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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 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8851
43 Channel Effectiveness 8812
44 Co-Destiny 9103
45 Co-managed Inventory 12277
46 Co-Packers 11603
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6685
48 Computer-Based Training 7550
49 Consular Invoice 19443
50 Container Depot 10440
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11902
54 Contract Carrier 7232
55 Contract of Affreightment 11259
56 Control Charts 7817
57 Cost Flow 10128
58 Courier Service 14992
59 CPFR 8068
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11608
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43643
62 Date Code 17901
63 Days of Supply 19592
64 Dead on Arrival 9030
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7147
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7931
67 Detective Control 8753
68 Devanning 14068
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10681
70 Dispatching 23930
71 Distributed Inventory 8214
72 Distribution Channel Management 34278
73 Distribution Metrics 8850
74 Distribution Planning 23993
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14968
76 Double Marginalization 52348
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5328
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25944
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38054
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7466
84 Efficient Frontier 25140
85 Engineer-to-Order 31418
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16099
87 Erlang B Formula 9171
88 ETD 8160
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13246
91 Exponential smoothing 9682
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9757
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8547
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26689
99 Flow Through Distribution 12130
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8004
101 FOB Destination 12806
102 Forward buying 29839
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7390
105 Gantt Chart 8169
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11524
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29305
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23168
110 Idle Time 7926
111 Import/Export License 8558
112 In Bond Shipment 13715
113 Inbound Logistics 13331
114 Interstate System 10836
115 Inventory Costs 53044
116 Inventory in Transit 16213
117 Inventory Management 54133
118 Inventory Planning System 9648
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22060
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41805
121 JIT 2 18286
122 Job Production 26962
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8868
124 Kanban Squares 6698
125 Laid-Down Cost 9961
126 Lean Office 5878
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10772
128 Lee's Notation 8424
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13954
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36585
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9036
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7328
133 Logistics Channel 22666
134 Logistics Costs 26408
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6585
136 Manifest 10347
137 Marks and Numbers 12352
138 Material Planning 34769
139 Materials Management 26132
140 Milk Run 42705
 
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