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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 12205
42 Certified Supplier 9008
43 Channel Effectiveness 8979
44 Co-Destiny 9355
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11831
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6935
48 Computer-Based Training 7736
49 Consular Invoice 19896
50 Container Depot 10657
51 Container Freight Station 10315
52 Continuous Replenishment 19628
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12137
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11466
56 Control Charts 8008
57 Cost Flow 10335
58 Courier Service 15311
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11862
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44300
62 Date Code 18335
63 Days of Supply 19917
64 Dead on Arrival 9401
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7354
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8174
67 Detective Control 8961
68 Devanning 14273
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11023
70 Dispatching 24635
71 Distributed Inventory 8409
72 Distribution Channel Management 34927
73 Distribution Metrics 9205
74 Distribution Planning 24272
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15302
76 Double Marginalization 52861
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22462
78 Dual 5478
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20680
80 Echelon Inventory 26277
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38334
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49917
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7667
84 Efficient Frontier 25586
85 Engineer-to-Order 31848
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16631
87 Erlang B Formula 9401
88 ETD 8375
89 Ex Works 7878
90 Exception Rate 13567
91 Exponential smoothing 9871
92 External Growth 10144
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9573
94 Field Services 7778
95 Field Warehouse 10675
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8858
97 Fishbone Diagram 14674
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27163
99 Flow Through Distribution 12378
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8237
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30293
103 Freight Charge 10459
104 Freight Consolidation 7579
105 Gantt Chart 8332
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11800
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29668
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12752
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8119
111 Import/Export License 8781
112 In Bond Shipment 14033
113 Inbound Logistics 13658
114 Interstate System 11065
115 Inventory Costs 53853
116 Inventory in Transit 16604
117 Inventory Management 54999
118 Inventory Planning System 9920
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22380
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43091
121 JIT 2 18502
122 Job Production 27916
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9196
124 Kanban Squares 6891
125 Laid-Down Cost 10277
126 Lean Office 6177
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10891
128 Lee's Notation 8617
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14334
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37436
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9345
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7569
133 Logistics Channel 22982
134 Logistics Costs 26759
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6722
136 Manifest 10606
137 Marks and Numbers 12693
138 Material Planning 35233
139 Materials Management 26455
140 Milk Run 43229
 
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