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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 12109
42 Certified Supplier 8957
43 Channel Effectiveness 8916
44 Co-Destiny 9280
45 Co-managed Inventory 12484
46 Co-Packers 11750
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6856
48 Computer-Based Training 7680
49 Consular Invoice 19748
50 Container Depot 10592
51 Container Freight Station 10270
52 Continuous Replenishment 19477
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12062
54 Contract Carrier 7311
55 Contract of Affreightment 11398
56 Control Charts 7950
57 Cost Flow 10254
58 Courier Service 15211
59 CPFR 8205
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11778
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44102
62 Date Code 18195
63 Days of Supply 19808
64 Dead on Arrival 9248
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7296
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8087
67 Detective Control 8894
68 Devanning 14198
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10876
70 Dispatching 24463
71 Distributed Inventory 8341
72 Distribution Channel Management 34686
73 Distribution Metrics 9093
74 Distribution Planning 24177
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15196
76 Double Marginalization 52644
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22300
78 Dual 5432
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20587
80 Echelon Inventory 26178
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38241
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49665
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7603
84 Efficient Frontier 25441
85 Engineer-to-Order 31713
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16426
87 Erlang B Formula 9331
88 ETD 8317
89 Ex Works 7824
90 Exception Rate 13467
91 Exponential smoothing 9817
92 External Growth 10059
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9439
94 Field Services 7734
95 Field Warehouse 10395
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8741
97 Fishbone Diagram 14587
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26995
99 Flow Through Distribution 12294
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8163
101 FOB Destination 13005
102 Forward buying 30075
103 Freight Charge 10338
104 Freight Consolidation 7514
105 Gantt Chart 8278
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11717
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29561
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12665
109 Hub 23398
110 Idle Time 8057
111 Import/Export License 8700
112 In Bond Shipment 13928
113 Inbound Logistics 13564
114 Interstate System 10989
115 Inventory Costs 53565
116 Inventory in Transit 16453
117 Inventory Management 54692
118 Inventory Planning System 9796
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22273
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42618
121 JIT 2 18421
122 Job Production 27600
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9068
124 Kanban Squares 6817
125 Laid-Down Cost 10158
126 Lean Office 6054
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8553
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14203
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37186
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9246
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7453
133 Logistics Channel 22879
134 Logistics Costs 26643
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6679
136 Manifest 10516
137 Marks and Numbers 12587
138 Material Planning 35071
139 Materials Management 26350
140 Milk Run 43077
 
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