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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 11773
42 Certified Supplier 8775
43 Channel Effectiveness 8733
44 Co-Destiny 8995
45 Co-managed Inventory 12134
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6565
48 Computer-Based Training 7453
49 Consular Invoice 19229
50 Container Depot 10303
51 Container Freight Station 10087
52 Continuous Replenishment 19141
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11762
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11148
56 Control Charts 7714
57 Cost Flow 10024
58 Courier Service 14765
59 CPFR 7952
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11477
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43160
62 Date Code 17663
63 Days of Supply 19396
64 Dead on Arrival 8869
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7049
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7811
67 Detective Control 8665
68 Devanning 13947
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10550
70 Dispatching 23521
71 Distributed Inventory 8138
72 Distribution Channel Management 33926
73 Distribution Metrics 8648
74 Distribution Planning 23839
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14789
76 Double Marginalization 52103
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21944
78 Dual 5222
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20270
80 Echelon Inventory 25809
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37899
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48698
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7370
84 Efficient Frontier 24882
85 Engineer-to-Order 31186
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15850
87 Erlang B Formula 9044
88 ETD 8051
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13087
91 Exponential smoothing 9575
92 External Growth 9785
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9171
94 Field Services 7565
95 Field Warehouse 9642
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8367
97 Fishbone Diagram 14259
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26450
99 Flow Through Distribution 11996
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7882
101 FOB Destination 12627
102 Forward buying 29654
103 Freight Charge 10061
104 Freight Consolidation 7279
105 Gantt Chart 8086
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11355
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29107
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12392
109 Hub 22985
110 Idle Time 7829
111 Import/Export License 8436
112 In Bond Shipment 13555
113 Inbound Logistics 13163
114 Interstate System 10753
115 Inventory Costs 52580
116 Inventory in Transit 16036
117 Inventory Management 53705
118 Inventory Planning System 9541
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21833
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41131
121 JIT 2 18177
122 Job Production 26454
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8715
124 Kanban Squares 6581
125 Laid-Down Cost 9857
126 Lean Office 5770
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10715
128 Lee's Notation 8322
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13750
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36148
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8922
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7216
133 Logistics Channel 22509
134 Logistics Costs 26222
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6513
136 Manifest 10188
137 Marks and Numbers 12218
138 Material Planning 34484
139 Materials Management 25977
140 Milk Run 42315
 
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