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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 12149
42 Certified Supplier 8976
43 Channel Effectiveness 8944
44 Co-Destiny 9315
45 Co-managed Inventory 12576
46 Co-Packers 11793
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6894
48 Computer-Based Training 7702
49 Consular Invoice 19816
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10290
52 Continuous Replenishment 19581
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12095
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11432
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10288
58 Courier Service 15260
59 CPFR 8238
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11817
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44198
62 Date Code 18258
63 Days of Supply 19856
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7323
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8125
67 Detective Control 8923
68 Devanning 14224
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10979
70 Dispatching 24545
71 Distributed Inventory 8369
72 Distribution Channel Management 34785
73 Distribution Metrics 9133
74 Distribution Planning 24220
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15236
76 Double Marginalization 52774
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22399
78 Dual 5452
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20629
80 Echelon Inventory 26229
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49780
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7630
84 Efficient Frontier 25510
85 Engineer-to-Order 31776
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16549
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8344
89 Ex Works 7847
90 Exception Rate 13510
91 Exponential smoothing 9841
92 External Growth 10090
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9532
94 Field Services 7752
95 Field Warehouse 10525
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8784
97 Fishbone Diagram 14625
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27064
99 Flow Through Distribution 12327
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8194
101 FOB Destination 13051
102 Forward buying 30190
103 Freight Charge 10423
104 Freight Consolidation 7541
105 Gantt Chart 8300
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11748
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29610
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12700
109 Hub 23455
110 Idle Time 8082
111 Import/Export License 8736
112 In Bond Shipment 13975
113 Inbound Logistics 13605
114 Interstate System 11022
115 Inventory Costs 53700
116 Inventory in Transit 16553
117 Inventory Management 54853
118 Inventory Planning System 9886
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22321
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42806
121 JIT 2 18456
122 Job Production 27742
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9161
124 Kanban Squares 6853
125 Laid-Down Cost 10208
126 Lean Office 6137
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10867
128 Lee's Notation 8580
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14261
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37323
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9291
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7542
133 Logistics Channel 22934
134 Logistics Costs 26707
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6701
136 Manifest 10556
137 Marks and Numbers 12626
138 Material Planning 35136
139 Materials Management 26389
140 Milk Run 43139
 
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