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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 12100
42 Certified Supplier 8952
43 Channel Effectiveness 8908
44 Co-Destiny 9272
45 Co-managed Inventory 12444
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6841
48 Computer-Based Training 7675
49 Consular Invoice 19728
50 Container Depot 10587
51 Container Freight Station 10262
52 Continuous Replenishment 19443
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12053
54 Contract Carrier 7307
55 Contract of Affreightment 11393
56 Control Charts 7944
57 Cost Flow 10245
58 Courier Service 15199
59 CPFR 8195
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11770
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44080
62 Date Code 18184
63 Days of Supply 19798
64 Dead on Arrival 9211
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7288
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14192
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10841
70 Dispatching 24442
71 Distributed Inventory 8336
72 Distribution Channel Management 34664
73 Distribution Metrics 9083
74 Distribution Planning 24169
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15182
76 Double Marginalization 52605
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22263
78 Dual 5428
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20578
80 Echelon Inventory 26164
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38234
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49630
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7593
84 Efficient Frontier 25428
85 Engineer-to-Order 31700
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16388
87 Erlang B Formula 9327
88 ETD 8310
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13457
91 Exponential smoothing 9810
92 External Growth 10049
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9400
94 Field Services 7728
95 Field Warehouse 10377
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8735
97 Fishbone Diagram 14580
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26978
99 Flow Through Distribution 12286
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8151
101 FOB Destination 12996
102 Forward buying 30040
103 Freight Charge 10299
104 Freight Consolidation 7509
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11704
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29544
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12656
109 Hub 23383
110 Idle Time 8049
111 Import/Export License 8692
112 In Bond Shipment 13916
113 Inbound Logistics 13550
114 Interstate System 10981
115 Inventory Costs 53543
116 Inventory in Transit 16414
117 Inventory Management 54647
118 Inventory Planning System 9759
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22259
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42587
121 JIT 2 18415
122 Job Production 27565
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9033
124 Kanban Squares 6813
125 Laid-Down Cost 10143
126 Lean Office 6014
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8547
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14192
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37143
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9236
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7416
133 Logistics Channel 22872
134 Logistics Costs 26632
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6674
136 Manifest 10510
137 Marks and Numbers 12579
138 Material Planning 35055
139 Materials Management 26336
140 Milk Run 43062
 
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