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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 11825
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8767
44 Co-Destiny 9036
45 Co-managed Inventory 12185
46 Co-Packers 11539
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6601
48 Computer-Based Training 7480
49 Consular Invoice 19312
50 Container Depot 10344
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19179
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11807
54 Contract Carrier 7194
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7748
57 Cost Flow 10056
58 Courier Service 14843
59 CPFR 7994
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11525
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43313
62 Date Code 17733
63 Days of Supply 19460
64 Dead on Arrival 8926
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7075
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7853
67 Detective Control 8688
68 Devanning 13984
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10589
70 Dispatching 23633
71 Distributed Inventory 8165
72 Distribution Channel Management 34050
73 Distribution Metrics 8713
74 Distribution Planning 23898
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14850
76 Double Marginalization 52189
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21987
78 Dual 5263
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20299
80 Echelon Inventory 25858
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37953
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48853
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7404
84 Efficient Frontier 24969
85 Engineer-to-Order 31256
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15949
87 Erlang B Formula 9094
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7669
90 Exception Rate 13142
91 Exponential smoothing 9610
92 External Growth 9821
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9207
94 Field Services 7581
95 Field Warehouse 9686
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8429
97 Fishbone Diagram 14303
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26518
99 Flow Through Distribution 12043
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29716
103 Freight Charge 10098
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8112
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11416
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29180
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23049
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8478
112 In Bond Shipment 13612
113 Inbound Logistics 13213
114 Interstate System 10774
115 Inventory Costs 52754
116 Inventory in Transit 16099
117 Inventory Management 53841
118 Inventory Planning System 9581
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41382
121 JIT 2 18210
122 Job Production 26632
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8762
124 Kanban Squares 6620
125 Laid-Down Cost 9887
126 Lean Office 5803
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10734
128 Lee's Notation 8352
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13823
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36286
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8955
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7266
133 Logistics Channel 22565
134 Logistics Costs 26280
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6537
136 Manifest 10237
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34577
139 Materials Management 26027
140 Milk Run 42436
 
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