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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 12278
42 Certified Supplier 9057
43 Channel Effectiveness 9047
44 Co-Destiny 9430
45 Co-managed Inventory 12716
46 Co-Packers 11904
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7005
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20012
50 Container Depot 10720
51 Container Freight Station 10373
52 Continuous Replenishment 19708
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12204
54 Contract Carrier 7392
55 Contract of Affreightment 11543
56 Control Charts 8058
57 Cost Flow 10405
58 Courier Service 15402
59 CPFR 8332
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11932
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44516
62 Date Code 18515
63 Days of Supply 20007
64 Dead on Arrival 9485
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7421
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8245
67 Detective Control 9039
68 Devanning 14340
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11103
70 Dispatching 24789
71 Distributed Inventory 8467
72 Distribution Channel Management 35116
73 Distribution Metrics 9311
74 Distribution Planning 24369
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15407
76 Double Marginalization 53003
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22559
78 Dual 5525
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20753
80 Echelon Inventory 26421
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38437
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50144
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7729
84 Efficient Frontier 25717
85 Engineer-to-Order 31960
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16780
87 Erlang B Formula 9464
88 ETD 8440
89 Ex Works 7927
90 Exception Rate 13663
91 Exponential smoothing 9933
92 External Growth 10221
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9647
94 Field Services 7825
95 Field Warehouse 10955
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8959
97 Fishbone Diagram 14757
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27310
99 Flow Through Distribution 12465
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8317
101 FOB Destination 13207
102 Forward buying 30400
103 Freight Charge 10515
104 Freight Consolidation 7624
105 Gantt Chart 8374
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11901
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29757
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12825
109 Hub 23618
110 Idle Time 8172
111 Import/Export License 8840
112 In Bond Shipment 14117
113 Inbound Logistics 13740
114 Interstate System 11126
115 Inventory Costs 54067
116 Inventory in Transit 16715
117 Inventory Management 55232
118 Inventory Planning System 9983
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22493
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43375
121 JIT 2 18564
122 Job Production 28214
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9265
124 Kanban Squares 6965
125 Laid-Down Cost 10367
126 Lean Office 6245
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10918
128 Lee's Notation 8654
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14446
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37631
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9430
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7615
133 Logistics Channel 23064
134 Logistics Costs 26873
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6763
136 Manifest 10684
137 Marks and Numbers 12794
138 Material Planning 35355
139 Materials Management 26547
140 Milk Run 43364
 
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