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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 11862
42 Certified Supplier 8823
43 Channel Effectiveness 8783
44 Co-Destiny 9055
45 Co-managed Inventory 12222
46 Co-Packers 11558
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6631
48 Computer-Based Training 7513
49 Consular Invoice 19352
50 Container Depot 10378
51 Container Freight Station 10136
52 Continuous Replenishment 19218
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11842
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11203
56 Control Charts 7773
57 Cost Flow 10081
58 Courier Service 14907
59 CPFR 8024
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11552
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43424
62 Date Code 17780
63 Days of Supply 19513
64 Dead on Arrival 8958
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7093
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7886
67 Detective Control 8706
68 Devanning 14008
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10623
70 Dispatching 23723
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34127
73 Distribution Metrics 8754
74 Distribution Planning 23932
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14888
76 Double Marginalization 52265
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22021
78 Dual 5295
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20327
80 Echelon Inventory 25886
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37985
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48964
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7431
84 Efficient Frontier 25026
85 Engineer-to-Order 31307
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15995
87 Erlang B Formula 9130
88 ETD 8107
89 Ex Works 7687
90 Exception Rate 13184
91 Exponential smoothing 9630
92 External Growth 9845
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9230
94 Field Services 7599
95 Field Warehouse 9713
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8475
97 Fishbone Diagram 14341
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26579
99 Flow Through Distribution 12079
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7953
101 FOB Destination 12717
102 Forward buying 29768
103 Freight Charge 10124
104 Freight Consolidation 7351
105 Gantt Chart 8132
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11470
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29224
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12452
109 Hub 23095
110 Idle Time 7885
111 Import/Export License 8507
112 In Bond Shipment 13647
113 Inbound Logistics 13251
114 Interstate System 10796
115 Inventory Costs 52857
116 Inventory in Transit 16133
117 Inventory Management 53940
118 Inventory Planning System 9606
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21976
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41536
121 JIT 2 18240
122 Job Production 26759
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8799
124 Kanban Squares 6651
125 Laid-Down Cost 9912
126 Lean Office 5831
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10758
128 Lee's Notation 8381
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13873
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36393
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8983
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7294
133 Logistics Channel 22598
134 Logistics Costs 26326
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6554
136 Manifest 10272
137 Marks and Numbers 12284
138 Material Planning 34639
139 Materials Management 26060
140 Milk Run 42535
 
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