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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 12005
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8857
44 Co-Destiny 9183
45 Co-managed Inventory 12357
46 Co-Packers 11670
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6766
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19571
50 Container Depot 10517
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19360
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11968
54 Contract Carrier 7272
55 Contract of Affreightment 11314
56 Control Charts 7878
57 Cost Flow 10178
58 Courier Service 15088
59 CPFR 8127
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11685
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43858
62 Date Code 18053
63 Days of Supply 19691
64 Dead on Arrival 9108
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8816
68 Devanning 14124
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10759
70 Dispatching 24197
71 Distributed Inventory 8272
72 Distribution Channel Management 34470
73 Distribution Metrics 8961
74 Distribution Planning 24076
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15071
76 Double Marginalization 52467
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22168
78 Dual 5375
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20481
80 Echelon Inventory 26035
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38140
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49370
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7528
84 Efficient Frontier 25283
85 Engineer-to-Order 31559
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16241
87 Erlang B Formula 9250
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7768
90 Exception Rate 13345
91 Exponential smoothing 9745
92 External Growth 9961
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7675
95 Field Warehouse 9925
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14502
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26828
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8071
101 FOB Destination 12913
102 Forward buying 29925
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7446
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11612
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29409
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12576
109 Hub 23272
110 Idle Time 7980
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13792
113 Inbound Logistics 13439
114 Interstate System 10907
115 Inventory Costs 53277
116 Inventory in Transit 16307
117 Inventory Management 54416
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22156
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42189
121 JIT 2 18344
122 Job Production 27256
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8946
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10049
126 Lean Office 5944
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10803
128 Lee's Notation 8489
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14072
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36884
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9134
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7371
133 Logistics Channel 22765
134 Logistics Costs 26500
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6622
136 Manifest 10432
137 Marks and Numbers 12470
138 Material Planning 34929
139 Materials Management 26237
140 Milk Run 42874
 
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