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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 11817
42 Certified Supplier 8796
43 Channel Effectiveness 8760
44 Co-Destiny 9030
45 Co-managed Inventory 12177
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7477
49 Consular Invoice 19302
50 Container Depot 10339
51 Container Freight Station 10110
52 Continuous Replenishment 19173
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11174
56 Control Charts 7742
57 Cost Flow 10050
58 Courier Service 14832
59 CPFR 7989
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11518
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43295
62 Date Code 17721
63 Days of Supply 19454
64 Dead on Arrival 8920
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7845
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13979
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10585
70 Dispatching 23617
71 Distributed Inventory 8161
72 Distribution Channel Management 34030
73 Distribution Metrics 8704
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14839
76 Double Marginalization 52171
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21984
78 Dual 5255
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20292
80 Echelon Inventory 25854
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37945
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48834
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24951
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15933
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7667
90 Exception Rate 13136
91 Exponential smoothing 9603
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9200
94 Field Services 7579
95 Field Warehouse 9677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8419
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26508
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7916
101 FOB Destination 12671
102 Forward buying 29706
103 Freight Charge 10089
104 Freight Consolidation 7313
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11404
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29160
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12420
109 Hub 23044
110 Idle Time 7861
111 Import/Export License 8474
112 In Bond Shipment 13607
113 Inbound Logistics 13204
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52728
116 Inventory in Transit 16087
117 Inventory Management 53822
118 Inventory Planning System 9574
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21908
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41345
121 JIT 2 18202
122 Job Production 26604
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8755
124 Kanban Squares 6611
125 Laid-Down Cost 9883
126 Lean Office 5797
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10730
128 Lee's Notation 8348
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13810
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36266
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8948
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7255
133 Logistics Channel 22555
134 Logistics Costs 26273
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6532
136 Manifest 10229
137 Marks and Numbers 12256
138 Material Planning 34559
139 Materials Management 26018
140 Milk Run 42421
 
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