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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 11965
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8836
44 Co-Destiny 9146
45 Co-managed Inventory 12313
46 Co-Packers 11636
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6730
48 Computer-Based Training 7581
49 Consular Invoice 19514
50 Container Depot 10477
51 Container Freight Station 10200
52 Continuous Replenishment 19321
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11933
54 Contract Carrier 7253
55 Contract of Affreightment 11286
56 Control Charts 7850
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15038
59 CPFR 8099
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11644
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43741
62 Date Code 17985
63 Days of Supply 19650
64 Dead on Arrival 9071
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7183
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7977
67 Detective Control 8783
68 Devanning 14095
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10723
70 Dispatching 24059
71 Distributed Inventory 8247
72 Distribution Channel Management 34387
73 Distribution Metrics 8906
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15016
76 Double Marginalization 52405
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22132
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20436
80 Echelon Inventory 25981
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38092
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49251
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7500
84 Efficient Frontier 25217
85 Engineer-to-Order 31491
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16170
87 Erlang B Formula 9215
88 ETD 8198
89 Ex Works 7742
90 Exception Rate 13302
91 Exponential smoothing 9722
92 External Growth 9928
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9308
94 Field Services 7653
95 Field Warehouse 9810
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8594
97 Fishbone Diagram 14458
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26760
99 Flow Through Distribution 12165
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8040
101 FOB Destination 12862
102 Forward buying 29878
103 Freight Charge 10205
104 Freight Consolidation 7419
105 Gantt Chart 8196
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11569
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29361
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12540
109 Hub 23221
110 Idle Time 7955
111 Import/Export License 8589
112 In Bond Shipment 13750
113 Inbound Logistics 13388
114 Interstate System 10871
115 Inventory Costs 53162
116 Inventory in Transit 16266
117 Inventory Management 54277
118 Inventory Planning System 9678
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22104
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41999
121 JIT 2 18316
122 Job Production 27115
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8912
124 Kanban Squares 6733
125 Laid-Down Cost 10006
126 Lean Office 5915
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10789
128 Lee's Notation 8457
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14015
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36734
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9086
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7349
133 Logistics Channel 22727
134 Logistics Costs 26452
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6602
136 Manifest 10391
137 Marks and Numbers 12421
138 Material Planning 34860
139 Materials Management 26195
140 Milk Run 42794
 
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