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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 12236
42 Certified Supplier 9037
43 Channel Effectiveness 9013
44 Co-Destiny 9392
45 Co-managed Inventory 12666
46 Co-Packers 11867
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6973
48 Computer-Based Training 7765
49 Consular Invoice 19953
50 Container Depot 10688
51 Container Freight Station 10341
52 Continuous Replenishment 19663
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12173
54 Contract Carrier 7370
55 Contract of Affreightment 11500
56 Control Charts 8035
57 Cost Flow 10368
58 Courier Service 15363
59 CPFR 8304
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11900
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44399
62 Date Code 18422
63 Days of Supply 19964
64 Dead on Arrival 9444
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7387
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8209
67 Detective Control 9001
68 Devanning 14310
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11066
70 Dispatching 24715
71 Distributed Inventory 8438
72 Distribution Channel Management 35035
73 Distribution Metrics 9260
74 Distribution Planning 24324
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15359
76 Double Marginalization 52940
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22507
78 Dual 5497
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20723
80 Echelon Inventory 26341
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38384
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50037
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7696
84 Efficient Frontier 25647
85 Engineer-to-Order 31908
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16699
87 Erlang B Formula 9431
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7900
90 Exception Rate 13619
91 Exponential smoothing 9906
92 External Growth 10183
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9609
94 Field Services 7800
95 Field Warehouse 10821
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8908
97 Fishbone Diagram 14709
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27241
99 Flow Through Distribution 12423
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8278
101 FOB Destination 13160
102 Forward buying 30351
103 Freight Charge 10493
104 Freight Consolidation 7602
105 Gantt Chart 8354
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11846
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29713
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12789
109 Hub 23573
110 Idle Time 8148
111 Import/Export License 8815
112 In Bond Shipment 14084
113 Inbound Logistics 13698
114 Interstate System 11098
115 Inventory Costs 53977
116 Inventory in Transit 16665
117 Inventory Management 55118
118 Inventory Planning System 9951
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22437
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43215
121 JIT 2 18535
122 Job Production 28061
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9231
124 Kanban Squares 6932
125 Laid-Down Cost 10325
126 Lean Office 6212
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10904
128 Lee's Notation 8635
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14395
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37533
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9389
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23028
134 Logistics Costs 26823
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6741
136 Manifest 10651
137 Marks and Numbers 12743
138 Material Planning 35300
139 Materials Management 26504
140 Milk Run 43303
 
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