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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 11993
42 Certified Supplier 8894
43 Channel Effectiveness 8849
44 Co-Destiny 9171
45 Co-managed Inventory 12342
46 Co-Packers 11662
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6751
48 Computer-Based Training 7598
49 Consular Invoice 19551
50 Container Depot 10508
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19349
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11954
54 Contract Carrier 7264
55 Contract of Affreightment 11308
56 Control Charts 7869
57 Cost Flow 10173
58 Courier Service 15076
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11671
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43820
62 Date Code 18034
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9094
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7209
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7998
67 Detective Control 8807
68 Devanning 14117
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10745
70 Dispatching 24164
71 Distributed Inventory 8261
72 Distribution Channel Management 34445
73 Distribution Metrics 8941
74 Distribution Planning 24063
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15057
76 Double Marginalization 52449
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22156
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20467
80 Echelon Inventory 26020
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38127
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49336
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7519
84 Efficient Frontier 25265
85 Engineer-to-Order 31537
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16221
87 Erlang B Formula 9241
88 ETD 8225
89 Ex Works 7759
90 Exception Rate 13333
91 Exponential smoothing 9737
92 External Growth 9952
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9331
94 Field Services 7670
95 Field Warehouse 9889
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8628
97 Fishbone Diagram 14489
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26810
99 Flow Through Distribution 12191
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8062
101 FOB Destination 12896
102 Forward buying 29907
103 Freight Charge 10227
104 Freight Consolidation 7437
105 Gantt Chart 8210
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11598
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29390
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12567
109 Hub 23257
110 Idle Time 7973
111 Import/Export License 8610
112 In Bond Shipment 13777
113 Inbound Logistics 13425
114 Interstate System 10895
115 Inventory Costs 53236
116 Inventory in Transit 16295
117 Inventory Management 54369
118 Inventory Planning System 9699
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22139
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42138
121 JIT 2 18332
122 Job Production 27215
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8935
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10036
126 Lean Office 5938
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10801
128 Lee's Notation 8473
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14053
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36841
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9117
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7365
133 Logistics Channel 22752
134 Logistics Costs 26489
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6617
136 Manifest 10416
137 Marks and Numbers 12454
138 Material Planning 34914
139 Materials Management 26223
140 Milk Run 42848
 
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