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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 11983
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8846
44 Co-Destiny 9162
45 Co-managed Inventory 12332
46 Co-Packers 11654
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6740
48 Computer-Based Training 7590
49 Consular Invoice 19540
50 Container Depot 10496
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19339
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11948
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11302
56 Control Charts 7864
57 Cost Flow 10166
58 Courier Service 15065
59 CPFR 8117
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11661
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43787
62 Date Code 18020
63 Days of Supply 19670
64 Dead on Arrival 9087
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7200
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7989
67 Detective Control 8798
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10740
70 Dispatching 24125
71 Distributed Inventory 8256
72 Distribution Channel Management 34411
73 Distribution Metrics 8930
74 Distribution Planning 24053
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15040
76 Double Marginalization 52431
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22148
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20456
80 Echelon Inventory 26003
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38117
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49306
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25242
85 Engineer-to-Order 31520
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16200
87 Erlang B Formula 9231
88 ETD 8215
89 Ex Works 7755
90 Exception Rate 13322
91 Exponential smoothing 9731
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9322
94 Field Services 7662
95 Field Warehouse 9856
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8616
97 Fishbone Diagram 14480
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26792
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8052
101 FOB Destination 12883
102 Forward buying 29898
103 Freight Charge 10218
104 Freight Consolidation 7434
105 Gantt Chart 8207
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11589
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29380
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12559
109 Hub 23242
110 Idle Time 7967
111 Import/Export License 8605
112 In Bond Shipment 13767
113 Inbound Logistics 13413
114 Interstate System 10889
115 Inventory Costs 53207
116 Inventory in Transit 16284
117 Inventory Management 54339
118 Inventory Planning System 9691
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22124
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42082
121 JIT 2 18325
122 Job Production 27179
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8929
124 Kanban Squares 6744
125 Laid-Down Cost 10026
126 Lean Office 5927
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8469
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14039
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36807
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9109
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7361
133 Logistics Channel 22742
134 Logistics Costs 26475
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10408
137 Marks and Numbers 12441
138 Material Planning 34893
139 Materials Management 26211
140 Milk Run 42832
 
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