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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 12048
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8880
44 Co-Destiny 9217
45 Co-managed Inventory 12392
46 Co-Packers 11701
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6795
48 Computer-Based Training 7637
49 Consular Invoice 19640
50 Container Depot 10546
51 Container Freight Station 10233
52 Continuous Replenishment 19394
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12006
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11346
56 Control Charts 7904
57 Cost Flow 10206
58 Courier Service 15136
59 CPFR 8158
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11718
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43958
62 Date Code 18104
63 Days of Supply 19735
64 Dead on Arrival 9152
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7249
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8043
67 Detective Control 8852
68 Devanning 14155
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10798
70 Dispatching 24312
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34541
73 Distribution Metrics 9014
74 Distribution Planning 24116
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15120
76 Double Marginalization 52526
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22210
78 Dual 5392
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20523
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38180
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49470
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7558
84 Efficient Frontier 25344
85 Engineer-to-Order 31615
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16301
87 Erlang B Formula 9284
88 ETD 8269
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13399
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 9999
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9364
94 Field Services 7699
95 Field Warehouse 10134
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8685
97 Fishbone Diagram 14531
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26885
99 Flow Through Distribution 12241
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8104
101 FOB Destination 12951
102 Forward buying 29974
103 Freight Charge 10262
104 Freight Consolidation 7474
105 Gantt Chart 8237
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11649
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29465
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12613
109 Hub 23318
110 Idle Time 8004
111 Import/Export License 8652
112 In Bond Shipment 13841
113 Inbound Logistics 13486
114 Interstate System 10939
115 Inventory Costs 53373
116 Inventory in Transit 16350
117 Inventory Management 54508
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22207
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42363
121 JIT 2 18375
122 Job Production 27370
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8983
124 Kanban Squares 6779
125 Laid-Down Cost 10086
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8514
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14119
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37003
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9177
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7392
133 Logistics Channel 22810
134 Logistics Costs 26552
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6640
136 Manifest 10466
137 Marks and Numbers 12528
138 Material Planning 34985
139 Materials Management 26282
140 Milk Run 42952
 
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