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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 12296
42 Certified Supplier 9063
43 Channel Effectiveness 9057
44 Co-Destiny 9439
45 Co-managed Inventory 12733
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7021
48 Computer-Based Training 7804
49 Consular Invoice 20040
50 Container Depot 10734
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19725
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12214
54 Contract Carrier 7399
55 Contract of Affreightment 11552
56 Control Charts 8066
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15417
59 CPFR 8342
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11949
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44557
62 Date Code 18541
63 Days of Supply 20023
64 Dead on Arrival 9503
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7433
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8260
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14351
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11122
70 Dispatching 24822
71 Distributed Inventory 8473
72 Distribution Channel Management 35154
73 Distribution Metrics 9335
74 Distribution Planning 24389
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15426
76 Double Marginalization 53030
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22578
78 Dual 5536
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26453
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38460
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50192
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7739
84 Efficient Frontier 25742
85 Engineer-to-Order 31986
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16813
87 Erlang B Formula 9473
88 ETD 8454
89 Ex Works 7936
90 Exception Rate 13681
91 Exponential smoothing 9943
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9670
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11023
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8988
97 Fishbone Diagram 14771
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27349
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8341
101 FOB Destination 13225
102 Forward buying 30429
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11925
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29774
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12846
109 Hub 23649
110 Idle Time 8189
111 Import/Export License 8853
112 In Bond Shipment 14139
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11138
115 Inventory Costs 54104
116 Inventory in Transit 16743
117 Inventory Management 55291
118 Inventory Planning System 10001
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22518
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43459
121 JIT 2 18577
122 Job Production 28281
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9278
124 Kanban Squares 6978
125 Laid-Down Cost 10390
126 Lean Office 6255
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10923
128 Lee's Notation 8665
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14477
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37675
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9445
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7621
133 Logistics Channel 23081
134 Logistics Costs 26892
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6771
136 Manifest 10704
137 Marks and Numbers 12818
138 Material Planning 35383
139 Materials Management 26568
140 Milk Run 43394
 
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