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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 11970
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8836
44 Co-Destiny 9148
45 Co-managed Inventory 12315
46 Co-Packers 11639
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6732
48 Computer-Based Training 7582
49 Consular Invoice 19516
50 Container Depot 10479
51 Container Freight Station 10202
52 Continuous Replenishment 19324
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11935
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11288
56 Control Charts 7852
57 Cost Flow 10155
58 Courier Service 15042
59 CPFR 8100
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11646
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43753
62 Date Code 17992
63 Days of Supply 19652
64 Dead on Arrival 9071
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7187
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7979
67 Detective Control 8786
68 Devanning 14097
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10725
70 Dispatching 24066
71 Distributed Inventory 8248
72 Distribution Channel Management 34390
73 Distribution Metrics 8907
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15022
76 Double Marginalization 52407
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22133
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20440
80 Echelon Inventory 25982
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38097
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49260
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7504
84 Efficient Frontier 25218
85 Engineer-to-Order 31498
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16175
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8203
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13303
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9932
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9310
94 Field Services 7654
95 Field Warehouse 9814
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8598
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26770
99 Flow Through Distribution 12165
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8040
101 FOB Destination 12865
102 Forward buying 29882
103 Freight Charge 10206
104 Freight Consolidation 7420
105 Gantt Chart 8198
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11571
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29365
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12543
109 Hub 23224
110 Idle Time 7956
111 Import/Export License 8590
112 In Bond Shipment 13753
113 Inbound Logistics 13394
114 Interstate System 10875
115 Inventory Costs 53168
116 Inventory in Transit 16270
117 Inventory Management 54291
118 Inventory Planning System 9681
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22109
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42014
121 JIT 2 18317
122 Job Production 27128
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8915
124 Kanban Squares 6735
125 Laid-Down Cost 10009
126 Lean Office 5917
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10789
128 Lee's Notation 8458
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14019
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36746
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9090
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7351
133 Logistics Channel 22729
134 Logistics Costs 26457
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6605
136 Manifest 10392
137 Marks and Numbers 12422
138 Material Planning 34869
139 Materials Management 26197
140 Milk Run 42798
 
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