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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 12158
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8948
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12583
46 Co-Packers 11801
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6900
48 Computer-Based Training 7707
49 Consular Invoice 19829
50 Container Depot 10627
51 Container Freight Station 10295
52 Continuous Replenishment 19585
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12098
54 Contract Carrier 7329
55 Contract of Affreightment 11436
56 Control Charts 7979
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15268
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11823
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44208
62 Date Code 18268
63 Days of Supply 19862
64 Dead on Arrival 9347
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7330
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8130
67 Detective Control 8928
68 Devanning 14231
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10986
70 Dispatching 24559
71 Distributed Inventory 8375
72 Distribution Channel Management 34801
73 Distribution Metrics 9146
74 Distribution Planning 24227
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15243
76 Double Marginalization 52785
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22406
78 Dual 5457
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20638
80 Echelon Inventory 26238
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38295
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49787
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7634
84 Efficient Frontier 25521
85 Engineer-to-Order 31787
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16557
87 Erlang B Formula 9365
88 ETD 8346
89 Ex Works 7849
90 Exception Rate 13516
91 Exponential smoothing 9845
92 External Growth 10098
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10544
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8794
97 Fishbone Diagram 14629
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27075
99 Flow Through Distribution 12335
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8199
101 FOB Destination 13061
102 Forward buying 30207
103 Freight Charge 10428
104 Freight Consolidation 7547
105 Gantt Chart 8306
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11755
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29615
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12710
109 Hub 23464
110 Idle Time 8086
111 Import/Export License 8741
112 In Bond Shipment 13990
113 Inbound Logistics 13615
114 Interstate System 11028
115 Inventory Costs 53724
116 Inventory in Transit 16561
117 Inventory Management 54879
118 Inventory Planning System 9890
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22330
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42837
121 JIT 2 18463
122 Job Production 27763
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9164
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10215
126 Lean Office 6143
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8582
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14268
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37339
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9302
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7546
133 Logistics Channel 22943
134 Logistics Costs 26712
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6704
136 Manifest 10559
137 Marks and Numbers 12634
138 Material Planning 35155
139 Materials Management 26399
140 Milk Run 43149
 
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