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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 12087
42 Certified Supplier 8945
43 Channel Effectiveness 8899
44 Co-Destiny 9263
45 Co-managed Inventory 12435
46 Co-Packers 11736
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6830
48 Computer-Based Training 7664
49 Consular Invoice 19705
50 Container Depot 10579
51 Container Freight Station 10255
52 Continuous Replenishment 19433
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12039
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11382
56 Control Charts 7933
57 Cost Flow 10235
58 Courier Service 15186
59 CPFR 8187
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11761
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44061
62 Date Code 18167
63 Days of Supply 19787
64 Dead on Arrival 9204
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7279
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8076
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14183
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10831
70 Dispatching 24416
71 Distributed Inventory 8325
72 Distribution Channel Management 34646
73 Distribution Metrics 9070
74 Distribution Planning 24157
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15171
76 Double Marginalization 52595
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22251
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20569
80 Echelon Inventory 26152
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38220
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49599
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7583
84 Efficient Frontier 25413
85 Engineer-to-Order 31687
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16376
87 Erlang B Formula 9319
88 ETD 8303
89 Ex Works 7811
90 Exception Rate 13440
91 Exponential smoothing 9804
92 External Growth 10035
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7722
95 Field Warehouse 10335
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8724
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26959
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8137
101 FOB Destination 12985
102 Forward buying 30029
103 Freight Charge 10293
104 Freight Consolidation 7498
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11692
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29526
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12648
109 Hub 23374
110 Idle Time 8038
111 Import/Export License 8682
112 In Bond Shipment 13899
113 Inbound Logistics 13543
114 Interstate System 10973
115 Inventory Costs 53497
116 Inventory in Transit 16402
117 Inventory Management 54616
118 Inventory Planning System 9753
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22249
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42542
121 JIT 2 18406
122 Job Production 27525
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9022
124 Kanban Squares 6808
125 Laid-Down Cost 10131
126 Lean Office 6005
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10837
128 Lee's Notation 8542
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14177
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37123
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9223
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7411
133 Logistics Channel 22858
134 Logistics Costs 26614
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6664
136 Manifest 10503
137 Marks and Numbers 12571
138 Material Planning 35032
139 Materials Management 26322
140 Milk Run 43045
 
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