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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 11826
42 Certified Supplier 8800
43 Channel Effectiveness 8769
44 Co-Destiny 9037
45 Co-managed Inventory 12186
46 Co-Packers 11540
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6604
48 Computer-Based Training 7481
49 Consular Invoice 19314
50 Container Depot 10348
51 Container Freight Station 10119
52 Continuous Replenishment 19181
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11810
54 Contract Carrier 7195
55 Contract of Affreightment 11178
56 Control Charts 7749
57 Cost Flow 10058
58 Courier Service 14846
59 CPFR 7997
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11527
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43319
62 Date Code 17735
63 Days of Supply 19463
64 Dead on Arrival 8929
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7076
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7855
67 Detective Control 8690
68 Devanning 13987
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10592
70 Dispatching 23640
71 Distributed Inventory 8166
72 Distribution Channel Management 34052
73 Distribution Metrics 8716
74 Distribution Planning 23899
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14853
76 Double Marginalization 52194
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21991
78 Dual 5265
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20300
80 Echelon Inventory 25859
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37955
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48861
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7405
84 Efficient Frontier 24972
85 Engineer-to-Order 31258
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15955
87 Erlang B Formula 9096
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7671
90 Exception Rate 13145
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9823
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9209
94 Field Services 7582
95 Field Warehouse 9687
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8432
97 Fishbone Diagram 14306
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26523
99 Flow Through Distribution 12048
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7924
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29717
103 Freight Charge 10100
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8114
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11419
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29182
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23051
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8479
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13215
114 Interstate System 10777
115 Inventory Costs 52761
116 Inventory in Transit 16100
117 Inventory Management 53847
118 Inventory Planning System 9583
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41394
121 JIT 2 18212
122 Job Production 26643
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8763
124 Kanban Squares 6620
125 Laid-Down Cost 9890
126 Lean Office 5805
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10735
128 Lee's Notation 8355
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13827
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36294
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8956
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7269
133 Logistics Channel 22566
134 Logistics Costs 26284
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6540
136 Manifest 10239
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34581
139 Materials Management 26029
140 Milk Run 42445
 
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