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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 12173
42 Certified Supplier 8985
43 Channel Effectiveness 8956
44 Co-Destiny 9327
45 Co-managed Inventory 12597
46 Co-Packers 11808
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6907
48 Computer-Based Training 7713
49 Consular Invoice 19845
50 Container Depot 10632
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19599
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12113
54 Contract Carrier 7336
55 Contract of Affreightment 11446
56 Control Charts 7984
57 Cost Flow 10302
58 Courier Service 15282
59 CPFR 8253
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11831
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44236
62 Date Code 18287
63 Days of Supply 19879
64 Dead on Arrival 9360
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7336
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8145
67 Detective Control 8935
68 Devanning 14242
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10997
70 Dispatching 24584
71 Distributed Inventory 8383
72 Distribution Channel Management 34838
73 Distribution Metrics 9161
74 Distribution Planning 24237
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15261
76 Double Marginalization 52812
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22426
78 Dual 5462
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20646
80 Echelon Inventory 26247
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38304
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49824
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7641
84 Efficient Frontier 25549
85 Engineer-to-Order 31806
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16578
87 Erlang B Formula 9376
88 ETD 8354
89 Ex Works 7858
90 Exception Rate 13533
91 Exponential smoothing 9848
92 External Growth 10110
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10583
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8814
97 Fishbone Diagram 14641
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27107
99 Flow Through Distribution 12347
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8204
101 FOB Destination 13079
102 Forward buying 30240
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7557
105 Gantt Chart 8314
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11766
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29630
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12724
109 Hub 23480
110 Idle Time 8096
111 Import/Export License 8749
112 In Bond Shipment 14003
113 Inbound Logistics 13625
114 Interstate System 11034
115 Inventory Costs 53755
116 Inventory in Transit 16572
117 Inventory Management 54920
118 Inventory Planning System 9897
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22343
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42937
121 JIT 2 18474
122 Job Production 27816
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9169
124 Kanban Squares 6861
125 Laid-Down Cost 10236
126 Lean Office 6146
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10874
128 Lee's Notation 8590
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14288
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37376
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9313
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7549
133 Logistics Channel 22955
134 Logistics Costs 26728
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6711
136 Manifest 10571
137 Marks and Numbers 12650
138 Material Planning 35184
139 Materials Management 26412
140 Milk Run 43173
 
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