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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 11825
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8768
44 Co-Destiny 9036
45 Co-managed Inventory 12185
46 Co-Packers 11539
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6602
48 Computer-Based Training 7480
49 Consular Invoice 19313
50 Container Depot 10346
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19179
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11808
54 Contract Carrier 7194
55 Contract of Affreightment 11176
56 Control Charts 7748
57 Cost Flow 10056
58 Courier Service 14844
59 CPFR 7995
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11526
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43315
62 Date Code 17733
63 Days of Supply 19461
64 Dead on Arrival 8926
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7075
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7853
67 Detective Control 8689
68 Devanning 13985
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10591
70 Dispatching 23635
71 Distributed Inventory 8166
72 Distribution Channel Management 34051
73 Distribution Metrics 8715
74 Distribution Planning 23898
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14851
76 Double Marginalization 52191
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21988
78 Dual 5263
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20299
80 Echelon Inventory 25858
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37954
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48857
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7404
84 Efficient Frontier 24969
85 Engineer-to-Order 31256
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15951
87 Erlang B Formula 9094
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7669
90 Exception Rate 13143
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9821
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9208
94 Field Services 7581
95 Field Warehouse 9686
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8430
97 Fishbone Diagram 14304
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26518
99 Flow Through Distribution 12044
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29716
103 Freight Charge 10099
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8113
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11417
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29181
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23050
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8478
112 In Bond Shipment 13613
113 Inbound Logistics 13215
114 Interstate System 10775
115 Inventory Costs 52757
116 Inventory in Transit 16099
117 Inventory Management 53843
118 Inventory Planning System 9582
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41388
121 JIT 2 18211
122 Job Production 26638
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8762
124 Kanban Squares 6620
125 Laid-Down Cost 9888
126 Lean Office 5804
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10735
128 Lee's Notation 8355
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13825
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36288
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8956
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7268
133 Logistics Channel 22566
134 Logistics Costs 26282
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6539
136 Manifest 10237
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34579
139 Materials Management 26027
140 Milk Run 42439
 
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