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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 11672
42 Certified Supplier 8730
43 Channel Effectiveness 8672
44 Co-Destiny 8934
45 Co-managed Inventory 12055
46 Co-Packers 11454
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6480
48 Computer-Based Training 7410
49 Consular Invoice 19108
50 Container Depot 10237
51 Container Freight Station 10047
52 Continuous Replenishment 19047
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11701
54 Contract Carrier 7139
55 Contract of Affreightment 11100
56 Control Charts 7650
57 Cost Flow 9961
58 Courier Service 14646
59 CPFR 7898
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11399
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42861
62 Date Code 17558
63 Days of Supply 19299
64 Dead on Arrival 8793
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7005
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7742
67 Detective Control 8615
68 Devanning 13891
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10457
70 Dispatching 23297
71 Distributed Inventory 8087
72 Distribution Channel Management 33697
73 Distribution Metrics 8534
74 Distribution Planning 23748
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14689
76 Double Marginalization 51911
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21868
78 Dual 5169
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20212
80 Echelon Inventory 25736
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37798
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48414
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7323
84 Efficient Frontier 24737
85 Engineer-to-Order 31046
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15700
87 Erlang B Formula 8966
88 ETD 7995
89 Ex Works 7594
90 Exception Rate 12980
91 Exponential smoothing 9506
92 External Growth 9720
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9121
94 Field Services 7514
95 Field Warehouse 9568
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8275
97 Fishbone Diagram 14180
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26315
99 Flow Through Distribution 11932
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7816
101 FOB Destination 12525
102 Forward buying 29528
103 Freight Charge 10007
104 Freight Consolidation 7212
105 Gantt Chart 8031
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11278
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28897
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12345
109 Hub 22877
110 Idle Time 7768
111 Import/Export License 8366
112 In Bond Shipment 13449
113 Inbound Logistics 13059
114 Interstate System 10713
115 Inventory Costs 52304
116 Inventory in Transit 15950
117 Inventory Management 53480
118 Inventory Planning System 9485
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21731
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40701
121 JIT 2 18111
122 Job Production 26220
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8643
124 Kanban Squares 6520
125 Laid-Down Cost 9776
126 Lean Office 5705
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10679
128 Lee's Notation 8245
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13649
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35879
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8847
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7162
133 Logistics Channel 22425
134 Logistics Costs 26097
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6479
136 Manifest 10101
137 Marks and Numbers 12122
138 Material Planning 34293
139 Materials Management 25892
140 Milk Run 42086
 
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