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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 12136
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8932
44 Co-Destiny 9304
45 Co-managed Inventory 12566
46 Co-Packers 11779
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6879
48 Computer-Based Training 7695
49 Consular Invoice 19788
50 Container Depot 10611
51 Container Freight Station 10279
52 Continuous Replenishment 19563
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12083
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11419
56 Control Charts 7967
57 Cost Flow 10277
58 Courier Service 15238
59 CPFR 8227
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11805
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44158
62 Date Code 18234
63 Days of Supply 19840
64 Dead on Arrival 9326
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7314
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8111
67 Detective Control 8914
68 Devanning 14215
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10961
70 Dispatching 24523
71 Distributed Inventory 8360
72 Distribution Channel Management 34755
73 Distribution Metrics 9121
74 Distribution Planning 24202
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15218
76 Double Marginalization 52746
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22382
78 Dual 5444
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20617
80 Echelon Inventory 26210
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38273
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49738
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7620
84 Efficient Frontier 25490
85 Engineer-to-Order 31753
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16526
87 Erlang B Formula 9349
88 ETD 8335
89 Ex Works 7837
90 Exception Rate 13496
91 Exponential smoothing 9834
92 External Growth 10078
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9525
94 Field Services 7743
95 Field Warehouse 10467
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8768
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27041
99 Flow Through Distribution 12312
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8183
101 FOB Destination 13034
102 Forward buying 30169
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7533
105 Gantt Chart 8290
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11737
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29593
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12684
109 Hub 23436
110 Idle Time 8071
111 Import/Export License 8724
112 In Bond Shipment 13960
113 Inbound Logistics 13587
114 Interstate System 11009
115 Inventory Costs 53640
116 Inventory in Transit 16535
117 Inventory Management 54810
118 Inventory Planning System 9874
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22306
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42737
121 JIT 2 18444
122 Job Production 27686
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9150
124 Kanban Squares 6840
125 Laid-Down Cost 10190
126 Lean Office 6128
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10861
128 Lee's Notation 8572
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14235
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37287
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9275
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7532
133 Logistics Channel 22918
134 Logistics Costs 26689
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6693
136 Manifest 10540
137 Marks and Numbers 12606
138 Material Planning 35109
139 Materials Management 26378
140 Milk Run 43117
 
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