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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 11915
42 Certified Supplier 8846
43 Channel Effectiveness 8806
44 Co-Destiny 9094
45 Co-managed Inventory 12266
46 Co-Packers 11598
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6681
48 Computer-Based Training 7543
49 Consular Invoice 19427
50 Container Depot 10429
51 Container Freight Station 10160
52 Continuous Replenishment 19270
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11889
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11250
56 Control Charts 7808
57 Cost Flow 10120
58 Courier Service 14977
59 CPFR 8061
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11598
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43608
62 Date Code 17884
63 Days of Supply 19582
64 Dead on Arrival 9017
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7137
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7923
67 Detective Control 8745
68 Devanning 14056
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10673
70 Dispatching 23903
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34261
73 Distribution Metrics 8830
74 Distribution Planning 23983
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14959
76 Double Marginalization 52335
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22076
78 Dual 5321
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20383
80 Echelon Inventory 25933
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38043
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49131
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7459
84 Efficient Frontier 25121
85 Engineer-to-Order 31403
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16082
87 Erlang B Formula 9164
88 ETD 8150
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13236
91 Exponential smoothing 9672
92 External Growth 9879
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9265
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9748
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8537
97 Fishbone Diagram 14406
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26671
99 Flow Through Distribution 12120
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7995
101 FOB Destination 12793
102 Forward buying 29827
103 Freight Charge 10158
104 Freight Consolidation 7384
105 Gantt Chart 8164
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11516
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29287
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23156
110 Idle Time 7919
111 Import/Export License 8551
112 In Bond Shipment 13706
113 Inbound Logistics 13315
114 Interstate System 10827
115 Inventory Costs 53015
116 Inventory in Transit 16197
117 Inventory Management 54100
118 Inventory Planning System 9642
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22045
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41757
121 JIT 2 18277
122 Job Production 26929
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8855
124 Kanban Squares 6690
125 Laid-Down Cost 9954
126 Lean Office 5873
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10770
128 Lee's Notation 8417
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13937
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36556
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9023
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7323
133 Logistics Channel 22655
134 Logistics Costs 26394
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6580
136 Manifest 10335
137 Marks and Numbers 12340
138 Material Planning 34749
139 Materials Management 26119
140 Milk Run 42681
 
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