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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 12227
42 Certified Supplier 9032
43 Channel Effectiveness 9008
44 Co-Destiny 9386
45 Co-managed Inventory 12658
46 Co-Packers 11861
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6967
48 Computer-Based Training 7761
49 Consular Invoice 19944
50 Container Depot 10680
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19657
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12164
54 Contract Carrier 7366
55 Contract of Affreightment 11493
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10363
58 Courier Service 15356
59 CPFR 8296
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11890
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44379
62 Date Code 18399
63 Days of Supply 19952
64 Dead on Arrival 9434
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8204
67 Detective Control 8992
68 Devanning 14301
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11059
70 Dispatching 24701
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35017
73 Distribution Metrics 9253
74 Distribution Planning 24313
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15347
76 Double Marginalization 52918
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22498
78 Dual 5494
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20717
80 Echelon Inventory 26327
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38373
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50008
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7691
84 Efficient Frontier 25638
85 Engineer-to-Order 31894
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16683
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8404
89 Ex Works 7895
90 Exception Rate 13607
91 Exponential smoothing 9899
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9601
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10794
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8897
97 Fishbone Diagram 14702
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27229
99 Flow Through Distribution 12414
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8272
101 FOB Destination 13154
102 Forward buying 30344
103 Freight Charge 10489
104 Freight Consolidation 7595
105 Gantt Chart 8350
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11837
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29707
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12782
109 Hub 23566
110 Idle Time 8142
111 Import/Export License 8809
112 In Bond Shipment 14075
113 Inbound Logistics 13691
114 Interstate System 11093
115 Inventory Costs 53954
116 Inventory in Transit 16649
117 Inventory Management 55091
118 Inventory Planning System 9947
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22421
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43187
121 JIT 2 18531
122 Job Production 28036
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9224
124 Kanban Squares 6924
125 Laid-Down Cost 10311
126 Lean Office 6208
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10902
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14380
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37509
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9378
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7589
133 Logistics Channel 23021
134 Logistics Costs 26814
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6739
136 Manifest 10640
137 Marks and Numbers 12736
138 Material Planning 35286
139 Materials Management 26494
140 Milk Run 43288
 
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