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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 12217
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9372
45 Co-managed Inventory 12646
46 Co-Packers 11847
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6951
48 Computer-Based Training 7751
49 Consular Invoice 19923
50 Container Depot 10668
51 Container Freight Station 10328
52 Continuous Replenishment 19643
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12150
54 Contract Carrier 7359
55 Contract of Affreightment 11481
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10348
58 Courier Service 15336
59 CPFR 8283
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11878
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44343
62 Date Code 18364
63 Days of Supply 19936
64 Dead on Arrival 9419
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7373
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8189
67 Detective Control 8979
68 Devanning 14287
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11044
70 Dispatching 24675
71 Distributed Inventory 8422
72 Distribution Channel Management 34972
73 Distribution Metrics 9229
74 Distribution Planning 24295
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15324
76 Double Marginalization 52889
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22480
78 Dual 5486
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20699
80 Echelon Inventory 26300
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38354
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49967
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7679
84 Efficient Frontier 25610
85 Engineer-to-Order 31872
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16664
87 Erlang B Formula 9413
88 ETD 8390
89 Ex Works 7884
90 Exception Rate 13589
91 Exponential smoothing 9886
92 External Growth 10162
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9586
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10732
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8876
97 Fishbone Diagram 14688
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27199
99 Flow Through Distribution 12397
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8252
101 FOB Destination 13135
102 Forward buying 30321
103 Freight Charge 10476
104 Freight Consolidation 7590
105 Gantt Chart 8341
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11819
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29688
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12766
109 Hub 23545
110 Idle Time 8132
111 Import/Export License 8798
112 In Bond Shipment 14060
113 Inbound Logistics 13676
114 Interstate System 11081
115 Inventory Costs 53910
116 Inventory in Transit 16627
117 Inventory Management 55051
118 Inventory Planning System 9933
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22403
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43147
121 JIT 2 18513
122 Job Production 27990
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9210
124 Kanban Squares 6909
125 Laid-Down Cost 10294
126 Lean Office 6192
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10896
128 Lee's Notation 8627
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14358
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37472
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9363
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7578
133 Logistics Channel 23005
134 Logistics Costs 26793
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6732
136 Manifest 10624
137 Marks and Numbers 12714
138 Material Planning 35260
139 Materials Management 26476
140 Milk Run 43262
 
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