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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 11872
42 Certified Supplier 8832
43 Channel Effectiveness 8791
44 Co-Destiny 9063
45 Co-managed Inventory 12233
46 Co-Packers 11572
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6643
48 Computer-Based Training 7524
49 Consular Invoice 19371
50 Container Depot 10391
51 Container Freight Station 10139
52 Continuous Replenishment 19230
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11855
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11211
56 Control Charts 7783
57 Cost Flow 10090
58 Courier Service 14922
59 CPFR 8031
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11562
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43466
62 Date Code 17805
63 Days of Supply 19531
64 Dead on Arrival 8973
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7107
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7894
67 Detective Control 8717
68 Devanning 14021
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10637
70 Dispatching 23761
71 Distributed Inventory 8189
72 Distribution Channel Management 34154
73 Distribution Metrics 8775
74 Distribution Planning 23939
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14905
76 Double Marginalization 52282
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22033
78 Dual 5300
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20341
80 Echelon Inventory 25899
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38001
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49004
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7437
84 Efficient Frontier 25052
85 Engineer-to-Order 31329
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16013
87 Erlang B Formula 9137
88 ETD 8117
89 Ex Works 7692
90 Exception Rate 13196
91 Exponential smoothing 9643
92 External Growth 9853
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9237
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9722
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8490
97 Fishbone Diagram 14358
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26600
99 Flow Through Distribution 12088
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7960
101 FOB Destination 12732
102 Forward buying 29785
103 Freight Charge 10132
104 Freight Consolidation 7358
105 Gantt Chart 8135
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11481
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29236
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12462
109 Hub 23107
110 Idle Time 7893
111 Import/Export License 8513
112 In Bond Shipment 13663
113 Inbound Logistics 13263
114 Interstate System 10800
115 Inventory Costs 52888
116 Inventory in Transit 16151
117 Inventory Management 53978
118 Inventory Planning System 9614
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21996
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41594
121 JIT 2 18250
122 Job Production 26800
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8812
124 Kanban Squares 6659
125 Laid-Down Cost 9925
126 Lean Office 5842
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8391
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13889
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36446
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8989
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7301
133 Logistics Channel 22610
134 Logistics Costs 26343
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6560
136 Manifest 10287
137 Marks and Numbers 12297
138 Material Planning 34668
139 Materials Management 26073
140 Milk Run 42573
 
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