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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 11971
42 Certified Supplier 8879
43 Channel Effectiveness 8837
44 Co-Destiny 9151
45 Co-managed Inventory 12318
46 Co-Packers 11642
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6734
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19519
50 Container Depot 10482
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19325
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11937
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11293
56 Control Charts 7853
57 Cost Flow 10156
58 Courier Service 15045
59 CPFR 8103
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43759
62 Date Code 17996
63 Days of Supply 19659
64 Dead on Arrival 9076
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7189
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7981
67 Detective Control 8788
68 Devanning 14101
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10729
70 Dispatching 24078
71 Distributed Inventory 8250
72 Distribution Channel Management 34392
73 Distribution Metrics 8912
74 Distribution Planning 24039
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15027
76 Double Marginalization 52411
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22134
78 Dual 5352
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20442
80 Echelon Inventory 25986
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38100
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49270
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25222
85 Engineer-to-Order 31501
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16182
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8205
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13308
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9935
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9313
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9821
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8602
97 Fishbone Diagram 14462
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26776
99 Flow Through Distribution 12167
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8042
101 FOB Destination 12868
102 Forward buying 29887
103 Freight Charge 10207
104 Freight Consolidation 7421
105 Gantt Chart 8201
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11575
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12546
109 Hub 23228
110 Idle Time 7957
111 Import/Export License 8594
112 In Bond Shipment 13756
113 Inbound Logistics 13398
114 Interstate System 10877
115 Inventory Costs 53174
116 Inventory in Transit 16274
117 Inventory Management 54301
118 Inventory Planning System 9682
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22114
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42021
121 JIT 2 18318
122 Job Production 27138
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8918
124 Kanban Squares 6735
125 Laid-Down Cost 10011
126 Lean Office 5920
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10790
128 Lee's Notation 8461
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14024
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36757
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9095
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7352
133 Logistics Channel 22729
134 Logistics Costs 26461
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6606
136 Manifest 10396
137 Marks and Numbers 12425
138 Material Planning 34872
139 Materials Management 26201
140 Milk Run 42804
 
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