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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 12292
42 Certified Supplier 9061
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12726
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7016
48 Computer-Based Training 7802
49 Consular Invoice 20034
50 Container Depot 10729
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19720
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12211
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10416
58 Courier Service 15415
59 CPFR 8340
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11947
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44545
62 Date Code 18534
63 Days of Supply 20017
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7430
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8256
67 Detective Control 9054
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11119
70 Dispatching 24814
71 Distributed Inventory 8471
72 Distribution Channel Management 35146
73 Distribution Metrics 9330
74 Distribution Planning 24384
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15419
76 Double Marginalization 53024
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22571
78 Dual 5533
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20765
80 Echelon Inventory 26442
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38455
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50181
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7737
84 Efficient Frontier 25737
85 Engineer-to-Order 31978
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16807
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8451
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9941
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9663
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 11003
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8983
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27339
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8332
101 FOB Destination 13221
102 Forward buying 30419
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8383
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11916
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29770
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12842
109 Hub 23641
110 Idle Time 8185
111 Import/Export License 8851
112 In Bond Shipment 14133
113 Inbound Logistics 13755
114 Interstate System 11136
115 Inventory Costs 54095
116 Inventory in Transit 16739
117 Inventory Management 55275
118 Inventory Planning System 9996
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22514
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43436
121 JIT 2 18575
122 Job Production 28262
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9275
124 Kanban Squares 6974
125 Laid-Down Cost 10381
126 Lean Office 6253
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8662
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14466
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37666
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9443
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23076
134 Logistics Costs 26883
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6766
136 Manifest 10702
137 Marks and Numbers 12812
138 Material Planning 35378
139 Materials Management 26565
140 Milk Run 43390
 
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