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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 12182
42 Certified Supplier 8993
43 Channel Effectiveness 8963
44 Co-Destiny 9336
45 Co-managed Inventory 12606
46 Co-Packers 11815
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6918
48 Computer-Based Training 7721
49 Consular Invoice 19863
50 Container Depot 10642
51 Container Freight Station 10306
52 Continuous Replenishment 19609
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12123
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11451
56 Control Charts 7989
57 Cost Flow 10312
58 Courier Service 15288
59 CPFR 8262
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11841
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44254
62 Date Code 18304
63 Days of Supply 19891
64 Dead on Arrival 9372
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7342
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8153
67 Detective Control 8943
68 Devanning 14248
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11005
70 Dispatching 24602
71 Distributed Inventory 8392
72 Distribution Channel Management 34869
73 Distribution Metrics 9178
74 Distribution Planning 24248
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15276
76 Double Marginalization 52828
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22437
78 Dual 5469
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20658
80 Echelon Inventory 26254
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38311
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49849
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7651
84 Efficient Frontier 25561
85 Engineer-to-Order 31818
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16599
87 Erlang B Formula 9382
88 ETD 8361
89 Ex Works 7863
90 Exception Rate 13541
91 Exponential smoothing 9855
92 External Growth 10121
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9554
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10614
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8829
97 Fishbone Diagram 14651
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27127
99 Flow Through Distribution 12356
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8215
101 FOB Destination 13093
102 Forward buying 30253
103 Freight Charge 10440
104 Freight Consolidation 7565
105 Gantt Chart 8322
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11777
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29644
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12733
109 Hub 23494
110 Idle Time 8103
111 Import/Export License 8760
112 In Bond Shipment 14016
113 Inbound Logistics 13633
114 Interstate System 11043
115 Inventory Costs 53789
116 Inventory in Transit 16580
117 Inventory Management 54947
118 Inventory Planning System 9900
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22351
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42990
121 JIT 2 18486
122 Job Production 27845
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9176
124 Kanban Squares 6869
125 Laid-Down Cost 10248
126 Lean Office 6155
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10879
128 Lee's Notation 8599
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14304
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37395
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9326
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7557
133 Logistics Channel 22961
134 Logistics Costs 26738
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6713
136 Manifest 10578
137 Marks and Numbers 12667
138 Material Planning 35204
139 Materials Management 26424
140 Milk Run 43188
 
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