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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 12125
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12547
46 Co-Packers 11765
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6868
48 Computer-Based Training 7689
49 Consular Invoice 19771
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19542
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11410
56 Control Charts 7959
57 Cost Flow 10268
58 Courier Service 15227
59 CPFR 8218
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44133
62 Date Code 18217
63 Days of Supply 19828
64 Dead on Arrival 9308
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7307
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8905
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10939
70 Dispatching 24502
71 Distributed Inventory 8352
72 Distribution Channel Management 34727
73 Distribution Metrics 9110
74 Distribution Planning 24197
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15207
76 Double Marginalization 52711
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22364
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20603
80 Echelon Inventory 26196
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38257
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49708
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7611
84 Efficient Frontier 25472
85 Engineer-to-Order 31730
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16496
87 Erlang B Formula 9343
88 ETD 8326
89 Ex Works 7832
90 Exception Rate 13486
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9499
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10439
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8754
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27018
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8172
101 FOB Destination 13026
102 Forward buying 30142
103 Freight Charge 10396
104 Freight Consolidation 7525
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11729
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29578
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12678
109 Hub 23423
110 Idle Time 8066
111 Import/Export License 8715
112 In Bond Shipment 13943
113 Inbound Logistics 13578
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53612
116 Inventory in Transit 16519
117 Inventory Management 54776
118 Inventory Planning System 9855
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22289
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42693
121 JIT 2 18437
122 Job Production 27648
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9129
124 Kanban Squares 6828
125 Laid-Down Cost 10181
126 Lean Office 6114
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10856
128 Lee's Notation 8567
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14221
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37258
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9267
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7513
133 Logistics Channel 22901
134 Logistics Costs 26671
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6685
136 Manifest 10529
137 Marks and Numbers 12598
138 Material Planning 35097
139 Materials Management 26368
140 Milk Run 43099
 
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