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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 12202
42 Certified Supplier 9004
43 Channel Effectiveness 8976
44 Co-Destiny 9352
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11829
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6933
48 Computer-Based Training 7734
49 Consular Invoice 19895
50 Container Depot 10655
51 Container Freight Station 10314
52 Continuous Replenishment 19627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12135
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11464
56 Control Charts 8005
57 Cost Flow 10334
58 Courier Service 15310
59 CPFR 8272
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11858
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44292
62 Date Code 18331
63 Days of Supply 19915
64 Dead on Arrival 9398
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7353
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8169
67 Detective Control 8959
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11020
70 Dispatching 24631
71 Distributed Inventory 8407
72 Distribution Channel Management 34916
73 Distribution Metrics 9203
74 Distribution Planning 24269
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15299
76 Double Marginalization 52856
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22458
78 Dual 5474
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20678
80 Echelon Inventory 26273
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38331
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49910
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7666
84 Efficient Frontier 25586
85 Engineer-to-Order 31846
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16628
87 Erlang B Formula 9399
88 ETD 8374
89 Ex Works 7876
90 Exception Rate 13562
91 Exponential smoothing 9870
92 External Growth 10142
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9571
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10665
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8853
97 Fishbone Diagram 14672
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12374
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8232
101 FOB Destination 13116
102 Forward buying 30286
103 Freight Charge 10458
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8331
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11798
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29664
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12749
109 Hub 23524
110 Idle Time 8118
111 Import/Export License 8780
112 In Bond Shipment 14030
113 Inbound Logistics 13654
114 Interstate System 11063
115 Inventory Costs 53848
116 Inventory in Transit 16600
117 Inventory Management 54992
118 Inventory Planning System 9917
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22377
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43082
121 JIT 2 18499
122 Job Production 27907
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9193
124 Kanban Squares 6887
125 Laid-Down Cost 10271
126 Lean Office 6173
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10890
128 Lee's Notation 8612
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14331
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37432
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9344
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7565
133 Logistics Channel 22981
134 Logistics Costs 26755
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6721
136 Manifest 10602
137 Marks and Numbers 12692
138 Material Planning 35227
139 Materials Management 26452
140 Milk Run 43224
 
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