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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 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8890
44 Co-Destiny 9242
45 Co-managed Inventory 12409
46 Co-Packers 11716
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6809
48 Computer-Based Training 7651
49 Consular Invoice 19675
50 Container Depot 10561
51 Container Freight Station 10242
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12023
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11366
56 Control Charts 7916
57 Cost Flow 10218
58 Courier Service 15165
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11733
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44008
62 Date Code 18138
63 Days of Supply 19759
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7263
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8056
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14169
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10816
70 Dispatching 24363
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34592
73 Distribution Metrics 9036
74 Distribution Planning 24136
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15147
76 Double Marginalization 52560
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22229
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20541
80 Echelon Inventory 26119
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38199
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49524
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7569
84 Efficient Frontier 25374
85 Engineer-to-Order 31648
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16332
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8282
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13417
91 Exponential smoothing 9782
92 External Growth 10016
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9377
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10235
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8704
97 Fishbone Diagram 14553
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26925
99 Flow Through Distribution 12257
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8121
101 FOB Destination 12967
102 Forward buying 30004
103 Freight Charge 10277
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8254
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11669
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29498
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12627
109 Hub 23343
110 Idle Time 8020
111 Import/Export License 8663
112 In Bond Shipment 13873
113 Inbound Logistics 13514
114 Interstate System 10956
115 Inventory Costs 53428
116 Inventory in Transit 16371
117 Inventory Management 54563
118 Inventory Planning System 9740
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22228
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42458
121 JIT 2 18390
122 Job Production 27436
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9002
124 Kanban Squares 6793
125 Laid-Down Cost 10107
126 Lean Office 5985
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10831
128 Lee's Notation 8525
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14149
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37066
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9202
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7401
133 Logistics Channel 22829
134 Logistics Costs 26578
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6648
136 Manifest 10486
137 Marks and Numbers 12553
138 Material Planning 35006
139 Materials Management 26300
140 Milk Run 43002
 
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