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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 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8880
44 Co-Destiny 9218
45 Co-managed Inventory 12394
46 Co-Packers 11702
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6796
48 Computer-Based Training 7638
49 Consular Invoice 19641
50 Container Depot 10548
51 Container Freight Station 10234
52 Continuous Replenishment 19394
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12006
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11347
56 Control Charts 7905
57 Cost Flow 10208
58 Courier Service 15137
59 CPFR 8159
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11720
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43960
62 Date Code 18105
63 Days of Supply 19738
64 Dead on Arrival 9153
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7250
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8043
67 Detective Control 8853
68 Devanning 14155
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10799
70 Dispatching 24317
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34544
73 Distribution Metrics 9016
74 Distribution Planning 24116
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15121
76 Double Marginalization 52527
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22210
78 Dual 5395
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20525
80 Echelon Inventory 26090
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38180
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49477
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7558
84 Efficient Frontier 25346
85 Engineer-to-Order 31618
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16302
87 Erlang B Formula 9287
88 ETD 8269
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13400
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 10001
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9365
94 Field Services 7700
95 Field Warehouse 10142
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8686
97 Fishbone Diagram 14533
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26886
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8104
101 FOB Destination 12952
102 Forward buying 29978
103 Freight Charge 10263
104 Freight Consolidation 7476
105 Gantt Chart 8239
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11650
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29467
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12613
109 Hub 23320
110 Idle Time 8006
111 Import/Export License 8653
112 In Bond Shipment 13843
113 Inbound Logistics 13486
114 Interstate System 10940
115 Inventory Costs 53375
116 Inventory in Transit 16350
117 Inventory Management 54512
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22207
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42366
121 JIT 2 18376
122 Job Production 27375
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8985
124 Kanban Squares 6779
125 Laid-Down Cost 10087
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8514
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14121
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37007
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9178
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7394
133 Logistics Channel 22811
134 Logistics Costs 26552
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6640
136 Manifest 10467
137 Marks and Numbers 12528
138 Material Planning 34986
139 Materials Management 26282
140 Milk Run 42956
 
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