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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 12178
42 Certified Supplier 8990
43 Channel Effectiveness 8958
44 Co-Destiny 9331
45 Co-managed Inventory 12599
46 Co-Packers 11810
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6912
48 Computer-Based Training 7717
49 Consular Invoice 19853
50 Container Depot 10637
51 Container Freight Station 10302
52 Continuous Replenishment 19602
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12114
54 Contract Carrier 7339
55 Contract of Affreightment 11448
56 Control Charts 7987
57 Cost Flow 10305
58 Courier Service 15284
59 CPFR 8257
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11837
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44243
62 Date Code 18296
63 Days of Supply 19882
64 Dead on Arrival 9364
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7338
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8148
67 Detective Control 8940
68 Devanning 14244
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10999
70 Dispatching 24591
71 Distributed Inventory 8385
72 Distribution Channel Management 34852
73 Distribution Metrics 9168
74 Distribution Planning 24240
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15270
76 Double Marginalization 52819
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22430
78 Dual 5464
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20650
80 Echelon Inventory 26250
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38306
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49833
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7643
84 Efficient Frontier 25553
85 Engineer-to-Order 31814
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16588
87 Erlang B Formula 9379
88 ETD 8357
89 Ex Works 7861
90 Exception Rate 13535
91 Exponential smoothing 9850
92 External Growth 10115
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9546
94 Field Services 7766
95 Field Warehouse 10599
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8820
97 Fishbone Diagram 14646
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27112
99 Flow Through Distribution 12352
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8209
101 FOB Destination 13084
102 Forward buying 30244
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7558
105 Gantt Chart 8318
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11769
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29635
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12726
109 Hub 23487
110 Idle Time 8100
111 Import/Export License 8754
112 In Bond Shipment 14009
113 Inbound Logistics 13626
114 Interstate System 11040
115 Inventory Costs 53770
116 Inventory in Transit 16576
117 Inventory Management 54933
118 Inventory Planning System 9899
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22346
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42960
121 JIT 2 18480
122 Job Production 27833
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9173
124 Kanban Squares 6865
125 Laid-Down Cost 10241
126 Lean Office 6152
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10877
128 Lee's Notation 8591
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14293
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37382
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9318
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7551
133 Logistics Channel 22956
134 Logistics Costs 26734
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6712
136 Manifest 10574
137 Marks and Numbers 12659
138 Material Planning 35190
139 Materials Management 26419
140 Milk Run 43178
 
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