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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 11981
42 Certified Supplier 8885
43 Channel Effectiveness 8844
44 Co-Destiny 9159
45 Co-managed Inventory 12329
46 Co-Packers 11651
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6738
48 Computer-Based Training 7589
49 Consular Invoice 19535
50 Container Depot 10493
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19334
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11946
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11301
56 Control Charts 7861
57 Cost Flow 10163
58 Courier Service 15062
59 CPFR 8112
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11661
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43780
62 Date Code 18016
63 Days of Supply 19668
64 Dead on Arrival 9085
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7198
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7987
67 Detective Control 8796
68 Devanning 14111
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10739
70 Dispatching 24108
71 Distributed Inventory 8254
72 Distribution Channel Management 34407
73 Distribution Metrics 8925
74 Distribution Planning 24050
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15037
76 Double Marginalization 52426
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22146
78 Dual 5362
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20452
80 Echelon Inventory 26000
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38113
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49298
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7511
84 Efficient Frontier 25236
85 Engineer-to-Order 31517
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16198
87 Erlang B Formula 9229
88 ETD 8212
89 Ex Works 7752
90 Exception Rate 13318
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9944
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7660
95 Field Warehouse 9847
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8613
97 Fishbone Diagram 14476
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26789
99 Flow Through Distribution 12176
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8048
101 FOB Destination 12879
102 Forward buying 29895
103 Freight Charge 10217
104 Freight Consolidation 7431
105 Gantt Chart 8203
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11587
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29375
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12555
109 Hub 23238
110 Idle Time 7963
111 Import/Export License 8602
112 In Bond Shipment 13762
113 Inbound Logistics 13407
114 Interstate System 10885
115 Inventory Costs 53198
116 Inventory in Transit 16281
117 Inventory Management 54331
118 Inventory Planning System 9686
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22121
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42062
121 JIT 2 18324
122 Job Production 27170
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8925
124 Kanban Squares 6740
125 Laid-Down Cost 10024
126 Lean Office 5925
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10794
128 Lee's Notation 8465
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14037
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36793
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9105
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7360
133 Logistics Channel 22740
134 Logistics Costs 26469
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6614
136 Manifest 10406
137 Marks and Numbers 12437
138 Material Planning 34887
139 Materials Management 26211
140 Milk Run 42828
 
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