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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 12116
42 Certified Supplier 8961
43 Channel Effectiveness 8920
44 Co-Destiny 9288
45 Co-managed Inventory 12515
46 Co-Packers 11756
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6862
48 Computer-Based Training 7686
49 Consular Invoice 19759
50 Container Depot 10601
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19510
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12072
54 Contract Carrier 7315
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7956
57 Cost Flow 10263
58 Courier Service 15218
59 CPFR 8212
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11786
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44122
62 Date Code 18205
63 Days of Supply 19821
64 Dead on Arrival 9277
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8095
67 Detective Control 8901
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10907
70 Dispatching 24482
71 Distributed Inventory 8347
72 Distribution Channel Management 34703
73 Distribution Metrics 9099
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15202
76 Double Marginalization 52674
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22331
78 Dual 5437
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20593
80 Echelon Inventory 26189
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38248
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49687
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7608
84 Efficient Frontier 25451
85 Engineer-to-Order 31719
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16460
87 Erlang B Formula 9337
88 ETD 8323
89 Ex Works 7828
90 Exception Rate 13477
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10062
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9468
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10416
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8746
97 Fishbone Diagram 14596
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27004
99 Flow Through Distribution 12300
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
101 FOB Destination 13014
102 Forward buying 30111
103 Freight Charge 10366
104 Freight Consolidation 7520
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11721
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29570
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12670
109 Hub 23406
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13935
113 Inbound Logistics 13569
114 Interstate System 10994
115 Inventory Costs 53584
116 Inventory in Transit 16481
117 Inventory Management 54732
118 Inventory Planning System 9824
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22284
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42654
121 JIT 2 18429
122 Job Production 27627
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9098
124 Kanban Squares 6824
125 Laid-Down Cost 10170
126 Lean Office 6083
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10848
128 Lee's Notation 8561
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14210
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37220
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9254
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7483
133 Logistics Channel 22888
134 Logistics Costs 26654
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6681
136 Manifest 10525
137 Marks and Numbers 12593
138 Material Planning 35082
139 Materials Management 26358
140 Milk Run 43089
 
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