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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 12225
42 Certified Supplier 9031
43 Channel Effectiveness 9007
44 Co-Destiny 9385
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11861
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6963
48 Computer-Based Training 7760
49 Consular Invoice 19942
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19656
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12163
54 Contract Carrier 7365
55 Contract of Affreightment 11493
56 Control Charts 8029
57 Cost Flow 10363
58 Courier Service 15355
59 CPFR 8295
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11890
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44371
62 Date Code 18392
63 Days of Supply 19950
64 Dead on Arrival 9431
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8203
67 Detective Control 8991
68 Devanning 14300
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11057
70 Dispatching 24697
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35013
73 Distribution Metrics 9250
74 Distribution Planning 24312
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15342
76 Double Marginalization 52912
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22496
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20716
80 Echelon Inventory 26323
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38372
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50004
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7690
84 Efficient Frontier 25634
85 Engineer-to-Order 31891
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16681
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8400
89 Ex Works 7892
90 Exception Rate 13607
91 Exponential smoothing 9898
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9599
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10783
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8895
97 Fishbone Diagram 14701
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27224
99 Flow Through Distribution 12413
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8270
101 FOB Destination 13152
102 Forward buying 30341
103 Freight Charge 10487
104 Freight Consolidation 7595
105 Gantt Chart 8350
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11835
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29706
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12777
109 Hub 23562
110 Idle Time 8140
111 Import/Export License 8808
112 In Bond Shipment 14075
113 Inbound Logistics 13691
114 Interstate System 11092
115 Inventory Costs 53948
116 Inventory in Transit 16647
117 Inventory Management 55082
118 Inventory Planning System 9946
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22418
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43178
121 JIT 2 18528
122 Job Production 28031
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9221
124 Kanban Squares 6923
125 Laid-Down Cost 10311
126 Lean Office 6206
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10901
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14378
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37502
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9376
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7588
133 Logistics Channel 23018
134 Logistics Costs 26812
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6739
136 Manifest 10638
137 Marks and Numbers 12732
138 Material Planning 35284
139 Materials Management 26490
140 Milk Run 43282
 
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