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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 12044
42 Certified Supplier 8924
43 Channel Effectiveness 8875
44 Co-Destiny 9216
45 Co-managed Inventory 12389
46 Co-Packers 11698
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6792
48 Computer-Based Training 7634
49 Consular Invoice 19633
50 Container Depot 10545
51 Container Freight Station 10232
52 Continuous Replenishment 19391
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12000
54 Contract Carrier 7288
55 Contract of Affreightment 11342
56 Control Charts 7901
57 Cost Flow 10203
58 Courier Service 15131
59 CPFR 8155
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11715
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43952
62 Date Code 18097
63 Days of Supply 19730
64 Dead on Arrival 9149
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7245
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8038
67 Detective Control 8849
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10793
70 Dispatching 24302
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34534
73 Distribution Metrics 9011
74 Distribution Planning 24112
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15116
76 Double Marginalization 52520
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22208
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20521
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38176
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49462
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7555
84 Efficient Frontier 25334
85 Engineer-to-Order 31614
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16294
87 Erlang B Formula 9279
88 ETD 8266
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13393
91 Exponential smoothing 9769
92 External Growth 9997
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9363
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10118
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8681
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26881
99 Flow Through Distribution 12236
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8101
101 FOB Destination 12948
102 Forward buying 29970
103 Freight Charge 10259
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8236
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11646
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29462
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12608
109 Hub 23308
110 Idle Time 8003
111 Import/Export License 8649
112 In Bond Shipment 13835
113 Inbound Logistics 13482
114 Interstate System 10935
115 Inventory Costs 53370
116 Inventory in Transit 16347
117 Inventory Management 54503
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22204
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42354
121 JIT 2 18373
122 Job Production 27358
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8980
124 Kanban Squares 6773
125 Laid-Down Cost 10082
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10823
128 Lee's Notation 8512
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14115
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36992
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9176
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7390
133 Logistics Channel 22806
134 Logistics Costs 26551
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6639
136 Manifest 10464
137 Marks and Numbers 12525
138 Material Planning 34981
139 Materials Management 26279
140 Milk Run 42948
 
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