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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 11803
42 Certified Supplier 8789
43 Channel Effectiveness 8754
44 Co-Destiny 9017
45 Co-managed Inventory 12161
46 Co-Packers 11527
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6588
48 Computer-Based Training 7471
49 Consular Invoice 19280
50 Container Depot 10327
51 Container Freight Station 10105
52 Continuous Replenishment 19163
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11788
54 Contract Carrier 7188
55 Contract of Affreightment 11164
56 Control Charts 7734
57 Cost Flow 10040
58 Courier Service 14810
59 CPFR 7979
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11505
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43254
62 Date Code 17705
63 Days of Supply 19439
64 Dead on Arrival 8904
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7065
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7834
67 Detective Control 8677
68 Devanning 13968
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10573
70 Dispatching 23587
71 Distributed Inventory 8153
72 Distribution Channel Management 33998
73 Distribution Metrics 8684
74 Distribution Planning 23879
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14823
76 Double Marginalization 52151
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21970
78 Dual 5243
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20283
80 Echelon Inventory 25840
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37932
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48796
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7392
84 Efficient Frontier 24929
85 Engineer-to-Order 31224
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15909
87 Erlang B Formula 9072
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13118
91 Exponential smoothing 9594
92 External Growth 9809
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9669
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8401
97 Fishbone Diagram 14286
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26489
99 Flow Through Distribution 12023
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7903
101 FOB Destination 12658
102 Forward buying 29687
103 Freight Charge 10081
104 Freight Consolidation 7303
105 Gantt Chart 8101
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11388
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29143
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12408
109 Hub 23020
110 Idle Time 7851
111 Import/Export License 8462
112 In Bond Shipment 13589
113 Inbound Logistics 13191
114 Interstate System 10766
115 Inventory Costs 52691
116 Inventory in Transit 16067
117 Inventory Management 53788
118 Inventory Planning System 9561
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21883
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41289
121 JIT 2 18194
122 Job Production 26564
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8741
124 Kanban Squares 6601
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5787
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10725
128 Lee's Notation 8338
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13791
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36230
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8939
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7241
133 Logistics Channel 22538
134 Logistics Costs 26258
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10217
137 Marks and Numbers 12246
138 Material Planning 34530
139 Materials Management 26005
140 Milk Run 42388
 
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