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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 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8910
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9201
45 Co-managed Inventory 12375
46 Co-Packers 11683
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6777
48 Computer-Based Training 7623
49 Consular Invoice 19606
50 Container Depot 10531
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19380
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11985
54 Contract Carrier 7279
55 Contract of Affreightment 11331
56 Control Charts 7894
57 Cost Flow 10189
58 Courier Service 15109
59 CPFR 8145
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11700
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43905
62 Date Code 18075
63 Days of Supply 19708
64 Dead on Arrival 9132
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7232
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8019
67 Detective Control 8838
68 Devanning 14138
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10778
70 Dispatching 24262
71 Distributed Inventory 8285
72 Distribution Channel Management 34510
73 Distribution Metrics 8985
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15094
76 Double Marginalization 52494
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22190
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20498
80 Echelon Inventory 26060
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38159
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49429
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7542
84 Efficient Frontier 25305
85 Engineer-to-Order 31584
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16269
87 Erlang B Formula 9268
88 ETD 8257
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13371
91 Exponential smoothing 9758
92 External Growth 9980
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9350
94 Field Services 7690
95 Field Warehouse 10031
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8661
97 Fishbone Diagram 14512
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26855
99 Flow Through Distribution 12221
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8085
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29952
103 Freight Charge 10248
104 Freight Consolidation 7458
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11628
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29440
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12596
109 Hub 23292
110 Idle Time 7990
111 Import/Export License 8637
112 In Bond Shipment 13817
113 Inbound Logistics 13463
114 Interstate System 10923
115 Inventory Costs 53326
116 Inventory in Transit 16323
117 Inventory Management 54456
118 Inventory Planning System 9717
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22174
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42275
121 JIT 2 18361
122 Job Production 27321
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8967
124 Kanban Squares 6764
125 Laid-Down Cost 10063
126 Lean Office 5957
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8501
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14092
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36933
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9156
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7378
133 Logistics Channel 22784
134 Logistics Costs 26525
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6629
136 Manifest 10449
137 Marks and Numbers 12501
138 Material Planning 34947
139 Materials Management 26254
140 Milk Run 42916
 
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