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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 11852
42 Certified Supplier 8817
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9049
45 Co-managed Inventory 12211
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6625
48 Computer-Based Training 7505
49 Consular Invoice 19341
50 Container Depot 10370
51 Container Freight Station 10130
52 Continuous Replenishment 19210
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11835
54 Contract Carrier 7205
55 Contract of Affreightment 11195
56 Control Charts 7768
57 Cost Flow 10076
58 Courier Service 14893
59 CPFR 8018
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11545
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43398
62 Date Code 17770
63 Days of Supply 19502
64 Dead on Arrival 8950
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7877
67 Detective Control 8702
68 Devanning 14003
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10618
70 Dispatching 23698
71 Distributed Inventory 8178
72 Distribution Channel Management 34108
73 Distribution Metrics 8742
74 Distribution Planning 23926
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14876
76 Double Marginalization 52251
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22014
78 Dual 5285
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20319
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37978
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48932
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25011
85 Engineer-to-Order 31291
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15984
87 Erlang B Formula 9120
88 ETD 8104
89 Ex Works 7681
90 Exception Rate 13175
91 Exponential smoothing 9627
92 External Growth 9839
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9224
94 Field Services 7593
95 Field Warehouse 9705
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8460
97 Fishbone Diagram 14329
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26564
99 Flow Through Distribution 12069
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7945
101 FOB Destination 12706
102 Forward buying 29749
103 Freight Charge 10115
104 Freight Consolidation 7342
105 Gantt Chart 8125
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11457
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29216
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23076
110 Idle Time 7878
111 Import/Export License 8501
112 In Bond Shipment 13637
113 Inbound Logistics 13242
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52824
116 Inventory in Transit 16124
117 Inventory Management 53920
118 Inventory Planning System 9601
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21960
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41501
121 JIT 2 18229
122 Job Production 26733
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8789
124 Kanban Squares 6640
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5821
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10753
128 Lee's Notation 8375
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13862
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36359
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8976
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7287
133 Logistics Channel 22588
134 Logistics Costs 26314
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6551
136 Manifest 10262
137 Marks and Numbers 12278
138 Material Planning 34620
139 Materials Management 26051
140 Milk Run 42505
 
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