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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 8980
44 Co-Destiny 9357
45 Co-managed Inventory 12626
46 Co-Packers 11832
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6936
48 Computer-Based Training 7739
49 Consular Invoice 19899
50 Container Depot 10658
51 Container Freight Station 10316
52 Continuous Replenishment 19628
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12137
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11467
56 Control Charts 8010
57 Cost Flow 10337
58 Courier Service 15311
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11862
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44304
62 Date Code 18338
63 Days of Supply 19918
64 Dead on Arrival 9403
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7356
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8174
67 Detective Control 8965
68 Devanning 14273
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11026
70 Dispatching 24638
71 Distributed Inventory 8410
72 Distribution Channel Management 34930
73 Distribution Metrics 9209
74 Distribution Planning 24274
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15305
76 Double Marginalization 52863
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22466
78 Dual 5480
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20684
80 Echelon Inventory 26281
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38334
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49922
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7669
84 Efficient Frontier 25588
85 Engineer-to-Order 31852
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16635
87 Erlang B Formula 9402
88 ETD 8377
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13569
91 Exponential smoothing 9872
92 External Growth 10145
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7782
95 Field Warehouse 10681
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8860
97 Fishbone Diagram 14677
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27165
99 Flow Through Distribution 12379
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8240
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30294
103 Freight Charge 10461
104 Freight Consolidation 7581
105 Gantt Chart 8334
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11802
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29669
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12753
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8120
111 Import/Export License 8783
112 In Bond Shipment 14038
113 Inbound Logistics 13659
114 Interstate System 11068
115 Inventory Costs 53858
116 Inventory in Transit 16607
117 Inventory Management 55004
118 Inventory Planning System 9920
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22382
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43094
121 JIT 2 18503
122 Job Production 27926
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9198
124 Kanban Squares 6893
125 Laid-Down Cost 10282
126 Lean Office 6178
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8618
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14338
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37439
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9348
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7571
133 Logistics Channel 22984
134 Logistics Costs 26764
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6722
136 Manifest 10607
137 Marks and Numbers 12696
138 Material Planning 35236
139 Materials Management 26459
140 Milk Run 43233
 
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