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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 12090
42 Certified Supplier 8947
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9266
45 Co-managed Inventory 12437
46 Co-Packers 11739
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6833
48 Computer-Based Training 7667
49 Consular Invoice 19711
50 Container Depot 10581
51 Container Freight Station 10257
52 Continuous Replenishment 19435
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12043
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11387
56 Control Charts 7938
57 Cost Flow 10238
58 Courier Service 15192
59 CPFR 8192
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11764
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44069
62 Date Code 18178
63 Days of Supply 19791
64 Dead on Arrival 9207
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8079
67 Detective Control 8881
68 Devanning 14187
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10835
70 Dispatching 24425
71 Distributed Inventory 8329
72 Distribution Channel Management 34652
73 Distribution Metrics 9075
74 Distribution Planning 24160
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15173
76 Double Marginalization 52598
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22253
78 Dual 5423
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20572
80 Echelon Inventory 26157
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38222
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49609
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7588
84 Efficient Frontier 25419
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16379
87 Erlang B Formula 9322
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7814
90 Exception Rate 13445
91 Exponential smoothing 9807
92 External Growth 10039
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9398
94 Field Services 7724
95 Field Warehouse 10354
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14574
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26966
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8142
101 FOB Destination 12990
102 Forward buying 30037
103 Freight Charge 10296
104 Freight Consolidation 7503
105 Gantt Chart 8268
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11696
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29534
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12650
109 Hub 23377
110 Idle Time 8043
111 Import/Export License 8685
112 In Bond Shipment 13906
113 Inbound Logistics 13545
114 Interstate System 10977
115 Inventory Costs 53512
116 Inventory in Transit 16405
117 Inventory Management 54627
118 Inventory Planning System 9754
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22252
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42560
121 JIT 2 18407
122 Job Production 27538
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9029
124 Kanban Squares 6810
125 Laid-Down Cost 10134
126 Lean Office 6011
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10839
128 Lee's Notation 8544
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14186
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37131
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9231
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7414
133 Logistics Channel 22864
134 Logistics Costs 26619
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6667
136 Manifest 10505
137 Marks and Numbers 12572
138 Material Planning 35044
139 Materials Management 26327
140 Milk Run 43052
 
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