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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 12122
42 Certified Supplier 8963
43 Channel Effectiveness 8923
44 Co-Destiny 9291
45 Co-managed Inventory 12528
46 Co-Packers 11760
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6864
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19762
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19523
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11406
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15222
59 CPFR 8214
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11791
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44129
62 Date Code 18211
63 Days of Supply 19826
64 Dead on Arrival 9290
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7305
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8100
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14205
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10920
70 Dispatching 24486
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34714
73 Distribution Metrics 9101
74 Distribution Planning 24189
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15204
76 Double Marginalization 52688
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22344
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26193
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49693
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25462
85 Engineer-to-Order 31724
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16471
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13481
91 Exponential smoothing 9826
92 External Growth 10067
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9478
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10423
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27011
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8168
101 FOB Destination 13018
102 Forward buying 30123
103 Freight Charge 10378
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11723
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23413
110 Idle Time 8063
111 Import/Export License 8710
112 In Bond Shipment 13938
113 Inbound Logistics 13574
114 Interstate System 10996
115 Inventory Costs 53598
116 Inventory in Transit 16496
117 Inventory Management 54749
118 Inventory Planning System 9836
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22286
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42667
121 JIT 2 18433
122 Job Production 27636
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9110
124 Kanban Squares 6825
125 Laid-Down Cost 10174
126 Lean Office 6094
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10850
128 Lee's Notation 8565
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14216
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37234
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9260
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7494
133 Logistics Channel 22894
134 Logistics Costs 26660
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6683
136 Manifest 10527
137 Marks and Numbers 12596
138 Material Planning 35087
139 Materials Management 26363
140 Milk Run 43094
 
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