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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 11795
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8750
44 Co-Destiny 9008
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7466
49 Consular Invoice 19264
50 Container Depot 10320
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19155
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11776
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7726
57 Cost Flow 10034
58 Courier Service 14790
59 CPFR 7966
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11494
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43226
62 Date Code 17692
63 Days of Supply 19424
64 Dead on Arrival 8891
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7824
67 Detective Control 8674
68 Devanning 13956
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10564
70 Dispatching 23566
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33979
73 Distribution Metrics 8671
74 Distribution Planning 23862
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14813
76 Double Marginalization 52136
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21960
78 Dual 5235
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25830
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37919
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48761
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7384
84 Efficient Frontier 24915
85 Engineer-to-Order 31209
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15889
87 Erlang B Formula 9059
88 ETD 8062
89 Ex Works 7656
90 Exception Rate 13107
91 Exponential smoothing 9589
92 External Growth 9800
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9184
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8392
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26479
99 Flow Through Distribution 12015
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7894
101 FOB Destination 12650
102 Forward buying 29678
103 Freight Charge 10074
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8093
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11376
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29133
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12406
109 Hub 23006
110 Idle Time 7844
111 Import/Export License 8457
112 In Bond Shipment 13580
113 Inbound Logistics 13176
114 Interstate System 10763
115 Inventory Costs 52665
116 Inventory in Transit 16057
117 Inventory Management 53763
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21868
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41248
121 JIT 2 18188
122 Job Production 26529
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8734
124 Kanban Squares 6594
125 Laid-Down Cost 9871
126 Lean Office 5782
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8332
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13781
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36206
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8935
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7230
133 Logistics Channel 22528
134 Logistics Costs 26247
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6521
136 Manifest 10205
137 Marks and Numbers 12240
138 Material Planning 34518
139 Materials Management 25995
140 Milk Run 42363
 
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