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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 12219
42 Certified Supplier 9020
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9375
45 Co-managed Inventory 12648
46 Co-Packers 11849
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6955
48 Computer-Based Training 7753
49 Consular Invoice 19928
50 Container Depot 10673
51 Container Freight Station 10329
52 Continuous Replenishment 19646
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12152
54 Contract Carrier 7360
55 Contract of Affreightment 11484
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10353
58 Courier Service 15340
59 CPFR 8284
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11880
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44350
62 Date Code 18366
63 Days of Supply 19938
64 Dead on Arrival 9420
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7375
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8191
67 Detective Control 8981
68 Devanning 14289
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11049
70 Dispatching 24679
71 Distributed Inventory 8425
72 Distribution Channel Management 34982
73 Distribution Metrics 9231
74 Distribution Planning 24299
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15328
76 Double Marginalization 52894
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22483
78 Dual 5487
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20702
80 Echelon Inventory 26303
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38357
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49975
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7683
84 Efficient Frontier 25614
85 Engineer-to-Order 31874
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16668
87 Erlang B Formula 9416
88 ETD 8392
89 Ex Works 7885
90 Exception Rate 13591
91 Exponential smoothing 9890
92 External Growth 10164
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9587
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10741
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8879
97 Fishbone Diagram 14688
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27200
99 Flow Through Distribution 12398
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8257
101 FOB Destination 13139
102 Forward buying 30325
103 Freight Charge 10480
104 Freight Consolidation 7591
105 Gantt Chart 8342
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11822
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29690
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12768
109 Hub 23549
110 Idle Time 8133
111 Import/Export License 8800
112 In Bond Shipment 14064
113 Inbound Logistics 13678
114 Interstate System 11082
115 Inventory Costs 53917
116 Inventory in Transit 16629
117 Inventory Management 55056
118 Inventory Planning System 9936
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22407
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43152
121 JIT 2 18515
122 Job Production 28001
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9213
124 Kanban Squares 6913
125 Laid-Down Cost 10298
126 Lean Office 6196
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10897
128 Lee's Notation 8627
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14363
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37478
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9365
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7578
133 Logistics Channel 23007
134 Logistics Costs 26797
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6732
136 Manifest 10630
137 Marks and Numbers 12717
138 Material Planning 35264
139 Materials Management 26478
140 Milk Run 43266
 
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