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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 12001
42 Certified Supplier 8898
43 Channel Effectiveness 8852
44 Co-Destiny 9178
45 Co-managed Inventory 12351
46 Co-Packers 11666
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6760
48 Computer-Based Training 7605
49 Consular Invoice 19560
50 Container Depot 10514
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19356
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11959
54 Contract Carrier 7268
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7875
57 Cost Flow 10176
58 Courier Service 15082
59 CPFR 8123
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11679
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43840
62 Date Code 18048
63 Days of Supply 19683
64 Dead on Arrival 9102
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7216
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8002
67 Detective Control 8813
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24185
71 Distributed Inventory 8267
72 Distribution Channel Management 34461
73 Distribution Metrics 8952
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15067
76 Double Marginalization 52459
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22163
78 Dual 5371
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20475
80 Echelon Inventory 26027
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38134
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49353
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7524
84 Efficient Frontier 25278
85 Engineer-to-Order 31551
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16231
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8230
89 Ex Works 7764
90 Exception Rate 13341
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9955
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9334
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9911
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14499
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26818
99 Flow Through Distribution 12199
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8066
101 FOB Destination 12905
102 Forward buying 29918
103 Freight Charge 10232
104 Freight Consolidation 7442
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11604
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29402
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23263
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8617
112 In Bond Shipment 13787
113 Inbound Logistics 13433
114 Interstate System 10904
115 Inventory Costs 53261
116 Inventory in Transit 16302
117 Inventory Management 54396
118 Inventory Planning System 9703
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22149
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42169
121 JIT 2 18341
122 Job Production 27237
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8943
124 Kanban Squares 6751
125 Laid-Down Cost 10043
126 Lean Office 5941
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8482
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14064
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36861
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9124
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22758
134 Logistics Costs 26495
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6620
136 Manifest 10425
137 Marks and Numbers 12467
138 Material Planning 34926
139 Materials Management 26227
140 Milk Run 42866
 
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