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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 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9219
45 Co-managed Inventory 12396
46 Co-Packers 11705
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6797
48 Computer-Based Training 7640
49 Consular Invoice 19644
50 Container Depot 10549
51 Container Freight Station 10235
52 Continuous Replenishment 19398
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12008
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11349
56 Control Charts 7908
57 Cost Flow 10209
58 Courier Service 15139
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11723
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43969
62 Date Code 18108
63 Days of Supply 19742
64 Dead on Arrival 9157
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7252
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8046
67 Detective Control 8855
68 Devanning 14157
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10800
70 Dispatching 24322
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34548
73 Distribution Metrics 9017
74 Distribution Planning 24120
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15123
76 Double Marginalization 52529
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22213
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26092
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38184
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49479
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7560
84 Efficient Frontier 25347
85 Engineer-to-Order 31622
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16305
87 Erlang B Formula 9287
88 ETD 8270
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13402
91 Exponential smoothing 9772
92 External Growth 10004
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9370
94 Field Services 7701
95 Field Warehouse 10151
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14534
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26889
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8107
101 FOB Destination 12954
102 Forward buying 29979
103 Freight Charge 10265
104 Freight Consolidation 7477
105 Gantt Chart 8240
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11653
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29469
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12614
109 Hub 23321
110 Idle Time 8008
111 Import/Export License 8655
112 In Bond Shipment 13847
113 Inbound Logistics 13491
114 Interstate System 10943
115 Inventory Costs 53381
116 Inventory in Transit 16353
117 Inventory Management 54515
118 Inventory Planning System 9732
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22211
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42375
121 JIT 2 18378
122 Job Production 27380
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8987
124 Kanban Squares 6782
125 Laid-Down Cost 10091
126 Lean Office 5970
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8515
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14123
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37013
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9179
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7394
133 Logistics Channel 22813
134 Logistics Costs 26554
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6642
136 Manifest 10469
137 Marks and Numbers 12532
138 Material Planning 34987
139 Materials Management 26283
140 Milk Run 42961
 
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