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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 12138
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8934
44 Co-Destiny 9306
45 Co-managed Inventory 12566
46 Co-Packers 11781
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6881
48 Computer-Based Training 7695
49 Consular Invoice 19792
50 Container Depot 10612
51 Container Freight Station 10282
52 Continuous Replenishment 19564
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12084
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11421
56 Control Charts 7968
57 Cost Flow 10279
58 Courier Service 15242
59 CPFR 8228
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11807
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44167
62 Date Code 18238
63 Days of Supply 19842
64 Dead on Arrival 9329
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7315
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8113
67 Detective Control 8917
68 Devanning 14218
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10965
70 Dispatching 24528
71 Distributed Inventory 8360
72 Distribution Channel Management 34758
73 Distribution Metrics 9125
74 Distribution Planning 24204
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15220
76 Double Marginalization 52753
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22385
78 Dual 5445
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20619
80 Echelon Inventory 26213
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38276
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49742
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7622
84 Efficient Frontier 25493
85 Engineer-to-Order 31758
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16527
87 Erlang B Formula 9351
88 ETD 8338
89 Ex Works 7839
90 Exception Rate 13499
91 Exponential smoothing 9835
92 External Growth 10079
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9526
94 Field Services 7745
95 Field Warehouse 10473
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8769
97 Fishbone Diagram 14613
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27043
99 Flow Through Distribution 12313
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8185
101 FOB Destination 13037
102 Forward buying 30171
103 Freight Charge 10414
104 Freight Consolidation 7536
105 Gantt Chart 8292
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11738
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29595
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12687
109 Hub 23439
110 Idle Time 8074
111 Import/Export License 8727
112 In Bond Shipment 13963
113 Inbound Logistics 13590
114 Interstate System 11009
115 Inventory Costs 53644
116 Inventory in Transit 16537
117 Inventory Management 54818
118 Inventory Planning System 9874
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22309
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42747
121 JIT 2 18445
122 Job Production 27695
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9151
124 Kanban Squares 6841
125 Laid-Down Cost 10194
126 Lean Office 6129
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10861
128 Lee's Notation 8573
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14239
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37296
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9277
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7532
133 Logistics Channel 22921
134 Logistics Costs 26693
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6693
136 Manifest 10541
137 Marks and Numbers 12612
138 Material Planning 35113
139 Materials Management 26382
140 Milk Run 43121
 
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