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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 12003
42 Certified Supplier 8899
43 Channel Effectiveness 8854
44 Co-Destiny 9182
45 Co-managed Inventory 12353
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6763
48 Computer-Based Training 7606
49 Consular Invoice 19564
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19357
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11963
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7876
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15085
59 CPFR 8123
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11680
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43847
62 Date Code 18049
63 Days of Supply 19687
64 Dead on Arrival 9104
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8815
68 Devanning 14121
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24191
71 Distributed Inventory 8268
72 Distribution Channel Management 34463
73 Distribution Metrics 8954
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52461
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22166
78 Dual 5373
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20477
80 Echelon Inventory 26034
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38138
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49358
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7526
84 Efficient Frontier 25280
85 Engineer-to-Order 31552
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16236
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8234
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9958
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9915
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26823
99 Flow Through Distribution 12201
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29921
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11606
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29405
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23268
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8618
112 In Bond Shipment 13788
113 Inbound Logistics 13436
114 Interstate System 10905
115 Inventory Costs 53267
116 Inventory in Transit 16303
117 Inventory Management 54407
118 Inventory Planning System 9705
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22153
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42180
121 JIT 2 18342
122 Job Production 27245
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8943
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10044
126 Lean Office 5942
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8485
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14068
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36866
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9127
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22760
134 Logistics Costs 26497
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6621
136 Manifest 10428
137 Marks and Numbers 12468
138 Material Planning 34927
139 Materials Management 26231
140 Milk Run 42869
 
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