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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 11976
42 Certified Supplier 8883
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9156
45 Co-managed Inventory 12325
46 Co-Packers 11646
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6736
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19528
50 Container Depot 10488
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19331
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11942
54 Contract Carrier 7259
55 Contract of Affreightment 11296
56 Control Charts 7858
57 Cost Flow 10159
58 Courier Service 15051
59 CPFR 8107
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11653
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43771
62 Date Code 18007
63 Days of Supply 19663
64 Dead on Arrival 9080
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7195
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7982
67 Detective Control 8792
68 Devanning 14107
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10733
70 Dispatching 24094
71 Distributed Inventory 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34402
73 Distribution Metrics 8921
74 Distribution Planning 24046
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15031
76 Double Marginalization 52422
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22143
78 Dual 5358
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20447
80 Echelon Inventory 25995
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38111
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49285
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25230
85 Engineer-to-Order 31508
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16190
87 Erlang B Formula 9223
88 ETD 8210
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13312
91 Exponential smoothing 9728
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9837
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8609
97 Fishbone Diagram 14471
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26783
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12874
102 Forward buying 29889
103 Freight Charge 10212
104 Freight Consolidation 7427
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11579
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29372
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12552
109 Hub 23231
110 Idle Time 7960
111 Import/Export License 8598
112 In Bond Shipment 13758
113 Inbound Logistics 13403
114 Interstate System 10881
115 Inventory Costs 53188
116 Inventory in Transit 16278
117 Inventory Management 54316
118 Inventory Planning System 9685
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22120
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42044
121 JIT 2 18320
122 Job Production 27154
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8921
124 Kanban Squares 6738
125 Laid-Down Cost 10020
126 Lean Office 5922
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10793
128 Lee's Notation 8463
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14030
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36773
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9100
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7354
133 Logistics Channel 22735
134 Logistics Costs 26464
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6611
136 Manifest 10399
137 Marks and Numbers 12433
138 Material Planning 34879
139 Materials Management 26207
140 Milk Run 42814
 
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