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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 12210
42 Certified Supplier 9015
43 Channel Effectiveness 8986
44 Co-Destiny 9365
45 Co-managed Inventory 12637
46 Co-Packers 11842
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6946
48 Computer-Based Training 7746
49 Consular Invoice 19913
50 Container Depot 10664
51 Container Freight Station 10322
52 Continuous Replenishment 19638
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12145
54 Contract Carrier 7355
55 Contract of Affreightment 11475
56 Control Charts 8016
57 Cost Flow 10345
58 Courier Service 15324
59 CPFR 8280
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11871
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44326
62 Date Code 18353
63 Days of Supply 19928
64 Dead on Arrival 9411
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7367
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8183
67 Detective Control 8974
68 Devanning 14282
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11036
70 Dispatching 24664
71 Distributed Inventory 8417
72 Distribution Channel Management 34955
73 Distribution Metrics 9220
74 Distribution Planning 24287
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15318
76 Double Marginalization 52879
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22473
78 Dual 5485
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20693
80 Echelon Inventory 26291
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38347
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49949
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7674
84 Efficient Frontier 25601
85 Engineer-to-Order 31866
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16654
87 Erlang B Formula 9408
88 ETD 8388
89 Ex Works 7880
90 Exception Rate 13580
91 Exponential smoothing 9880
92 External Growth 10153
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9581
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10713
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8869
97 Fishbone Diagram 14681
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27192
99 Flow Through Distribution 12388
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8248
101 FOB Destination 13130
102 Forward buying 30310
103 Freight Charge 10473
104 Freight Consolidation 7587
105 Gantt Chart 8339
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11811
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29678
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12762
109 Hub 23540
110 Idle Time 8127
111 Import/Export License 8793
112 In Bond Shipment 14053
113 Inbound Logistics 13667
114 Interstate System 11077
115 Inventory Costs 53886
116 Inventory in Transit 16618
117 Inventory Management 55032
118 Inventory Planning System 9928
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22391
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43123
121 JIT 2 18511
122 Job Production 27962
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9206
124 Kanban Squares 6902
125 Laid-Down Cost 10286
126 Lean Office 6187
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10893
128 Lee's Notation 8624
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14351
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37458
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9356
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7577
133 Logistics Channel 22999
134 Logistics Costs 26783
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6727
136 Manifest 10618
137 Marks and Numbers 12704
138 Material Planning 35250
139 Materials Management 26469
140 Milk Run 43248
 
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