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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 12107
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8914
44 Co-Destiny 9278
45 Co-managed Inventory 12475
46 Co-Packers 11750
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6851
48 Computer-Based Training 7678
49 Consular Invoice 19743
50 Container Depot 10591
51 Container Freight Station 10266
52 Continuous Replenishment 19469
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12060
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11398
56 Control Charts 7949
57 Cost Flow 10253
58 Courier Service 15209
59 CPFR 8201
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11775
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44099
62 Date Code 18191
63 Days of Supply 19806
64 Dead on Arrival 9237
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7295
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8085
67 Detective Control 8891
68 Devanning 14196
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10868
70 Dispatching 24460
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34680
73 Distribution Metrics 9090
74 Distribution Planning 24174
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15191
76 Double Marginalization 52634
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22291
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20584
80 Echelon Inventory 26177
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38240
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49658
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7600
84 Efficient Frontier 25439
85 Engineer-to-Order 31711
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16416
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13466
91 Exponential smoothing 9815
92 External Growth 10056
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9430
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10391
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14585
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26992
99 Flow Through Distribution 12293
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8161
101 FOB Destination 13004
102 Forward buying 30067
103 Freight Charge 10329
104 Freight Consolidation 7513
105 Gantt Chart 8278
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11714
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29559
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12663
109 Hub 23396
110 Idle Time 8055
111 Import/Export License 8699
112 In Bond Shipment 13926
113 Inbound Logistics 13561
114 Interstate System 10988
115 Inventory Costs 53561
116 Inventory in Transit 16445
117 Inventory Management 54683
118 Inventory Planning System 9788
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22270
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42611
121 JIT 2 18419
122 Job Production 27589
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9060
124 Kanban Squares 6815
125 Laid-Down Cost 10153
126 Lean Office 6044
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8552
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14202
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37176
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9245
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7444
133 Logistics Channel 22878
134 Logistics Costs 26641
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6679
136 Manifest 10514
137 Marks and Numbers 12585
138 Material Planning 35066
139 Materials Management 26346
140 Milk Run 43073
 
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