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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 12061
42 Certified Supplier 8931
43 Channel Effectiveness 8888
44 Co-Destiny 9238
45 Co-managed Inventory 12407
46 Co-Packers 11714
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6806
48 Computer-Based Training 7648
49 Consular Invoice 19671
50 Container Depot 10560
51 Container Freight Station 10241
52 Continuous Replenishment 19411
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12018
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11360
56 Control Charts 7915
57 Cost Flow 10216
58 Courier Service 15160
59 CPFR 8170
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11731
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44000
62 Date Code 18134
63 Days of Supply 19756
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7261
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8054
67 Detective Control 8864
68 Devanning 14166
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10814
70 Dispatching 24356
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34585
73 Distribution Metrics 9032
74 Distribution Planning 24133
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15144
76 Double Marginalization 52557
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22226
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20538
80 Echelon Inventory 26112
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38196
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49516
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7567
84 Efficient Frontier 25370
85 Engineer-to-Order 31641
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16329
87 Erlang B Formula 9304
88 ETD 8281
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13416
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10014
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9376
94 Field Services 7708
95 Field Warehouse 10221
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8701
97 Fishbone Diagram 14550
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26920
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8116
101 FOB Destination 12965
102 Forward buying 29999
103 Freight Charge 10273
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8250
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11667
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29494
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12625
109 Hub 23342
110 Idle Time 8017
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13869
113 Inbound Logistics 13510
114 Interstate System 10952
115 Inventory Costs 53421
116 Inventory in Transit 16369
117 Inventory Management 54557
118 Inventory Planning System 9740
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22226
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42446
121 JIT 2 18387
122 Job Production 27428
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9000
124 Kanban Squares 6792
125 Laid-Down Cost 10105
126 Lean Office 5982
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10830
128 Lee's Notation 8524
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14146
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37060
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9199
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7401
133 Logistics Channel 22827
134 Logistics Costs 26574
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6647
136 Manifest 10482
137 Marks and Numbers 12550
138 Material Planning 35003
139 Materials Management 26297
140 Milk Run 42998
 
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