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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 11798
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9009
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11520
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6579
48 Computer-Based Training 7468
49 Consular Invoice 19266
50 Container Depot 10321
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19159
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11780
54 Contract Carrier 7183
55 Contract of Affreightment 11158
56 Control Charts 7727
57 Cost Flow 10036
58 Courier Service 14794
59 CPFR 7970
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11498
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43233
62 Date Code 17696
63 Days of Supply 19428
64 Dead on Arrival 8896
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7826
67 Detective Control 8674
68 Devanning 13958
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10566
70 Dispatching 23571
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33983
73 Distribution Metrics 8674
74 Distribution Planning 23863
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14815
76 Double Marginalization 52137
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21965
78 Dual 5238
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25832
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37921
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48773
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7386
84 Efficient Frontier 24918
85 Engineer-to-Order 31212
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15893
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7658
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9590
92 External Growth 9803
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9659
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14282
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26483
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7897
101 FOB Destination 12652
102 Forward buying 29681
103 Freight Charge 10076
104 Freight Consolidation 7299
105 Gantt Chart 8095
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11378
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29135
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23011
110 Idle Time 7848
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13582
113 Inbound Logistics 13180
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52675
116 Inventory in Transit 16060
117 Inventory Management 53767
118 Inventory Planning System 9555
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21875
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41258
121 JIT 2 18191
122 Job Production 26537
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8736
124 Kanban Squares 6597
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5783
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13785
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36213
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8937
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7233
133 Logistics Channel 22532
134 Logistics Costs 26252
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6522
136 Manifest 10210
137 Marks and Numbers 12242
138 Material Planning 34522
139 Materials Management 25998
140 Milk Run 42372
 
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