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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 12284
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9050
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11911
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7009
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20020
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10376
52 Continuous Replenishment 19714
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7394
55 Contract of Affreightment 11546
56 Control Charts 8061
57 Cost Flow 10408
58 Courier Service 15407
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11939
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44528
62 Date Code 18521
63 Days of Supply 20010
64 Dead on Arrival 9490
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7423
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8247
67 Detective Control 9043
68 Devanning 14345
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11108
70 Dispatching 24798
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35130
73 Distribution Metrics 9321
74 Distribution Planning 24377
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15411
76 Double Marginalization 53012
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5527
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20758
80 Echelon Inventory 26430
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38443
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50157
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7733
84 Efficient Frontier 25725
85 Engineer-to-Order 31968
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16796
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8444
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13667
91 Exponential smoothing 9936
92 External Growth 10227
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9655
94 Field Services 7827
95 Field Warehouse 10968
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8968
97 Fishbone Diagram 14760
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27321
99 Flow Through Distribution 12471
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
101 FOB Destination 13214
102 Forward buying 30405
103 Freight Charge 10519
104 Freight Consolidation 7628
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11905
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29764
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12831
109 Hub 23626
110 Idle Time 8179
111 Import/Export License 8844
112 In Bond Shipment 14125
113 Inbound Logistics 13746
114 Interstate System 11130
115 Inventory Costs 54081
116 Inventory in Transit 16723
117 Inventory Management 55250
118 Inventory Planning System 9987
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22501
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43399
121 JIT 2 18568
122 Job Production 28233
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9268
124 Kanban Squares 6969
125 Laid-Down Cost 10373
126 Lean Office 6249
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10921
128 Lee's Notation 8658
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14456
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37649
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9434
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7617
133 Logistics Channel 23070
134 Logistics Costs 26876
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10693
137 Marks and Numbers 12799
138 Material Planning 35368
139 Materials Management 26555
140 Milk Run 43376
 
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