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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 12208
42 Certified Supplier 9013
43 Channel Effectiveness 8984
44 Co-Destiny 9363
45 Co-managed Inventory 12631
46 Co-Packers 11837
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6944
48 Computer-Based Training 7744
49 Consular Invoice 19910
50 Container Depot 10663
51 Container Freight Station 10321
52 Continuous Replenishment 19632
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12141
54 Contract Carrier 7353
55 Contract of Affreightment 11472
56 Control Charts 8015
57 Cost Flow 10343
58 Courier Service 15320
59 CPFR 8275
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11869
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44316
62 Date Code 18348
63 Days of Supply 19926
64 Dead on Arrival 9409
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7362
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8178
67 Detective Control 8972
68 Devanning 14276
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11032
70 Dispatching 24657
71 Distributed Inventory 8414
72 Distribution Channel Management 34943
73 Distribution Metrics 9215
74 Distribution Planning 24281
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15314
76 Double Marginalization 52873
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22471
78 Dual 5484
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20689
80 Echelon Inventory 26290
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38342
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49939
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7672
84 Efficient Frontier 25594
85 Engineer-to-Order 31859
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16646
87 Erlang B Formula 9407
88 ETD 8382
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13576
91 Exponential smoothing 9877
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9578
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10706
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8866
97 Fishbone Diagram 14679
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27183
99 Flow Through Distribution 12385
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8246
101 FOB Destination 13127
102 Forward buying 30305
103 Freight Charge 10468
104 Freight Consolidation 7586
105 Gantt Chart 8336
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11805
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29677
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12757
109 Hub 23533
110 Idle Time 8126
111 Import/Export License 8790
112 In Bond Shipment 14048
113 Inbound Logistics 13665
114 Interstate System 11074
115 Inventory Costs 53876
116 Inventory in Transit 16614
117 Inventory Management 55022
118 Inventory Planning System 9924
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22389
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43109
121 JIT 2 18510
122 Job Production 27951
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9203
124 Kanban Squares 6899
125 Laid-Down Cost 10285
126 Lean Office 6185
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8623
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14344
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37451
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9353
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7573
133 Logistics Channel 22991
134 Logistics Costs 26775
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6724
136 Manifest 10614
137 Marks and Numbers 12702
138 Material Planning 35245
139 Materials Management 26463
140 Milk Run 43242
 
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