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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 11850
42 Certified Supplier 8815
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9048
45 Co-managed Inventory 12210
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6622
48 Computer-Based Training 7503
49 Consular Invoice 19340
50 Container Depot 10369
51 Container Freight Station 10129
52 Continuous Replenishment 19209
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11832
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11194
56 Control Charts 7766
57 Cost Flow 10074
58 Courier Service 14892
59 CPFR 8015
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11544
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43391
62 Date Code 17767
63 Days of Supply 19499
64 Dead on Arrival 8949
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7875
67 Detective Control 8700
68 Devanning 14002
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10616
70 Dispatching 23693
71 Distributed Inventory 8177
72 Distribution Channel Management 34105
73 Distribution Metrics 8740
74 Distribution Planning 23923
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14875
76 Double Marginalization 52248
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22012
78 Dual 5284
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20316
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37974
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48925
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25010
85 Engineer-to-Order 31290
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15981
87 Erlang B Formula 9117
88 ETD 8103
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13172
91 Exponential smoothing 9625
92 External Growth 9838
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9222
94 Field Services 7591
95 Field Warehouse 9704
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8459
97 Fishbone Diagram 14328
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26561
99 Flow Through Distribution 12067
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7944
101 FOB Destination 12703
102 Forward buying 29746
103 Freight Charge 10114
104 Freight Consolidation 7342
105 Gantt Chart 8123
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11452
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29213
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23076
110 Idle Time 7878
111 Import/Export License 8499
112 In Bond Shipment 13636
113 Inbound Logistics 13241
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52822
116 Inventory in Transit 16122
117 Inventory Management 53915
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21959
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41492
121 JIT 2 18228
122 Job Production 26728
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8787
124 Kanban Squares 6639
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5820
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10752
128 Lee's Notation 8374
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13858
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36356
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8976
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7286
133 Logistics Channel 22587
134 Logistics Costs 26312
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6550
136 Manifest 10261
137 Marks and Numbers 12276
138 Material Planning 34615
139 Materials Management 26048
140 Milk Run 42503
 
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