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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 11806
42 Certified Supplier 8791
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9020
45 Co-managed Inventory 12165
46 Co-Packers 11529
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6589
48 Computer-Based Training 7473
49 Consular Invoice 19282
50 Container Depot 10330
51 Container Freight Station 10106
52 Continuous Replenishment 19165
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11791
54 Contract Carrier 7189
55 Contract of Affreightment 11165
56 Control Charts 7735
57 Cost Flow 10042
58 Courier Service 14818
59 CPFR 7981
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11508
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43262
62 Date Code 17711
63 Days of Supply 19441
64 Dead on Arrival 8907
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7067
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7836
67 Detective Control 8678
68 Devanning 13970
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10577
70 Dispatching 23593
71 Distributed Inventory 8154
72 Distribution Channel Management 34003
73 Distribution Metrics 8689
74 Distribution Planning 23881
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14825
76 Double Marginalization 52156
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21972
78 Dual 5248
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20285
80 Echelon Inventory 25844
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37936
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48801
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7394
84 Efficient Frontier 24933
85 Engineer-to-Order 31227
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15913
87 Erlang B Formula 9077
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13121
91 Exponential smoothing 9595
92 External Growth 9810
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9670
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8404
97 Fishbone Diagram 14290
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26493
99 Flow Through Distribution 12024
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7905
101 FOB Destination 12661
102 Forward buying 29690
103 Freight Charge 10083
104 Freight Consolidation 7306
105 Gantt Chart 8101
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11394
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29146
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12409
109 Hub 23023
110 Idle Time 7852
111 Import/Export License 8465
112 In Bond Shipment 13590
113 Inbound Logistics 13194
114 Interstate System 10766
115 Inventory Costs 52697
116 Inventory in Transit 16071
117 Inventory Management 53794
118 Inventory Planning System 9566
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21888
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41299
121 JIT 2 18195
122 Job Production 26568
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8745
124 Kanban Squares 6603
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5787
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10727
128 Lee's Notation 8342
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13795
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36235
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8940
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7244
133 Logistics Channel 22540
134 Logistics Costs 26261
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6525
136 Manifest 10219
137 Marks and Numbers 12247
138 Material Planning 34533
139 Materials Management 26007
140 Milk Run 42393
 
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