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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 12298
42 Certified Supplier 9065
43 Channel Effectiveness 9064
44 Co-Destiny 9442
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11920
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7024
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20043
50 Container Depot 10738
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19730
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12220
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11555
56 Control Charts 8069
57 Cost Flow 10422
58 Courier Service 15420
59 CPFR 8345
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11952
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44562
62 Date Code 18544
63 Days of Supply 20026
64 Dead on Arrival 9507
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7435
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8264
67 Detective Control 9062
68 Devanning 14353
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11125
70 Dispatching 24828
71 Distributed Inventory 8476
72 Distribution Channel Management 35158
73 Distribution Metrics 9341
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15430
76 Double Marginalization 53039
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22584
78 Dual 5539
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20771
80 Echelon Inventory 26460
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38465
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50199
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7744
84 Efficient Frontier 25747
85 Engineer-to-Order 31989
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16819
87 Erlang B Formula 9475
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7941
90 Exception Rate 13684
91 Exponential smoothing 9946
92 External Growth 10241
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11035
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8992
97 Fishbone Diagram 14778
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27355
99 Flow Through Distribution 12488
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8344
101 FOB Destination 13227
102 Forward buying 30434
103 Freight Charge 10530
104 Freight Consolidation 7634
105 Gantt Chart 8386
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11933
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29778
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12849
109 Hub 23653
110 Idle Time 8196
111 Import/Export License 8856
112 In Bond Shipment 14141
113 Inbound Logistics 13760
114 Interstate System 11140
115 Inventory Costs 54110
116 Inventory in Transit 16749
117 Inventory Management 55302
118 Inventory Planning System 10004
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22521
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43473
121 JIT 2 18583
122 Job Production 28287
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9280
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10394
126 Lean Office 6259
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10926
128 Lee's Notation 8671
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14479
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37677
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9447
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7623
133 Logistics Channel 23084
134 Logistics Costs 26896
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6772
136 Manifest 10710
137 Marks and Numbers 12825
138 Material Planning 35388
139 Materials Management 26574
140 Milk Run 43401
 
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