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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 11964
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8835
44 Co-Destiny 9146
45 Co-managed Inventory 12312
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6730
48 Computer-Based Training 7581
49 Consular Invoice 19512
50 Container Depot 10477
51 Container Freight Station 10199
52 Continuous Replenishment 19317
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11932
54 Contract Carrier 7253
55 Contract of Affreightment 11286
56 Control Charts 7849
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15037
59 CPFR 8099
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11643
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43738
62 Date Code 17980
63 Days of Supply 19648
64 Dead on Arrival 9069
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7182
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7976
67 Detective Control 8783
68 Devanning 14095
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10722
70 Dispatching 24054
71 Distributed Inventory 8247
72 Distribution Channel Management 34384
73 Distribution Metrics 8904
74 Distribution Planning 24037
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15014
76 Double Marginalization 52404
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22130
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20435
80 Echelon Inventory 25978
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38091
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49248
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7500
84 Efficient Frontier 25213
85 Engineer-to-Order 31488
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16167
87 Erlang B Formula 9215
88 ETD 8197
89 Ex Works 7742
90 Exception Rate 13299
91 Exponential smoothing 9722
92 External Growth 9926
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9306
94 Field Services 7652
95 Field Warehouse 9807
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8593
97 Fishbone Diagram 14457
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26760
99 Flow Through Distribution 12164
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8039
101 FOB Destination 12859
102 Forward buying 29877
103 Freight Charge 10205
104 Freight Consolidation 7418
105 Gantt Chart 8195
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11567
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29358
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12540
109 Hub 23220
110 Idle Time 7954
111 Import/Export License 8589
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13386
114 Interstate System 10870
115 Inventory Costs 53158
116 Inventory in Transit 16265
117 Inventory Management 54270
118 Inventory Planning System 9677
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22102
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41998
121 JIT 2 18315
122 Job Production 27107
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8910
124 Kanban Squares 6731
125 Laid-Down Cost 10006
126 Lean Office 5914
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10789
128 Lee's Notation 8456
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14012
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36728
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9086
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7347
133 Logistics Channel 22725
134 Logistics Costs 26448
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6602
136 Manifest 10388
137 Marks and Numbers 12419
138 Material Planning 34853
139 Materials Management 26191
140 Milk Run 42792
 
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