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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 11989
42 Certified Supplier 8890
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9170
45 Co-managed Inventory 12338
46 Co-Packers 11659
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6747
48 Computer-Based Training 7595
49 Consular Invoice 19549
50 Container Depot 10504
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19347
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11953
54 Contract Carrier 7262
55 Contract of Affreightment 11305
56 Control Charts 7868
57 Cost Flow 10170
58 Courier Service 15071
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11666
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43806
62 Date Code 18028
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9091
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7207
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7994
67 Detective Control 8803
68 Devanning 14114
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10744
70 Dispatching 24152
71 Distributed Inventory 8260
72 Distribution Channel Management 34431
73 Distribution Metrics 8938
74 Distribution Planning 24060
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15053
76 Double Marginalization 52439
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22153
78 Dual 5366
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20462
80 Echelon Inventory 26013
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38123
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49327
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7516
84 Efficient Frontier 25257
85 Engineer-to-Order 31529
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16214
87 Erlang B Formula 9237
88 ETD 8221
89 Ex Works 7757
90 Exception Rate 13326
91 Exponential smoothing 9736
92 External Growth 9950
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9329
94 Field Services 7666
95 Field Warehouse 9873
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8622
97 Fishbone Diagram 14486
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26803
99 Flow Through Distribution 12188
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8057
101 FOB Destination 12893
102 Forward buying 29904
103 Freight Charge 10223
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8210
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11595
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29386
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12564
109 Hub 23251
110 Idle Time 7972
111 Import/Export License 8608
112 In Bond Shipment 13774
113 Inbound Logistics 13421
114 Interstate System 10894
115 Inventory Costs 53226
116 Inventory in Transit 16291
117 Inventory Management 54358
118 Inventory Planning System 9697
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22133
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42118
121 JIT 2 18330
122 Job Production 27201
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8933
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10033
126 Lean Office 5936
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10798
128 Lee's Notation 8472
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14044
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36829
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9115
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7364
133 Logistics Channel 22749
134 Logistics Costs 26482
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10414
137 Marks and Numbers 12449
138 Material Planning 34905
139 Materials Management 26218
140 Milk Run 42842
 
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