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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 11859
42 Certified Supplier 8819
43 Channel Effectiveness 8782
44 Co-Destiny 9051
45 Co-managed Inventory 12218
46 Co-Packers 11556
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6628
48 Computer-Based Training 7513
49 Consular Invoice 19347
50 Container Depot 10376
51 Container Freight Station 10135
52 Continuous Replenishment 19214
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11840
54 Contract Carrier 7208
55 Contract of Affreightment 11202
56 Control Charts 7771
57 Cost Flow 10078
58 Courier Service 14904
59 CPFR 8021
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11550
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43411
62 Date Code 17778
63 Days of Supply 19509
64 Dead on Arrival 8955
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7092
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7881
67 Detective Control 8706
68 Devanning 14007
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10623
70 Dispatching 23712
71 Distributed Inventory 8183
72 Distribution Channel Management 34118
73 Distribution Metrics 8751
74 Distribution Planning 23930
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14882
76 Double Marginalization 52260
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22020
78 Dual 5295
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20322
80 Echelon Inventory 25883
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37982
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48948
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7427
84 Efficient Frontier 25020
85 Engineer-to-Order 31302
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15991
87 Erlang B Formula 9128
88 ETD 8106
89 Ex Works 7684
90 Exception Rate 13179
91 Exponential smoothing 9630
92 External Growth 9844
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9229
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9712
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8471
97 Fishbone Diagram 14335
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26571
99 Flow Through Distribution 12078
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7950
101 FOB Destination 12714
102 Forward buying 29760
103 Freight Charge 10122
104 Freight Consolidation 7348
105 Gantt Chart 8129
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11468
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29222
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12449
109 Hub 23089
110 Idle Time 7881
111 Import/Export License 8505
112 In Bond Shipment 13642
113 Inbound Logistics 13250
114 Interstate System 10794
115 Inventory Costs 52841
116 Inventory in Transit 16131
117 Inventory Management 53933
118 Inventory Planning System 9604
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21970
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41524
121 JIT 2 18234
122 Job Production 26748
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8796
124 Kanban Squares 6647
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5829
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10757
128 Lee's Notation 8377
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13868
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36378
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8983
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7293
133 Logistics Channel 22595
134 Logistics Costs 26319
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6552
136 Manifest 10270
137 Marks and Numbers 12281
138 Material Planning 34631
139 Materials Management 26055
140 Milk Run 42524
 
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