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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 11785
42 Certified Supplier 8781
43 Channel Effectiveness 8743
44 Co-Destiny 9001
45 Co-managed Inventory 12147
46 Co-Packers 11514
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6571
48 Computer-Based Training 7459
49 Consular Invoice 19253
50 Container Depot 10310
51 Container Freight Station 10093
52 Continuous Replenishment 19150
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11772
54 Contract Carrier 7180
55 Contract of Affreightment 11156
56 Control Charts 7720
57 Cost Flow 10029
58 Courier Service 14780
59 CPFR 7959
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11487
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43201
62 Date Code 17681
63 Days of Supply 19418
64 Dead on Arrival 8883
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7053
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7819
67 Detective Control 8667
68 Devanning 13954
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10559
70 Dispatching 23544
71 Distributed Inventory 8142
72 Distribution Channel Management 33960
73 Distribution Metrics 8660
74 Distribution Planning 23850
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14804
76 Double Marginalization 52120
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21953
78 Dual 5229
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25824
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37914
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48742
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7378
84 Efficient Frontier 24899
85 Engineer-to-Order 31202
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15875
87 Erlang B Formula 9050
88 ETD 8056
89 Ex Works 7653
90 Exception Rate 13097
91 Exponential smoothing 9583
92 External Growth 9789
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9179
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8384
97 Fishbone Diagram 14274
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26466
99 Flow Through Distribution 12006
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12639
102 Forward buying 29667
103 Freight Charge 10068
104 Freight Consolidation 7289
105 Gantt Chart 8090
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11367
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29124
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12401
109 Hub 22996
110 Idle Time 7838
111 Import/Export License 8450
112 In Bond Shipment 13571
113 Inbound Logistics 13171
114 Interstate System 10758
115 Inventory Costs 52629
116 Inventory in Transit 16050
117 Inventory Management 53746
118 Inventory Planning System 9551
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21854
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41202
121 JIT 2 18183
122 Job Production 26503
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8727
124 Kanban Squares 6588
125 Laid-Down Cost 9867
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13769
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36191
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8928
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7222
133 Logistics Channel 22521
134 Logistics Costs 26234
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6519
136 Manifest 10197
137 Marks and Numbers 12230
138 Material Planning 34506
139 Materials Management 25987
140 Milk Run 42341
 
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