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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 12286
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9051
44 Co-Destiny 9434
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11912
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7010
48 Computer-Based Training 7796
49 Consular Invoice 20023
50 Container Depot 10724
51 Container Freight Station 10377
52 Continuous Replenishment 19717
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12207
54 Contract Carrier 7396
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8062
57 Cost Flow 10412
58 Courier Service 15410
59 CPFR 8337
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11940
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44532
62 Date Code 18524
63 Days of Supply 20013
64 Dead on Arrival 9492
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7424
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8249
67 Detective Control 9047
68 Devanning 14347
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11113
70 Dispatching 24805
71 Distributed Inventory 8469
72 Distribution Channel Management 35133
73 Distribution Metrics 9323
74 Distribution Planning 24381
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15414
76 Double Marginalization 53014
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5528
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20759
80 Echelon Inventory 26434
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38444
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50162
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7735
84 Efficient Frontier 25729
85 Engineer-to-Order 31971
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16799
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8446
89 Ex Works 7930
90 Exception Rate 13670
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10230
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9657
94 Field Services 7829
95 Field Warehouse 10975
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8971
97 Fishbone Diagram 14763
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27328
99 Flow Through Distribution 12474
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8325
101 FOB Destination 13217
102 Forward buying 30409
103 Freight Charge 10520
104 Freight Consolidation 7628
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11908
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29766
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12833
109 Hub 23629
110 Idle Time 8181
111 Import/Export License 8845
112 In Bond Shipment 14127
113 Inbound Logistics 13748
114 Interstate System 11133
115 Inventory Costs 54085
116 Inventory in Transit 16725
117 Inventory Management 55253
118 Inventory Planning System 9988
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22504
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43406
121 JIT 2 18570
122 Job Production 28237
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9270
124 Kanban Squares 6970
125 Laid-Down Cost 10375
126 Lean Office 6250
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8660
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14457
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37656
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9436
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7619
133 Logistics Channel 23071
134 Logistics Costs 26877
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10696
137 Marks and Numbers 12803
138 Material Planning 35370
139 Materials Management 26556
140 Milk Run 43379
 
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