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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 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8851
43 Channel Effectiveness 8811
44 Co-Destiny 9102
45 Co-managed Inventory 12276
46 Co-Packers 11603
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6685
48 Computer-Based Training 7550
49 Consular Invoice 19441
50 Container Depot 10438
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11900
54 Contract Carrier 7230
55 Contract of Affreightment 11259
56 Control Charts 7817
57 Cost Flow 10128
58 Courier Service 14990
59 CPFR 8068
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11607
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43640
62 Date Code 17900
63 Days of Supply 19591
64 Dead on Arrival 9030
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7147
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7930
67 Detective Control 8752
68 Devanning 14066
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10679
70 Dispatching 23926
71 Distributed Inventory 8214
72 Distribution Channel Management 34276
73 Distribution Metrics 8849
74 Distribution Planning 23992
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14967
76 Double Marginalization 52348
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5326
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25943
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38052
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49147
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7465
84 Efficient Frontier 25138
85 Engineer-to-Order 31417
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16094
87 Erlang B Formula 9171
88 ETD 8158
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13245
91 Exponential smoothing 9680
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9272
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9756
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8546
97 Fishbone Diagram 14414
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26688
99 Flow Through Distribution 12129
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8004
101 FOB Destination 12804
102 Forward buying 29837
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7390
105 Gantt Chart 8169
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11522
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29302
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23168
110 Idle Time 7925
111 Import/Export License 8557
112 In Bond Shipment 13712
113 Inbound Logistics 13331
114 Interstate System 10834
115 Inventory Costs 53042
116 Inventory in Transit 16212
117 Inventory Management 54126
118 Inventory Planning System 9648
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22058
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41798
121 JIT 2 18284
122 Job Production 26959
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8868
124 Kanban Squares 6698
125 Laid-Down Cost 9960
126 Lean Office 5878
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10772
128 Lee's Notation 8422
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13950
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36582
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9035
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7327
133 Logistics Channel 22664
134 Logistics Costs 26407
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6585
136 Manifest 10347
137 Marks and Numbers 12351
138 Material Planning 34768
139 Materials Management 26130
140 Milk Run 42704
 
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