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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 12014
42 Certified Supplier 8904
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9190
45 Co-managed Inventory 12360
46 Co-Packers 11674
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6770
48 Computer-Based Training 7613
49 Consular Invoice 19582
50 Container Depot 10522
51 Container Freight Station 10215
52 Continuous Replenishment 19366
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11973
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7886
57 Cost Flow 10183
58 Courier Service 15095
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11691
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43870
62 Date Code 18062
63 Days of Supply 19694
64 Dead on Arrival 9115
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8009
67 Detective Control 8824
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10766
70 Dispatching 24213
71 Distributed Inventory 8276
72 Distribution Channel Management 34488
73 Distribution Metrics 8969
74 Distribution Planning 24080
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15083
76 Double Marginalization 52480
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22174
78 Dual 5377
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26042
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38147
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49387
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7534
84 Efficient Frontier 25291
85 Engineer-to-Order 31565
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16252
87 Erlang B Formula 9257
88 ETD 8243
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13353
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9967
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9967
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26835
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
101 FOB Destination 12921
102 Forward buying 29935
103 Freight Charge 10239
104 Freight Consolidation 7450
105 Gantt Chart 8222
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11618
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29419
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12581
109 Hub 23279
110 Idle Time 7984
111 Import/Export License 8625
112 In Bond Shipment 13800
113 Inbound Logistics 13449
114 Interstate System 10913
115 Inventory Costs 53293
116 Inventory in Transit 16313
117 Inventory Management 54431
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22161
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42218
121 JIT 2 18350
122 Job Production 27272
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8956
124 Kanban Squares 6758
125 Laid-Down Cost 10054
126 Lean Office 5949
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10807
128 Lee's Notation 8492
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14078
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36901
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9145
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7374
133 Logistics Channel 22771
134 Logistics Costs 26507
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10437
137 Marks and Numbers 12484
138 Material Planning 34933
139 Materials Management 26241
140 Milk Run 42885
 
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