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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 11794
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8749
44 Co-Destiny 9006
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7465
49 Consular Invoice 19262
50 Container Depot 10319
51 Container Freight Station 10098
52 Continuous Replenishment 19155
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11776
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7726
57 Cost Flow 10034
58 Courier Service 14788
59 CPFR 7966
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11494
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43221
62 Date Code 17691
63 Days of Supply 19424
64 Dead on Arrival 8889
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7824
67 Detective Control 8673
68 Devanning 13956
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10564
70 Dispatching 23563
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33974
73 Distribution Metrics 8671
74 Distribution Planning 23861
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14811
76 Double Marginalization 52134
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21958
78 Dual 5234
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25829
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37919
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48758
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7384
84 Efficient Frontier 24913
85 Engineer-to-Order 31207
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15886
87 Erlang B Formula 9059
88 ETD 8062
89 Ex Works 7656
90 Exception Rate 13106
91 Exponential smoothing 9586
92 External Growth 9797
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9183
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8392
97 Fishbone Diagram 14279
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26475
99 Flow Through Distribution 12012
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7893
101 FOB Destination 12647
102 Forward buying 29676
103 Freight Charge 10072
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11373
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29131
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12405
109 Hub 23004
110 Idle Time 7844
111 Import/Export License 8455
112 In Bond Shipment 13577
113 Inbound Logistics 13176
114 Interstate System 10762
115 Inventory Costs 52655
116 Inventory in Transit 16055
117 Inventory Management 53759
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21867
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41237
121 JIT 2 18187
122 Job Production 26521
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8733
124 Kanban Squares 6593
125 Laid-Down Cost 9870
126 Lean Office 5782
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8332
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13777
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36206
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8933
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7230
133 Logistics Channel 22527
134 Logistics Costs 26243
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6521
136 Manifest 10204
137 Marks and Numbers 12236
138 Material Planning 34514
139 Materials Management 25994
140 Milk Run 42359
 
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