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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 11809
42 Certified Supplier 8793
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9024
45 Co-managed Inventory 12168
46 Co-Packers 11531
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6592
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19286
50 Container Depot 10333
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19168
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11795
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11171
56 Control Charts 7737
57 Cost Flow 10045
58 Courier Service 14822
59 CPFR 7984
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11510
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43275
62 Date Code 17715
63 Days of Supply 19446
64 Dead on Arrival 8912
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7070
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7838
67 Detective Control 8681
68 Devanning 13972
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10580
70 Dispatching 23603
71 Distributed Inventory 8155
72 Distribution Channel Management 34015
73 Distribution Metrics 8697
74 Distribution Planning 23888
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14828
76 Double Marginalization 52163
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21975
78 Dual 5250
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20287
80 Echelon Inventory 25846
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37939
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48813
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7396
84 Efficient Frontier 24942
85 Engineer-to-Order 31233
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15919
87 Erlang B Formula 9081
88 ETD 8072
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13125
91 Exponential smoothing 9596
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7577
95 Field Warehouse 9673
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8408
97 Fishbone Diagram 14295
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26498
99 Flow Through Distribution 12030
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7910
101 FOB Destination 12666
102 Forward buying 29694
103 Freight Charge 10086
104 Freight Consolidation 7309
105 Gantt Chart 8103
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11398
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29152
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12412
109 Hub 23031
110 Idle Time 7854
111 Import/Export License 8467
112 In Bond Shipment 13595
113 Inbound Logistics 13199
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52712
116 Inventory in Transit 16074
117 Inventory Management 53809
118 Inventory Planning System 9570
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21897
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41313
121 JIT 2 18196
122 Job Production 26583
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8747
124 Kanban Squares 6608
125 Laid-Down Cost 9879
126 Lean Office 5790
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8343
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13802
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36248
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8942
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7250
133 Logistics Channel 22547
134 Logistics Costs 26266
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6527
136 Manifest 10223
137 Marks and Numbers 12249
138 Material Planning 34541
139 Materials Management 26011
140 Milk Run 42400
 
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