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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 12201
42 Certified Supplier 9003
43 Channel Effectiveness 8975
44 Co-Destiny 9351
45 Co-managed Inventory 12624
46 Co-Packers 11829
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6932
48 Computer-Based Training 7733
49 Consular Invoice 19893
50 Container Depot 10654
51 Container Freight Station 10313
52 Continuous Replenishment 19624
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12135
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11463
56 Control Charts 8005
57 Cost Flow 10332
58 Courier Service 15308
59 CPFR 8271
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11855
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44289
62 Date Code 18329
63 Days of Supply 19915
64 Dead on Arrival 9396
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7353
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8168
67 Detective Control 8958
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11019
70 Dispatching 24628
71 Distributed Inventory 8407
72 Distribution Channel Management 34913
73 Distribution Metrics 9200
74 Distribution Planning 24269
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15298
76 Double Marginalization 52855
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22457
78 Dual 5473
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20677
80 Echelon Inventory 26272
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38331
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49906
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7666
84 Efficient Frontier 25584
85 Engineer-to-Order 31843
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16626
87 Erlang B Formula 9398
88 ETD 8374
89 Ex Works 7874
90 Exception Rate 13560
91 Exponential smoothing 9868
92 External Growth 10139
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9570
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10661
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8852
97 Fishbone Diagram 14671
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12372
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8232
101 FOB Destination 13116
102 Forward buying 30283
103 Freight Charge 10455
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8330
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11798
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29662
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12748
109 Hub 23520
110 Idle Time 8115
111 Import/Export License 8780
112 In Bond Shipment 14028
113 Inbound Logistics 13654
114 Interstate System 11062
115 Inventory Costs 53845
116 Inventory in Transit 16598
117 Inventory Management 54990
118 Inventory Planning System 9916
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22375
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43078
121 JIT 2 18497
122 Job Production 27906
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9191
124 Kanban Squares 6886
125 Laid-Down Cost 10269
126 Lean Office 6172
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10889
128 Lee's Notation 8611
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14331
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37430
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9344
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7564
133 Logistics Channel 22981
134 Logistics Costs 26755
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6721
136 Manifest 10599
137 Marks and Numbers 12690
138 Material Planning 35223
139 Materials Management 26449
140 Milk Run 43223
 
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