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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 11962
42 Certified Supplier 8873
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9143
45 Co-managed Inventory 12306
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6727
48 Computer-Based Training 7577
49 Consular Invoice 19504
50 Container Depot 10473
51 Container Freight Station 10196
52 Continuous Replenishment 19314
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11930
54 Contract Carrier 7250
55 Contract of Affreightment 11283
56 Control Charts 7842
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15033
59 CPFR 8095
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11638
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43733
62 Date Code 17971
63 Days of Supply 19642
64 Dead on Arrival 9066
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7177
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7973
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10715
70 Dispatching 24038
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34371
73 Distribution Metrics 8899
74 Distribution Planning 24032
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15011
76 Double Marginalization 52396
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22125
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20430
80 Echelon Inventory 25974
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49237
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7498
84 Efficient Frontier 25202
85 Engineer-to-Order 31480
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16161
87 Erlang B Formula 9212
88 ETD 8195
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13294
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9923
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9303
94 Field Services 7650
95 Field Warehouse 9797
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8587
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26752
99 Flow Through Distribution 12158
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
101 FOB Destination 12854
102 Forward buying 29870
103 Freight Charge 10203
104 Freight Consolidation 7416
105 Gantt Chart 8193
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11564
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29353
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23210
110 Idle Time 7953
111 Import/Export License 8587
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13381
114 Interstate System 10868
115 Inventory Costs 53148
116 Inventory in Transit 16258
117 Inventory Management 54256
118 Inventory Planning System 9673
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41976
121 JIT 2 18313
122 Job Production 27088
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8907
124 Kanban Squares 6727
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5909
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10786
128 Lee's Notation 8454
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14007
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36712
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9082
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7346
133 Logistics Channel 22718
134 Logistics Costs 26441
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6601
136 Manifest 10386
137 Marks and Numbers 12410
138 Material Planning 34845
139 Materials Management 26185
140 Milk Run 42779
 
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