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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 11740
42 Certified Supplier 8761
43 Channel Effectiveness 8715
44 Co-Destiny 8982
45 Co-managed Inventory 12111
46 Co-Packers 11492
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6539
48 Computer-Based Training 7444
49 Consular Invoice 19184
50 Container Depot 10279
51 Container Freight Station 10076
52 Continuous Replenishment 19109
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11741
54 Contract Carrier 7163
55 Contract of Affreightment 11132
56 Control Charts 7694
57 Cost Flow 10002
58 Courier Service 14710
59 CPFR 7935
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11459
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43049
62 Date Code 17619
63 Days of Supply 19359
64 Dead on Arrival 8840
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7037
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7792
67 Detective Control 8652
68 Devanning 13932
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10510
70 Dispatching 23450
71 Distributed Inventory 8123
72 Distribution Channel Management 33849
73 Distribution Metrics 8608
74 Distribution Planning 23815
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14753
76 Double Marginalization 52031
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21921
78 Dual 5207
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20247
80 Echelon Inventory 25790
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37867
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48607
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7354
84 Efficient Frontier 24838
85 Engineer-to-Order 31134
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15802
87 Erlang B Formula 9018
88 ETD 8032
89 Ex Works 7635
90 Exception Rate 13048
91 Exponential smoothing 9555
92 External Growth 9761
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9154
94 Field Services 7548
95 Field Warehouse 9618
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8335
97 Fishbone Diagram 14231
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26408
99 Flow Through Distribution 11977
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7855
101 FOB Destination 12594
102 Forward buying 29620
103 Freight Charge 10045
104 Freight Consolidation 7256
105 Gantt Chart 8071
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11329
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29021
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22946
110 Idle Time 7808
111 Import/Export License 8408
112 In Bond Shipment 13514
113 Inbound Logistics 13129
114 Interstate System 10743
115 Inventory Costs 52483
116 Inventory in Transit 16009
117 Inventory Management 53622
118 Inventory Planning System 9527
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21806
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40978
121 JIT 2 18158
122 Job Production 26369
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8687
124 Kanban Squares 6560
125 Laid-Down Cost 9833
126 Lean Office 5750
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10704
128 Lee's Notation 8290
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13706
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36045
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8904
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7203
133 Logistics Channel 22481
134 Logistics Costs 26187
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6504
136 Manifest 10163
137 Marks and Numbers 12190
138 Material Planning 34428
139 Materials Management 25950
140 Milk Run 42239
 
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