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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 12195
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8974
44 Co-Destiny 9348
45 Co-managed Inventory 12622
46 Co-Packers 11828
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6931
48 Computer-Based Training 7731
49 Consular Invoice 19892
50 Container Depot 10651
51 Container Freight Station 10313
52 Continuous Replenishment 19624
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12132
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11461
56 Control Charts 8000
57 Cost Flow 10330
58 Courier Service 15307
59 CPFR 8269
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11853
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44285
62 Date Code 18327
63 Days of Supply 19910
64 Dead on Arrival 9394
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7352
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8166
67 Detective Control 8958
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11019
70 Dispatching 24625
71 Distributed Inventory 8404
72 Distribution Channel Management 34908
73 Distribution Metrics 9198
74 Distribution Planning 24267
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15295
76 Double Marginalization 52853
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22456
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20674
80 Echelon Inventory 26270
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38329
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49899
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7663
84 Efficient Frontier 25581
85 Engineer-to-Order 31842
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16624
87 Erlang B Formula 9395
88 ETD 8372
89 Ex Works 7872
90 Exception Rate 13557
91 Exponential smoothing 9867
92 External Growth 10139
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9567
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10656
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8849
97 Fishbone Diagram 14667
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8231
101 FOB Destination 13113
102 Forward buying 30278
103 Freight Charge 10455
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11793
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29661
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12746
109 Hub 23516
110 Idle Time 8113
111 Import/Export License 8777
112 In Bond Shipment 14027
113 Inbound Logistics 13651
114 Interstate System 11059
115 Inventory Costs 53837
116 Inventory in Transit 16597
117 Inventory Management 54985
118 Inventory Planning System 9914
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22370
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43065
121 JIT 2 18496
122 Job Production 27895
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9190
124 Kanban Squares 6884
125 Laid-Down Cost 10266
126 Lean Office 6168
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10888
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14329
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37425
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9342
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7564
133 Logistics Channel 22977
134 Logistics Costs 26751
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6720
136 Manifest 10598
137 Marks and Numbers 12689
138 Material Planning 35218
139 Materials Management 26446
140 Milk Run 43216
 
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