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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 12237
42 Certified Supplier 9037
43 Channel Effectiveness 9015
44 Co-Destiny 9393
45 Co-managed Inventory 12669
46 Co-Packers 11868
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6975
48 Computer-Based Training 7766
49 Consular Invoice 19955
50 Container Depot 10690
51 Container Freight Station 10343
52 Continuous Replenishment 19664
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12173
54 Contract Carrier 7370
55 Contract of Affreightment 11501
56 Control Charts 8035
57 Cost Flow 10369
58 Courier Service 15365
59 CPFR 8304
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11900
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44408
62 Date Code 18429
63 Days of Supply 19966
64 Dead on Arrival 9448
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7391
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8211
67 Detective Control 9003
68 Devanning 14311
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11068
70 Dispatching 24721
71 Distributed Inventory 8440
72 Distribution Channel Management 35043
73 Distribution Metrics 9263
74 Distribution Planning 24327
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15361
76 Double Marginalization 52942
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22509
78 Dual 5498
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20724
80 Echelon Inventory 26346
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38387
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50042
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7698
84 Efficient Frontier 25652
85 Engineer-to-Order 31911
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16703
87 Erlang B Formula 9435
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7902
90 Exception Rate 13622
91 Exponential smoothing 9909
92 External Growth 10184
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9611
94 Field Services 7801
95 Field Warehouse 10830
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8910
97 Fishbone Diagram 14712
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27244
99 Flow Through Distribution 12426
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8281
101 FOB Destination 13161
102 Forward buying 30356
103 Freight Charge 10494
104 Freight Consolidation 7603
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11849
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29716
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12789
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8151
111 Import/Export License 8816
112 In Bond Shipment 14084
113 Inbound Logistics 13702
114 Interstate System 11099
115 Inventory Costs 53981
116 Inventory in Transit 16667
117 Inventory Management 55121
118 Inventory Planning System 9954
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22439
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43222
121 JIT 2 18537
122 Job Production 28075
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9235
124 Kanban Squares 6933
125 Laid-Down Cost 10328
126 Lean Office 6213
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10904
128 Lee's Notation 8638
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14400
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37538
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9391
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23031
134 Logistics Costs 26829
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6745
136 Manifest 10655
137 Marks and Numbers 12748
138 Material Planning 35302
139 Materials Management 26508
140 Milk Run 43307
 
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