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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 11833
42 Certified Supplier 8804
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9041
45 Co-managed Inventory 12195
46 Co-Packers 11542
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6608
48 Computer-Based Training 7488
49 Consular Invoice 19327
50 Container Depot 10354
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19193
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11814
54 Contract Carrier 7199
55 Contract of Affreightment 11183
56 Control Charts 7756
57 Cost Flow 10064
58 Courier Service 14856
59 CPFR 8004
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43339
62 Date Code 17743
63 Days of Supply 19476
64 Dead on Arrival 8933
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7081
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7865
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13992
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10600
70 Dispatching 23653
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34072
73 Distribution Metrics 8721
74 Distribution Planning 23906
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14862
76 Double Marginalization 52213
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21996
78 Dual 5269
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37962
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48885
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7411
84 Efficient Frontier 24985
85 Engineer-to-Order 31265
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15968
87 Erlang B Formula 9101
88 ETD 8091
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8437
97 Fishbone Diagram 14310
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26539
99 Flow Through Distribution 12053
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7929
101 FOB Destination 12687
102 Forward buying 29730
103 Freight Charge 10105
104 Freight Consolidation 7330
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11426
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29188
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23060
110 Idle Time 7870
111 Import/Export License 8486
112 In Bond Shipment 13618
113 Inbound Logistics 13225
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52782
116 Inventory in Transit 16107
117 Inventory Management 53871
118 Inventory Planning System 9587
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21933
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41422
121 JIT 2 18218
122 Job Production 26664
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8770
124 Kanban Squares 6626
125 Laid-Down Cost 9894
126 Lean Office 5811
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10741
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13833
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36324
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8962
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7278
133 Logistics Channel 22570
134 Logistics Costs 26292
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6542
136 Manifest 10245
137 Marks and Numbers 12264
138 Material Planning 34587
139 Materials Management 26036
140 Milk Run 42463
 
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