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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 12301
42 Certified Supplier 9066
43 Channel Effectiveness 9066
44 Co-Destiny 9442
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11921
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7026
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20047
50 Container Depot 10739
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19732
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12222
54 Contract Carrier 7402
55 Contract of Affreightment 11557
56 Control Charts 8070
57 Cost Flow 10423
58 Courier Service 15423
59 CPFR 8346
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11953
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44567
62 Date Code 18550
63 Days of Supply 20028
64 Dead on Arrival 9507
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7438
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9065
68 Devanning 14354
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11126
70 Dispatching 24833
71 Distributed Inventory 8477
72 Distribution Channel Management 35160
73 Distribution Metrics 9344
74 Distribution Planning 24393
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15436
76 Double Marginalization 53042
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22585
78 Dual 5543
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20773
80 Echelon Inventory 26461
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38467
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50203
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7745
84 Efficient Frontier 25750
85 Engineer-to-Order 31993
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16822
87 Erlang B Formula 9477
88 ETD 8458
89 Ex Works 7945
90 Exception Rate 13686
91 Exponential smoothing 9947
92 External Growth 10242
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7836
95 Field Warehouse 11043
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8993
97 Fishbone Diagram 14781
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27358
99 Flow Through Distribution 12490
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8345
101 FOB Destination 13229
102 Forward buying 30438
103 Freight Charge 10532
104 Freight Consolidation 7636
105 Gantt Chart 8387
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11936
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29780
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12851
109 Hub 23654
110 Idle Time 8196
111 Import/Export License 8857
112 In Bond Shipment 14141
113 Inbound Logistics 13760
114 Interstate System 11141
115 Inventory Costs 54117
116 Inventory in Transit 16753
117 Inventory Management 55307
118 Inventory Planning System 10005
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22523
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43479
121 JIT 2 18584
122 Job Production 28296
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9281
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10394
126 Lean Office 6259
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10926
128 Lee's Notation 8673
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14481
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37680
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9452
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7626
133 Logistics Channel 23087
134 Logistics Costs 26897
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6772
136 Manifest 10710
137 Marks and Numbers 12825
138 Material Planning 35391
139 Materials Management 26577
140 Milk Run 43403
 
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