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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 11165
42 Certified Supplier 8436
43 Channel Effectiveness 8350
44 Co-Destiny 8554
45 Co-managed Inventory 11596
46 Co-Packers 11108
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6030
48 Computer-Based Training 7155
49 Consular Invoice 18382
50 Container Depot 9886
51 Container Freight Station 9720
52 Continuous Replenishment 18588
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11315
54 Contract Carrier 6939
55 Contract of Affreightment 10791
56 Control Charts 7324
57 Cost Flow 9659
58 Courier Service 13904
59 CPFR 7561
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11050
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41441
62 Date Code 16800
63 Days of Supply 18809
64 Dead on Arrival 8291
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6726
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7355
67 Detective Control 8309
68 Devanning 13480
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9970
70 Dispatching 21894
71 Distributed Inventory 7785
72 Distribution Channel Management 32492
73 Distribution Metrics 7960
74 Distribution Planning 23265
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14161
76 Double Marginalization 51111
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21367
78 Dual 4850
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19884
80 Echelon Inventory 25365
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37051
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46891
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6943
84 Efficient Frontier 24037
85 Engineer-to-Order 30301
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15006
87 Erlang B Formula 8554
88 ETD 7650
89 Ex Works 7309
90 Exception Rate 12431
91 Exponential smoothing 9170
92 External Growth 9335
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8754
94 Field Services 7273
95 Field Warehouse 9256
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7658
97 Fishbone Diagram 13734
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25531
99 Flow Through Distribution 11485
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7443
101 FOB Destination 12033
102 Forward buying 28920
103 Freight Charge 9609
104 Freight Consolidation 6871
105 Gantt Chart 7732
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 10792
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28069
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 11949
109 Hub 22258
110 Idle Time 7441
111 Import/Export License 7986
112 In Bond Shipment 12829
113 Inbound Logistics 12481
114 Interstate System 10430
115 Inventory Costs 50694
116 Inventory in Transit 15280
117 Inventory Management 52119
118 Inventory Planning System 8975
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 20987
120 JIT (Just In Time) 38289
121 JIT 2 17800
122 Job Production 24883
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8238
124 Kanban Squares 6263
125 Laid-Down Cost 9274
126 Lean Office 5453
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10488
128 Lee's Notation 7913
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13004
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 34669
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8374
132 Linear and Logistics Model 6811
133 Logistics Channel 21917
134 Logistics Costs 25431
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6156
136 Manifest 9584
137 Marks and Numbers 11673
138 Material Planning 33313
139 Materials Management 25277
140 Milk Run 40640
 
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