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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 12010
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9187
45 Co-managed Inventory 12358
46 Co-Packers 11672
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7610
49 Consular Invoice 19575
50 Container Depot 10520
51 Container Freight Station 10213
52 Continuous Replenishment 19362
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11969
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11320
56 Control Charts 7882
57 Cost Flow 10180
58 Courier Service 15092
59 CPFR 8132
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11687
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43866
62 Date Code 18056
63 Days of Supply 19692
64 Dead on Arrival 9112
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7219
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8004
67 Detective Control 8819
68 Devanning 14126
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10763
70 Dispatching 24206
71 Distributed Inventory 8275
72 Distribution Channel Management 34480
73 Distribution Metrics 8965
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15076
76 Double Marginalization 52474
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22172
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20484
80 Echelon Inventory 26037
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38145
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49377
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7530
84 Efficient Frontier 25286
85 Engineer-to-Order 31564
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16249
87 Erlang B Formula 9253
88 ETD 8239
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13349
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7678
95 Field Warehouse 9943
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8645
97 Fishbone Diagram 14504
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26832
99 Flow Through Distribution 12205
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8075
101 FOB Destination 12917
102 Forward buying 29931
103 Freight Charge 10237
104 Freight Consolidation 7448
105 Gantt Chart 8219
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11616
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29413
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12579
109 Hub 23275
110 Idle Time 7982
111 Import/Export License 8623
112 In Bond Shipment 13797
113 Inbound Logistics 13445
114 Interstate System 10910
115 Inventory Costs 53285
116 Inventory in Transit 16310
117 Inventory Management 54424
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22158
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42202
121 JIT 2 18346
122 Job Production 27266
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8952
124 Kanban Squares 6756
125 Laid-Down Cost 10051
126 Lean Office 5947
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10806
128 Lee's Notation 8491
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14075
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36893
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9141
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7373
133 Logistics Channel 22768
134 Logistics Costs 26502
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10434
137 Marks and Numbers 12479
138 Material Planning 34932
139 Materials Management 26239
140 Milk Run 42881
 
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