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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 11963
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9144
45 Co-managed Inventory 12311
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6728
48 Computer-Based Training 7580
49 Consular Invoice 19508
50 Container Depot 10474
51 Container Freight Station 10198
52 Continuous Replenishment 19314
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11930
54 Contract Carrier 7251
55 Contract of Affreightment 11285
56 Control Charts 7846
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15035
59 CPFR 8098
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11639
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43735
62 Date Code 17973
63 Days of Supply 19643
64 Dead on Arrival 9067
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7179
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7974
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10719
70 Dispatching 24046
71 Distributed Inventory 8245
72 Distribution Channel Management 34377
73 Distribution Metrics 8902
74 Distribution Planning 24035
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15012
76 Double Marginalization 52398
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22126
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20432
80 Echelon Inventory 25976
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49242
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7499
84 Efficient Frontier 25209
85 Engineer-to-Order 31485
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16165
87 Erlang B Formula 9213
88 ETD 8196
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13296
91 Exponential smoothing 9717
92 External Growth 9925
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9304
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9800
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8591
97 Fishbone Diagram 14454
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26755
99 Flow Through Distribution 12161
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
101 FOB Destination 12856
102 Forward buying 29872
103 Freight Charge 10204
104 Freight Consolidation 7418
105 Gantt Chart 8194
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11564
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29354
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23214
110 Idle Time 7953
111 Import/Export License 8587
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13384
114 Interstate System 10869
115 Inventory Costs 53152
116 Inventory in Transit 16261
117 Inventory Management 54259
118 Inventory Planning System 9674
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22101
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41987
121 JIT 2 18315
122 Job Production 27094
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8908
124 Kanban Squares 6729
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5912
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10788
128 Lee's Notation 8454
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14008
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36717
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9086
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7346
133 Logistics Channel 22719
134 Logistics Costs 26442
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6601
136 Manifest 10387
137 Marks and Numbers 12416
138 Material Planning 34849
139 Materials Management 26186
140 Milk Run 42784
 
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