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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 12106
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8912
44 Co-Destiny 9276
45 Co-managed Inventory 12464
46 Co-Packers 11748
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6849
48 Computer-Based Training 7677
49 Consular Invoice 19740
50 Container Depot 10590
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19459
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12057
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11396
56 Control Charts 7948
57 Cost Flow 10250
58 Courier Service 15206
59 CPFR 8199
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11773
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44092
62 Date Code 18189
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9228
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7294
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8084
67 Detective Control 8890
68 Devanning 14194
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10858
70 Dispatching 24456
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34676
73 Distribution Metrics 9088
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52624
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22282
78 Dual 5430
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20580
80 Echelon Inventory 26173
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49652
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25437
85 Engineer-to-Order 31705
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16406
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13462
91 Exponential smoothing 9813
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9421
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10387
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14583
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26988
99 Flow Through Distribution 12291
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8158
101 FOB Destination 13003
102 Forward buying 30059
103 Freight Charge 10320
104 Freight Consolidation 7511
105 Gantt Chart 8276
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11711
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29554
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12660
109 Hub 23395
110 Idle Time 8054
111 Import/Export License 8698
112 In Bond Shipment 13926
113 Inbound Logistics 13557
114 Interstate System 10985
115 Inventory Costs 53556
116 Inventory in Transit 16434
117 Inventory Management 54671
118 Inventory Planning System 9779
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22265
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42603
121 JIT 2 18418
122 Job Production 27583
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9050
124 Kanban Squares 6814
125 Laid-Down Cost 10149
126 Lean Office 6035
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8551
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14198
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37166
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9243
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7434
133 Logistics Channel 22877
134 Logistics Costs 26638
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6677
136 Manifest 10513
137 Marks and Numbers 12584
138 Material Planning 35064
139 Materials Management 26343
140 Milk Run 43070
 
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