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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 12042
42 Certified Supplier 8920
43 Channel Effectiveness 8873
44 Co-Destiny 9212
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11692
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6787
48 Computer-Based Training 7633
49 Consular Invoice 19627
50 Container Depot 10542
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19390
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11997
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11340
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10200
58 Courier Service 15127
59 CPFR 8154
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11711
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43944
62 Date Code 18092
63 Days of Supply 19725
64 Dead on Arrival 9147
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7243
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8034
67 Detective Control 8846
68 Devanning 14153
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10792
70 Dispatching 24297
71 Distributed Inventory 8295
72 Distribution Channel Management 34529
73 Distribution Metrics 9007
74 Distribution Planning 24109
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15109
76 Double Marginalization 52519
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22201
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20515
80 Echelon Inventory 26081
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49460
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7554
84 Efficient Frontier 25329
85 Engineer-to-Order 31608
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16289
87 Erlang B Formula 9278
88 ETD 8265
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13389
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9994
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9360
94 Field Services 7696
95 Field Warehouse 10099
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26879
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8097
101 FOB Destination 12946
102 Forward buying 29970
103 Freight Charge 10258
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8235
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11644
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29459
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12607
109 Hub 23307
110 Idle Time 8001
111 Import/Export License 8647
112 In Bond Shipment 13833
113 Inbound Logistics 13480
114 Interstate System 10935
115 Inventory Costs 53359
116 Inventory in Transit 16341
117 Inventory Management 54497
118 Inventory Planning System 9728
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22197
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42342
121 JIT 2 18369
122 Job Production 27353
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8976
124 Kanban Squares 6772
125 Laid-Down Cost 10078
126 Lean Office 5968
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10821
128 Lee's Notation 8511
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14112
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36977
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9172
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7386
133 Logistics Channel 22804
134 Logistics Costs 26545
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6638
136 Manifest 10463
137 Marks and Numbers 12520
138 Material Planning 34976
139 Materials Management 26276
140 Milk Run 42944
 
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