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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 12106
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8913
44 Co-Destiny 9278
45 Co-managed Inventory 12470
46 Co-Packers 11749
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6849
48 Computer-Based Training 7678
49 Consular Invoice 19742
50 Container Depot 10590
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19465
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12058
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11397
56 Control Charts 7948
57 Cost Flow 10252
58 Courier Service 15208
59 CPFR 8200
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11774
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44095
62 Date Code 18190
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9232
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7295
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8085
67 Detective Control 8891
68 Devanning 14195
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10862
70 Dispatching 24459
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34678
73 Distribution Metrics 9089
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52629
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22287
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20581
80 Echelon Inventory 26175
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38239
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49656
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7599
84 Efficient Frontier 25439
85 Engineer-to-Order 31707
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16411
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13465
91 Exponential smoothing 9814
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9426
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10390
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14584
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26990
99 Flow Through Distribution 12292
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8159
101 FOB Destination 13004
102 Forward buying 30063
103 Freight Charge 10324
104 Freight Consolidation 7511
105 Gantt Chart 8278
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11712
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29556
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12661
109 Hub 23395
110 Idle Time 8055
111 Import/Export License 8698
112 In Bond Shipment 13926
113 Inbound Logistics 13558
114 Interstate System 10986
115 Inventory Costs 53559
116 Inventory in Transit 16440
117 Inventory Management 54678
118 Inventory Planning System 9784
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22267
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42606
121 JIT 2 18418
122 Job Production 27585
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9055
124 Kanban Squares 6815
125 Laid-Down Cost 10151
126 Lean Office 6039
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8552
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14200
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37171
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9244
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7439
133 Logistics Channel 22877
134 Logistics Costs 26639
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6677
136 Manifest 10514
137 Marks and Numbers 12585
138 Material Planning 35065
139 Materials Management 26345
140 Milk Run 43071
 
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