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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 12267
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9036
44 Co-Destiny 9420
45 Co-managed Inventory 12703
46 Co-Packers 11896
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6997
48 Computer-Based Training 7784
49 Consular Invoice 19994
50 Container Depot 10711
51 Container Freight Station 10363
52 Continuous Replenishment 19698
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12196
54 Contract Carrier 7386
55 Contract of Affreightment 11532
56 Control Charts 8050
57 Cost Flow 10392
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8324
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11920
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44487
62 Date Code 18504
63 Days of Supply 19995
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7410
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8239
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14330
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11092
70 Dispatching 24772
71 Distributed Inventory 8458
72 Distribution Channel Management 35100
73 Distribution Metrics 9297
74 Distribution Planning 24360
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15395
76 Double Marginalization 52983
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22543
78 Dual 5514
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20747
80 Echelon Inventory 26400
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38429
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50120
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7721
84 Efficient Frontier 25702
85 Engineer-to-Order 31951
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16764
87 Erlang B Formula 9460
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7924
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9927
92 External Growth 10209
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9636
94 Field Services 7817
95 Field Warehouse 10922
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8950
97 Fishbone Diagram 14743
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27293
99 Flow Through Distribution 12455
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8310
101 FOB Destination 13198
102 Forward buying 30390
103 Freight Charge 10511
104 Freight Consolidation 7616
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11888
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12816
109 Hub 23602
110 Idle Time 8165
111 Import/Export License 8833
112 In Bond Shipment 14109
113 Inbound Logistics 13728
114 Interstate System 11117
115 Inventory Costs 54043
116 Inventory in Transit 16702
117 Inventory Management 55205
118 Inventory Planning System 9975
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22485
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43335
121 JIT 2 18555
122 Job Production 28188
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9255
124 Kanban Squares 6959
125 Laid-Down Cost 10358
126 Lean Office 6234
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8648
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14437
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37612
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9420
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23057
134 Logistics Costs 26863
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6757
136 Manifest 10677
137 Marks and Numbers 12783
138 Material Planning 35342
139 Materials Management 26541
140 Milk Run 43353
 
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