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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 11959
42 Certified Supplier 8870
43 Channel Effectiveness 8831
44 Co-Destiny 9139
45 Co-managed Inventory 12304
46 Co-Packers 11632
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6726
48 Computer-Based Training 7572
49 Consular Invoice 19498
50 Container Depot 10469
51 Container Freight Station 10193
52 Continuous Replenishment 19312
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11926
54 Contract Carrier 7247
55 Contract of Affreightment 11281
56 Control Charts 7838
57 Cost Flow 10149
58 Courier Service 15027
59 CPFR 8093
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11633
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43727
62 Date Code 17967
63 Days of Supply 19636
64 Dead on Arrival 9061
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7175
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7968
67 Detective Control 8778
68 Devanning 14092
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10714
70 Dispatching 24028
71 Distributed Inventory 8241
72 Distribution Channel Management 34365
73 Distribution Metrics 8894
74 Distribution Planning 24027
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15009
76 Double Marginalization 52394
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22124
78 Dual 5348
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20428
80 Echelon Inventory 25973
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38086
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49229
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7496
84 Efficient Frontier 25200
85 Engineer-to-Order 31478
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16153
87 Erlang B Formula 9209
88 ETD 8190
89 Ex Works 7740
90 Exception Rate 13290
91 Exponential smoothing 9713
92 External Growth 9922
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9300
94 Field Services 7649
95 Field Warehouse 9793
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8583
97 Fishbone Diagram 14451
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26747
99 Flow Through Distribution 12156
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8033
101 FOB Destination 12849
102 Forward buying 29865
103 Freight Charge 10199
104 Freight Consolidation 7416
105 Gantt Chart 8190
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11560
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29351
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12536
109 Hub 23209
110 Idle Time 7947
111 Import/Export License 8585
112 In Bond Shipment 13745
113 Inbound Logistics 13379
114 Interstate System 10865
115 Inventory Costs 53145
116 Inventory in Transit 16254
117 Inventory Management 54245
118 Inventory Planning System 9672
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41958
121 JIT 2 18310
122 Job Production 27081
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8903
124 Kanban Squares 6723
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5904
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10784
128 Lee's Notation 8451
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14004
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36700
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9079
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7345
133 Logistics Channel 22715
134 Logistics Costs 26437
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6600
136 Manifest 10383
137 Marks and Numbers 12406
138 Material Planning 34837
139 Materials Management 26181
140 Milk Run 42774
 
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