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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 11910
42 Certified Supplier 8845
43 Channel Effectiveness 8805
44 Co-Destiny 9093
45 Co-managed Inventory 12263
46 Co-Packers 11597
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6679
48 Computer-Based Training 7543
49 Consular Invoice 19426
50 Container Depot 10429
51 Container Freight Station 10157
52 Continuous Replenishment 19267
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11886
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11249
56 Control Charts 7808
57 Cost Flow 10119
58 Courier Service 14973
59 CPFR 8059
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11596
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43604
62 Date Code 17881
63 Days of Supply 19580
64 Dead on Arrival 9016
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7134
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7922
67 Detective Control 8744
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10673
70 Dispatching 23893
71 Distributed Inventory 8210
72 Distribution Channel Management 34256
73 Distribution Metrics 8829
74 Distribution Planning 23978
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14957
76 Double Marginalization 52330
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22074
78 Dual 5320
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25929
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38040
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49124
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7458
84 Efficient Frontier 25115
85 Engineer-to-Order 31401
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16079
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8150
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13233
91 Exponential smoothing 9669
92 External Growth 9875
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9264
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8535
97 Fishbone Diagram 14403
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26666
99 Flow Through Distribution 12119
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7992
101 FOB Destination 12791
102 Forward buying 29824
103 Freight Charge 10155
104 Freight Consolidation 7382
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11515
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29284
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23155
110 Idle Time 7916
111 Import/Export License 8549
112 In Bond Shipment 13705
113 Inbound Logistics 13311
114 Interstate System 10825
115 Inventory Costs 53013
116 Inventory in Transit 16196
117 Inventory Management 54093
118 Inventory Planning System 9641
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22041
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41747
121 JIT 2 18274
122 Job Production 26923
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8852
124 Kanban Squares 6688
125 Laid-Down Cost 9954
126 Lean Office 5871
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10769
128 Lee's Notation 8415
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13935
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36547
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9020
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7321
133 Logistics Channel 22653
134 Logistics Costs 26391
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6580
136 Manifest 10333
137 Marks and Numbers 12338
138 Material Planning 34746
139 Materials Management 26114
140 Milk Run 42675
 
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