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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 11802
42 Certified Supplier 8788
43 Channel Effectiveness 8752
44 Co-Destiny 9017
45 Co-managed Inventory 12160
46 Co-Packers 11525
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6588
48 Computer-Based Training 7470
49 Consular Invoice 19275
50 Container Depot 10325
51 Container Freight Station 10104
52 Continuous Replenishment 19162
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11788
54 Contract Carrier 7187
55 Contract of Affreightment 11164
56 Control Charts 7732
57 Cost Flow 10039
58 Courier Service 14808
59 CPFR 7979
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11504
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43247
62 Date Code 17704
63 Days of Supply 19436
64 Dead on Arrival 8900
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7064
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7833
67 Detective Control 8677
68 Devanning 13966
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10572
70 Dispatching 23582
71 Distributed Inventory 8153
72 Distribution Channel Management 33995
73 Distribution Metrics 8681
74 Distribution Planning 23877
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14821
76 Double Marginalization 52147
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21969
78 Dual 5243
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20282
80 Echelon Inventory 25839
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37929
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48793
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7392
84 Efficient Frontier 24927
85 Engineer-to-Order 31222
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15906
87 Erlang B Formula 9071
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13115
91 Exponential smoothing 9594
92 External Growth 9809
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7572
95 Field Warehouse 9667
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8399
97 Fishbone Diagram 14286
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26488
99 Flow Through Distribution 12022
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7903
101 FOB Destination 12658
102 Forward buying 29684
103 Freight Charge 10081
104 Freight Consolidation 7300
105 Gantt Chart 8100
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11386
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29142
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23018
110 Idle Time 7851
111 Import/Export License 8461
112 In Bond Shipment 13587
113 Inbound Logistics 13189
114 Interstate System 10765
115 Inventory Costs 52687
116 Inventory in Transit 16065
117 Inventory Management 53784
118 Inventory Planning System 9560
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21883
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41281
121 JIT 2 18194
122 Job Production 26556
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8740
124 Kanban Squares 6601
125 Laid-Down Cost 9876
126 Lean Office 5787
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10724
128 Lee's Notation 8336
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13790
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36224
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8938
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7238
133 Logistics Channel 22537
134 Logistics Costs 26258
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10216
137 Marks and Numbers 12245
138 Material Planning 34528
139 Materials Management 26005
140 Milk Run 42384
 
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