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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 11973
42 Certified Supplier 8881
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9155
45 Co-managed Inventory 12321
46 Co-Packers 11644
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6735
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19526
50 Container Depot 10484
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19329
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11940
54 Contract Carrier 7258
55 Contract of Affreightment 11295
56 Control Charts 7857
57 Cost Flow 10158
58 Courier Service 15048
59 CPFR 8106
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11653
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43768
62 Date Code 18004
63 Days of Supply 19662
64 Dead on Arrival 9079
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7195
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7982
67 Detective Control 8791
68 Devanning 14103
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10733
70 Dispatching 24087
71 Distributed Inventory 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34399
73 Distribution Metrics 8917
74 Distribution Planning 24044
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15030
76 Double Marginalization 52416
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22139
78 Dual 5357
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20447
80 Echelon Inventory 25992
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38109
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49278
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25226
85 Engineer-to-Order 31505
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16188
87 Erlang B Formula 9222
88 ETD 8207
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13311
91 Exponential smoothing 9727
92 External Growth 9939
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7657
95 Field Warehouse 9829
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8607
97 Fishbone Diagram 14467
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26780
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12873
102 Forward buying 29889
103 Freight Charge 10212
104 Freight Consolidation 7425
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11577
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29369
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12550
109 Hub 23229
110 Idle Time 7959
111 Import/Export License 8597
112 In Bond Shipment 13757
113 Inbound Logistics 13401
114 Interstate System 10878
115 Inventory Costs 53182
116 Inventory in Transit 16277
117 Inventory Management 54310
118 Inventory Planning System 9683
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22117
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42035
121 JIT 2 18319
122 Job Production 27149
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8920
124 Kanban Squares 6736
125 Laid-Down Cost 10018
126 Lean Office 5921
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10792
128 Lee's Notation 8463
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14029
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36767
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9097
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7353
133 Logistics Channel 22733
134 Logistics Costs 26462
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6609
136 Manifest 10398
137 Marks and Numbers 12431
138 Material Planning 34877
139 Materials Management 26204
140 Milk Run 42811
 
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