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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 12246
42 Certified Supplier 9040
43 Channel Effectiveness 9021
44 Co-Destiny 9399
45 Co-managed Inventory 12675
46 Co-Packers 11872
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6980
48 Computer-Based Training 7771
49 Consular Invoice 19964
50 Container Depot 10697
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19671
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12180
54 Contract Carrier 7375
55 Contract of Affreightment 11508
56 Control Charts 8041
57 Cost Flow 10376
58 Courier Service 15374
59 CPFR 8313
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11905
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44421
62 Date Code 18447
63 Days of Supply 19973
64 Dead on Arrival 9455
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8218
67 Detective Control 9010
68 Devanning 14316
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11074
70 Dispatching 24733
71 Distributed Inventory 8447
72 Distribution Channel Management 35056
73 Distribution Metrics 9269
74 Distribution Planning 24334
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15372
76 Double Marginalization 52952
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22520
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20730
80 Echelon Inventory 26353
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38395
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50058
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25663
85 Engineer-to-Order 31917
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16718
87 Erlang B Formula 9442
88 ETD 8414
89 Ex Works 7909
90 Exception Rate 13633
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10192
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9617
94 Field Services 7804
95 Field Warehouse 10856
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8919
97 Fishbone Diagram 14723
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27261
99 Flow Through Distribution 12431
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8288
101 FOB Destination 13167
102 Forward buying 30362
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11861
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12798
109 Hub 23582
110 Idle Time 8153
111 Import/Export License 8819
112 In Bond Shipment 14087
113 Inbound Logistics 13709
114 Interstate System 11102
115 Inventory Costs 53992
116 Inventory in Transit 16677
117 Inventory Management 55146
118 Inventory Planning System 9959
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22451
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43245
121 JIT 2 18540
122 Job Production 28104
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9239
124 Kanban Squares 6943
125 Laid-Down Cost 10335
126 Lean Office 6216
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10907
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14408
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37558
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9398
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7596
133 Logistics Channel 23039
134 Logistics Costs 26838
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6749
136 Manifest 10662
137 Marks and Numbers 12765
138 Material Planning 35309
139 Materials Management 26512
140 Milk Run 43319
 
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