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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 12114
42 Certified Supplier 8960
43 Channel Effectiveness 8918
44 Co-Destiny 9285
45 Co-managed Inventory 12503
46 Co-Packers 11754
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6860
48 Computer-Based Training 7683
49 Consular Invoice 19756
50 Container Depot 10596
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19495
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12068
54 Contract Carrier 7313
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7952
57 Cost Flow 10258
58 Courier Service 15214
59 CPFR 8207
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11783
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44116
62 Date Code 18203
63 Days of Supply 19816
64 Dead on Arrival 9265
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8091
67 Detective Control 8899
68 Devanning 14202
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10894
70 Dispatching 24475
71 Distributed Inventory 8344
72 Distribution Channel Management 34696
73 Distribution Metrics 9097
74 Distribution Planning 24180
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15198
76 Double Marginalization 52661
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22317
78 Dual 5434
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20590
80 Echelon Inventory 26183
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49679
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25445
85 Engineer-to-Order 31716
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16445
87 Erlang B Formula 9335
88 ETD 8319
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13475
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9456
94 Field Services 7737
95 Field Warehouse 10407
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14594
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27001
99 Flow Through Distribution 12297
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8165
101 FOB Destination 13008
102 Forward buying 30097
103 Freight Charge 10355
104 Freight Consolidation 7517
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29564
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12669
109 Hub 23403
110 Idle Time 8058
111 Import/Export License 8705
112 In Bond Shipment 13932
113 Inbound Logistics 13568
114 Interstate System 10990
115 Inventory Costs 53573
116 Inventory in Transit 16470
117 Inventory Management 54717
118 Inventory Planning System 9812
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22277
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42639
121 JIT 2 18426
122 Job Production 27616
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9085
124 Kanban Squares 6820
125 Laid-Down Cost 10165
126 Lean Office 6071
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8558
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14208
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37207
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9251
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7471
133 Logistics Channel 22882
134 Logistics Costs 26649
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6680
136 Manifest 10519
137 Marks and Numbers 12589
138 Material Planning 35076
139 Materials Management 26355
140 Milk Run 43081
 
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