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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 12170
42 Certified Supplier 8983
43 Channel Effectiveness 8954
44 Co-Destiny 9327
45 Co-managed Inventory 12597
46 Co-Packers 11806
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6906
48 Computer-Based Training 7712
49 Consular Invoice 19841
50 Container Depot 10631
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19597
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12111
54 Contract Carrier 7336
55 Contract of Affreightment 11443
56 Control Charts 7982
57 Cost Flow 10299
58 Courier Service 15281
59 CPFR 8250
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11830
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44228
62 Date Code 18280
63 Days of Supply 19874
64 Dead on Arrival 9357
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7333
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8142
67 Detective Control 8932
68 Devanning 14240
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10994
70 Dispatching 24579
71 Distributed Inventory 8380
72 Distribution Channel Management 34829
73 Distribution Metrics 9159
74 Distribution Planning 24237
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15258
76 Double Marginalization 52809
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22423
78 Dual 5462
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20643
80 Echelon Inventory 26245
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38302
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49814
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7639
84 Efficient Frontier 25545
85 Engineer-to-Order 31806
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16575
87 Erlang B Formula 9371
88 ETD 8352
89 Ex Works 7857
90 Exception Rate 13529
91 Exponential smoothing 9847
92 External Growth 10109
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9544
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10577
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8810
97 Fishbone Diagram 14640
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27102
99 Flow Through Distribution 12346
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8204
101 FOB Destination 13071
102 Forward buying 30234
103 Freight Charge 10434
104 Freight Consolidation 7552
105 Gantt Chart 8312
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11765
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29626
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12722
109 Hub 23477
110 Idle Time 8093
111 Import/Export License 8748
112 In Bond Shipment 13998
113 Inbound Logistics 13620
114 Interstate System 11032
115 Inventory Costs 53745
116 Inventory in Transit 16568
117 Inventory Management 54913
118 Inventory Planning System 9894
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22341
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42919
121 JIT 2 18471
122 Job Production 27809
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9167
124 Kanban Squares 6859
125 Laid-Down Cost 10228
126 Lean Office 6145
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10872
128 Lee's Notation 8587
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14281
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37368
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9309
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7547
133 Logistics Channel 22953
134 Logistics Costs 26726
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6708
136 Manifest 10567
137 Marks and Numbers 12645
138 Material Planning 35179
139 Materials Management 26409
140 Milk Run 43167
 
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