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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 12053
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9230
45 Co-managed Inventory 12400
46 Co-Packers 11708
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6799
48 Computer-Based Training 7644
49 Consular Invoice 19653
50 Container Depot 10554
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19405
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12013
54 Contract Carrier 7292
55 Contract of Affreightment 11355
56 Control Charts 7912
57 Cost Flow 10214
58 Courier Service 15152
59 CPFR 8164
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11727
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43986
62 Date Code 18119
63 Days of Supply 19747
64 Dead on Arrival 9166
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7256
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8049
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14164
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10809
70 Dispatching 24341
71 Distributed Inventory 8302
72 Distribution Channel Management 34564
73 Distribution Metrics 9022
74 Distribution Planning 24127
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15130
76 Double Marginalization 52543
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22219
78 Dual 5401
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20531
80 Echelon Inventory 26104
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38191
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49495
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7563
84 Efficient Frontier 25362
85 Engineer-to-Order 31628
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16315
87 Erlang B Formula 9295
88 ETD 8276
89 Ex Works 7791
90 Exception Rate 13405
91 Exponential smoothing 9778
92 External Growth 10011
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7706
95 Field Warehouse 10187
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8694
97 Fishbone Diagram 14543
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26903
99 Flow Through Distribution 12249
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
101 FOB Destination 12958
102 Forward buying 29988
103 Freight Charge 10269
104 Freight Consolidation 7482
105 Gantt Chart 8248
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11659
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29479
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12622
109 Hub 23328
110 Idle Time 8012
111 Import/Export License 8659
112 In Bond Shipment 13855
113 Inbound Logistics 13499
114 Interstate System 10947
115 Inventory Costs 53402
116 Inventory in Transit 16359
117 Inventory Management 54539
118 Inventory Planning System 9734
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22218
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42403
121 JIT 2 18383
122 Job Production 27408
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8993
124 Kanban Squares 6784
125 Laid-Down Cost 10096
126 Lean Office 5976
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8516
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14133
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37034
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9189
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7397
133 Logistics Channel 22821
134 Logistics Costs 26563
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10477
137 Marks and Numbers 12540
138 Material Planning 34994
139 Materials Management 26292
140 Milk Run 42981
 
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