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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 12288
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9052
44 Co-Destiny 9435
45 Co-managed Inventory 12723
46 Co-Packers 11913
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7012
48 Computer-Based Training 7797
49 Consular Invoice 20024
50 Container Depot 10725
51 Container Freight Station 10377
52 Continuous Replenishment 19718
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12208
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8062
57 Cost Flow 10414
58 Courier Service 15412
59 CPFR 8338
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11943
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44537
62 Date Code 18527
63 Days of Supply 20016
64 Dead on Arrival 9494
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7424
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8251
67 Detective Control 9050
68 Devanning 14347
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11114
70 Dispatching 24805
71 Distributed Inventory 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35138
73 Distribution Metrics 9324
74 Distribution Planning 24381
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15415
76 Double Marginalization 53015
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22566
78 Dual 5529
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20762
80 Echelon Inventory 26435
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38449
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50168
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25730
85 Engineer-to-Order 31973
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16801
87 Erlang B Formula 9469
88 ETD 8448
89 Ex Works 7931
90 Exception Rate 13671
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10230
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9659
94 Field Services 7829
95 Field Warehouse 10981
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8975
97 Fishbone Diagram 14763
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27330
99 Flow Through Distribution 12476
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8326
101 FOB Destination 13218
102 Forward buying 30412
103 Freight Charge 10521
104 Freight Consolidation 7629
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11911
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29767
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12833
109 Hub 23631
110 Idle Time 8183
111 Import/Export License 8848
112 In Bond Shipment 14127
113 Inbound Logistics 13751
114 Interstate System 11134
115 Inventory Costs 54089
116 Inventory in Transit 16731
117 Inventory Management 55260
118 Inventory Planning System 9992
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22509
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43413
121 JIT 2 18571
122 Job Production 28244
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9273
124 Kanban Squares 6971
125 Laid-Down Cost 10375
126 Lean Office 6251
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8660
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14462
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37659
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9438
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7619
133 Logistics Channel 23071
134 Logistics Costs 26879
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10697
137 Marks and Numbers 12807
138 Material Planning 35375
139 Materials Management 26561
140 Milk Run 43380
 
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