consular Invoice 19493
50 Container Depot 10462
51 Container Freight Station 10189
52 Continuous Replenishment 19307
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11921
54 Contract Carrier 7246
55 Contract of Affreightment 11278
56 Control Charts 7836
57 Cost Flow 10146
58 Courier Service 15020
59 CPFR 8087
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11630
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43712
62 Date Code 17950
63 Days of Supply 19628
64 Dead on Arrival 9059
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7173
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7964
67 Detective Control 8770
68 Devanning 14085
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10709
70 Dispatching 24012
71 Distributed Inventory 8235
72 Distribution Channel Management 34352
73 Distribution Metrics 8886
74 Distribution Planning 24020
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15001
76 Double Marginalization 52384
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22115
78 Dual 5345
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20423
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38079
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49211
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7493
84 Efficient Frontier 25192
85 Engineer-to-Order 31465
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16138
87 Erlang B Formula 9201
88 ETD 8183
89 Ex Works 7736
90 Exception Rate 13282
91 Exponential smoothing 9702
92 External Growth 9915
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9294
94 Field Services 7646
95 Field Warehouse 9782
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8577
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26738
99 Flow Through Distribution 12152
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8028
101 FOB Destination 12841
102 Forward buying 29858
103 Freight Charge 10193
104 Freight Consolidation 7413
105 Gantt Chart 8188
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11554
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29341
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12530
109 Hub 23203
110 Idle Time 7943
111 Import/Export License 8581
112 In Bond Shipment 13741
113 Inbound Logistics 13369
114 Interstate System 10857
115 Inventory Costs 53121
116 Inventory in Transit 16247
117 Inventory Management 54222
118 Inventory Planning System 9669
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22094
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41927
121 JIT 2 18307
122 Job Production 27057
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8898
124 Kanban Squares 6720
125 Laid-Down Cost 9997
126 Lean Office 5901
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8445
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13994
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36681
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9068
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7341
133 Logistics Channel 22707
134 Logistics Costs 26433
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6597
136 Manifest 10375
137 Marks and Numbers 12389
138 Material Planning 34829
139 Materials Management 26170
140 Milk Run 42760
 
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