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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 11880
42 Certified Supplier 8832
43 Channel Effectiveness 8794
44 Co-Destiny 9067
45 Co-managed Inventory 12236
46 Co-Packers 11577
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6651
48 Computer-Based Training 7527
49 Consular Invoice 19378
50 Container Depot 10397
51 Container Freight Station 10139
52 Continuous Replenishment 19236
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11859
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11215
56 Control Charts 7785
57 Cost Flow 10092
58 Courier Service 14930
59 CPFR 8034
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11566
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43478
62 Date Code 17815
63 Days of Supply 19538
64 Dead on Arrival 8979
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7114
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7896
67 Detective Control 8724
68 Devanning 14026
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10641
70 Dispatching 23772
71 Distributed Inventory 8192
72 Distribution Channel Management 34166
73 Distribution Metrics 8783
74 Distribution Planning 23948
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14914
76 Double Marginalization 52291
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22039
78 Dual 5304
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20350
80 Echelon Inventory 25902
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38005
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49021
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7440
84 Efficient Frontier 25060
85 Engineer-to-Order 31341
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16022
87 Erlang B Formula 9143
88 ETD 8120
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13201
91 Exponential smoothing 9648
92 External Growth 9858
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9241
94 Field Services 7607
95 Field Warehouse 9728
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8493
97 Fishbone Diagram 14362
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26613
99 Flow Through Distribution 12093
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7962
101 FOB Destination 12737
102 Forward buying 29787
103 Freight Charge 10132
104 Freight Consolidation 7360
105 Gantt Chart 8141
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11488
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29243
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12468
109 Hub 23112
110 Idle Time 7895
111 Import/Export License 8520
112 In Bond Shipment 13670
113 Inbound Logistics 13267
114 Interstate System 10803
115 Inventory Costs 52904
116 Inventory in Transit 16159
117 Inventory Management 53996
118 Inventory Planning System 9618
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22003
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41612
121 JIT 2 18252
122 Job Production 26818
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8820
124 Kanban Squares 6664
125 Laid-Down Cost 9928
126 Lean Office 5844
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8394
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13896
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36462
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8994
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7303
133 Logistics Channel 22615
134 Logistics Costs 26348
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6563
136 Manifest 10293
137 Marks and Numbers 12302
138 Material Planning 34678
139 Materials Management 26078
140 Milk Run 42588
 
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