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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 12261
42 Certified Supplier 9051
43 Channel Effectiveness 9032
44 Co-Destiny 9415
45 Co-managed Inventory 12697
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6995
48 Computer-Based Training 7782
49 Consular Invoice 19983
50 Container Depot 10705
51 Container Freight Station 10360
52 Continuous Replenishment 19693
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12194
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11525
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15389
59 CPFR 8320
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44469
62 Date Code 18498
63 Days of Supply 19990
64 Dead on Arrival 9473
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8232
67 Detective Control 9023
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11089
70 Dispatching 24765
71 Distributed Inventory 8456
72 Distribution Channel Management 35091
73 Distribution Metrics 9291
74 Distribution Planning 24356
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15392
76 Double Marginalization 52981
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22538
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26389
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38418
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50106
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25692
85 Engineer-to-Order 31943
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16757
87 Erlang B Formula 9457
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7920
90 Exception Rate 13651
91 Exponential smoothing 9923
92 External Growth 10203
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7814
95 Field Warehouse 10911
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8943
97 Fishbone Diagram 14737
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27286
99 Flow Through Distribution 12450
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8304
101 FOB Destination 13192
102 Forward buying 30388
103 Freight Charge 10509
104 Freight Consolidation 7613
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11881
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29744
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12811
109 Hub 23593
110 Idle Time 8162
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14101
113 Inbound Logistics 13725
114 Interstate System 11113
115 Inventory Costs 54029
116 Inventory in Transit 16695
117 Inventory Management 55194
118 Inventory Planning System 9969
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22478
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43310
121 JIT 2 18554
122 Job Production 28164
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9252
124 Kanban Squares 6955
125 Laid-Down Cost 10350
126 Lean Office 6231
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10916
128 Lee's Notation 8646
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14429
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37600
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9416
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23052
134 Logistics Costs 26858
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6756
136 Manifest 10673
137 Marks and Numbers 12781
138 Material Planning 35337
139 Materials Management 26536
140 Milk Run 43344
 
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