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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 11869
42 Certified Supplier 8829
43 Channel Effectiveness 8788
44 Co-Destiny 9062
45 Co-managed Inventory 12229
46 Co-Packers 11566
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6639
48 Computer-Based Training 7520
49 Consular Invoice 19362
50 Container Depot 10383
51 Container Freight Station 10138
52 Continuous Replenishment 19226
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11851
54 Contract Carrier 7212
55 Contract of Affreightment 11208
56 Control Charts 7780
57 Cost Flow 10087
58 Courier Service 14916
59 CPFR 8029
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11557
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43444
62 Date Code 17797
63 Days of Supply 19523
64 Dead on Arrival 8969
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7101
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7890
67 Detective Control 8713
68 Devanning 14015
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10630
70 Dispatching 23743
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34142
73 Distribution Metrics 8763
74 Distribution Planning 23937
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14894
76 Double Marginalization 52274
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22028
78 Dual 5299
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20336
80 Echelon Inventory 25893
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37994
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48987
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7434
84 Efficient Frontier 25044
85 Engineer-to-Order 31318
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16007
87 Erlang B Formula 9133
88 ETD 8113
89 Ex Works 7690
90 Exception Rate 13189
91 Exponential smoothing 9638
92 External Growth 9848
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9234
94 Field Services 7601
95 Field Warehouse 9718
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8482
97 Fishbone Diagram 14353
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26591
99 Flow Through Distribution 12082
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
101 FOB Destination 12724
102 Forward buying 29780
103 Freight Charge 10128
104 Freight Consolidation 7354
105 Gantt Chart 8133
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11479
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29232
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12455
109 Hub 23101
110 Idle Time 7891
111 Import/Export License 8511
112 In Bond Shipment 13654
113 Inbound Logistics 13258
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52876
116 Inventory in Transit 16140
117 Inventory Management 53962
118 Inventory Planning System 9612
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21985
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41563
121 JIT 2 18249
122 Job Production 26780
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8807
124 Kanban Squares 6655
125 Laid-Down Cost 9920
126 Lean Office 5839
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8388
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13882
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36419
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8988
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7300
133 Logistics Channel 22605
134 Logistics Costs 26336
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6559
136 Manifest 10279
137 Marks and Numbers 12290
138 Material Planning 34655
139 Materials Management 26066
140 Milk Run 42556
 
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