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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 12128
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9295
45 Co-managed Inventory 12551
46 Co-Packers 11765
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6869
48 Computer-Based Training 7689
49 Consular Invoice 19774
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19546
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11411
56 Control Charts 7959
57 Cost Flow 10269
58 Courier Service 15229
59 CPFR 8219
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44134
62 Date Code 18218
63 Days of Supply 19829
64 Dead on Arrival 9312
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8906
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10943
70 Dispatching 24504
71 Distributed Inventory 8353
72 Distribution Channel Management 34731
73 Distribution Metrics 9111
74 Distribution Planning 24198
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15208
76 Double Marginalization 52714
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22367
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20605
80 Echelon Inventory 26198
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38258
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49711
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7612
84 Efficient Frontier 25473
85 Engineer-to-Order 31731
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16499
87 Erlang B Formula 9343
88 ETD 8327
89 Ex Works 7832
90 Exception Rate 13486
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9502
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10439
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8755
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27020
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8172
101 FOB Destination 13027
102 Forward buying 30145
103 Freight Charge 10401
104 Freight Consolidation 7529
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11730
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29579
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12679
109 Hub 23424
110 Idle Time 8067
111 Import/Export License 8716
112 In Bond Shipment 13945
113 Inbound Logistics 13579
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53615
116 Inventory in Transit 16522
117 Inventory Management 54782
118 Inventory Planning System 9859
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22289
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42696
121 JIT 2 18437
122 Job Production 27651
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9133
124 Kanban Squares 6831
125 Laid-Down Cost 10184
126 Lean Office 6118
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10857
128 Lee's Notation 8567
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14223
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37265
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9267
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7519
133 Logistics Channel 22902
134 Logistics Costs 26672
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6686
136 Manifest 10529
137 Marks and Numbers 12600
138 Material Planning 35098
139 Materials Management 26368
140 Milk Run 43101
 
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