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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 12149
42 Certified Supplier 8976
43 Channel Effectiveness 8943
44 Co-Destiny 9314
45 Co-managed Inventory 12576
46 Co-Packers 11792
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6893
48 Computer-Based Training 7701
49 Consular Invoice 19815
50 Container Depot 10622
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19579
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12094
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11431
56 Control Charts 7974
57 Cost Flow 10286
58 Courier Service 15258
59 CPFR 8237
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11816
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44197
62 Date Code 18257
63 Days of Supply 19855
64 Dead on Arrival 9339
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7322
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8125
67 Detective Control 8923
68 Devanning 14224
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10978
70 Dispatching 24545
71 Distributed Inventory 8369
72 Distribution Channel Management 34784
73 Distribution Metrics 9133
74 Distribution Planning 24216
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15235
76 Double Marginalization 52773
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22398
78 Dual 5450
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20628
80 Echelon Inventory 26229
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38291
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49778
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25509
85 Engineer-to-Order 31774
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16545
87 Erlang B Formula 9360
88 ETD 8343
89 Ex Works 7846
90 Exception Rate 13509
91 Exponential smoothing 9841
92 External Growth 10090
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9531
94 Field Services 7750
95 Field Warehouse 10519
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8784
97 Fishbone Diagram 14623
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27061
99 Flow Through Distribution 12327
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8192
101 FOB Destination 13050
102 Forward buying 30187
103 Freight Charge 10422
104 Freight Consolidation 7540
105 Gantt Chart 8300
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11747
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29607
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12699
109 Hub 23453
110 Idle Time 8081
111 Import/Export License 8735
112 In Bond Shipment 13975
113 Inbound Logistics 13602
114 Interstate System 11021
115 Inventory Costs 53698
116 Inventory in Transit 16552
117 Inventory Management 54851
118 Inventory Planning System 9885
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22320
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42801
121 JIT 2 18455
122 Job Production 27740
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9160
124 Kanban Squares 6852
125 Laid-Down Cost 10207
126 Lean Office 6136
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10866
128 Lee's Notation 8580
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14260
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37321
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9289
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7541
133 Logistics Channel 22933
134 Logistics Costs 26706
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6701
136 Manifest 10554
137 Marks and Numbers 12623
138 Material Planning 35133
139 Materials Management 26389
140 Milk Run 43139
 
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