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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 11971
42 Certified Supplier 8880
43 Channel Effectiveness 8838
44 Co-Destiny 9152
45 Co-managed Inventory 12319
46 Co-Packers 11643
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6734
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19521
50 Container Depot 10482
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19325
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11937
54 Contract Carrier 7256
55 Contract of Affreightment 11293
56 Control Charts 7854
57 Cost Flow 10157
58 Courier Service 15045
59 CPFR 8103
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43760
62 Date Code 17998
63 Days of Supply 19660
64 Dead on Arrival 9078
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7191
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7981
67 Detective Control 8790
68 Devanning 14102
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10730
70 Dispatching 24080
71 Distributed Inventory 8250
72 Distribution Channel Management 34394
73 Distribution Metrics 8912
74 Distribution Planning 24041
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15028
76 Double Marginalization 52413
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22136
78 Dual 5354
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20442
80 Echelon Inventory 25989
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38103
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49271
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25223
85 Engineer-to-Order 31501
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16184
87 Erlang B Formula 9221
88 ETD 8205
89 Ex Works 7745
90 Exception Rate 13308
91 Exponential smoothing 9725
92 External Growth 9936
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9313
94 Field Services 7656
95 Field Warehouse 9823
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8602
97 Fishbone Diagram 14463
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26776
99 Flow Through Distribution 12168
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8042
101 FOB Destination 12869
102 Forward buying 29888
103 Freight Charge 10209
104 Freight Consolidation 7423
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11575
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12548
109 Hub 23229
110 Idle Time 7958
111 Import/Export License 8595
112 In Bond Shipment 13756
113 Inbound Logistics 13399
114 Interstate System 10878
115 Inventory Costs 53177
116 Inventory in Transit 16276
117 Inventory Management 54303
118 Inventory Planning System 9682
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22114
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42028
121 JIT 2 18318
122 Job Production 27140
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8918
124 Kanban Squares 6735
125 Laid-Down Cost 10013
126 Lean Office 5921
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10790
128 Lee's Notation 8462
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14026
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36760
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9095
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7352
133 Logistics Channel 22729
134 Logistics Costs 26461
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6608
136 Manifest 10397
137 Marks and Numbers 12428
138 Material Planning 34874
139 Materials Management 26202
140 Milk Run 42805
 
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