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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 12011
42 Certified Supplier 8902
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9188
45 Co-managed Inventory 12359
46 Co-Packers 11673
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7610
49 Consular Invoice 19579
50 Container Depot 10520
51 Container Freight Station 10214
52 Continuous Replenishment 19363
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11971
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11320
56 Control Charts 7883
57 Cost Flow 10181
58 Courier Service 15093
59 CPFR 8134
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11688
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43868
62 Date Code 18056
63 Days of Supply 19692
64 Dead on Arrival 9112
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7219
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8006
67 Detective Control 8819
68 Devanning 14128
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10763
70 Dispatching 24209
71 Distributed Inventory 8276
72 Distribution Channel Management 34484
73 Distribution Metrics 8965
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15078
76 Double Marginalization 52477
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22172
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20485
80 Echelon Inventory 26040
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38146
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49384
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7530
84 Efficient Frontier 25287
85 Engineer-to-Order 31564
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16249
87 Erlang B Formula 9254
88 ETD 8240
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13351
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7679
95 Field Warehouse 9953
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14505
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26833
99 Flow Through Distribution 12208
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8076
101 FOB Destination 12919
102 Forward buying 29932
103 Freight Charge 10237
104 Freight Consolidation 7448
105 Gantt Chart 8220
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11616
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29415
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12579
109 Hub 23275
110 Idle Time 7982
111 Import/Export License 8624
112 In Bond Shipment 13798
113 Inbound Logistics 13447
114 Interstate System 10912
115 Inventory Costs 53289
116 Inventory in Transit 16310
117 Inventory Management 54428
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22160
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42209
121 JIT 2 18347
122 Job Production 27270
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8952
124 Kanban Squares 6756
125 Laid-Down Cost 10052
126 Lean Office 5948
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10807
128 Lee's Notation 8491
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14076
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36896
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9142
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7373
133 Logistics Channel 22769
134 Logistics Costs 26506
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10435
137 Marks and Numbers 12480
138 Material Planning 34932
139 Materials Management 26239
140 Milk Run 42883
 
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