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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 11819
42 Certified Supplier 8796
43 Channel Effectiveness 8761
44 Co-Destiny 9031
45 Co-managed Inventory 12179
46 Co-Packers 11536
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6596
48 Computer-Based Training 7477
49 Consular Invoice 19305
50 Container Depot 10341
51 Container Freight Station 10112
52 Continuous Replenishment 19175
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11804
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11174
56 Control Charts 7743
57 Cost Flow 10051
58 Courier Service 14836
59 CPFR 7991
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11520
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43299
62 Date Code 17723
63 Days of Supply 19456
64 Dead on Arrival 8921
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7848
67 Detective Control 8685
68 Devanning 13981
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10586
70 Dispatching 23620
71 Distributed Inventory 8161
72 Distribution Channel Management 34034
73 Distribution Metrics 8705
74 Distribution Planning 23894
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14842
76 Double Marginalization 52175
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21985
78 Dual 5257
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20295
80 Echelon Inventory 25854
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37946
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48839
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24956
85 Engineer-to-Order 31248
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15936
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8077
89 Ex Works 7667
90 Exception Rate 13137
91 Exponential smoothing 9604
92 External Growth 9815
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9201
94 Field Services 7579
95 Field Warehouse 9678
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8421
97 Fishbone Diagram 14298
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26510
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7920
101 FOB Destination 12673
102 Forward buying 29707
103 Freight Charge 10091
104 Freight Consolidation 7315
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11410
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29165
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12421
109 Hub 23045
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8474
112 In Bond Shipment 13608
113 Inbound Logistics 13206
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52735
116 Inventory in Transit 16089
117 Inventory Management 53826
118 Inventory Planning System 9576
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21910
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41354
121 JIT 2 18203
122 Job Production 26611
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8756
124 Kanban Squares 6613
125 Laid-Down Cost 9883
126 Lean Office 5798
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10732
128 Lee's Notation 8348
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13812
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36271
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8950
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7257
133 Logistics Channel 22557
134 Logistics Costs 26275
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6533
136 Manifest 10230
137 Marks and Numbers 12256
138 Material Planning 34560
139 Materials Management 26019
140 Milk Run 42423
 
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