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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 12189
42 Certified Supplier 9000
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9340
45 Co-managed Inventory 12615
46 Co-Packers 11820
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6925
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19877
50 Container Depot 10645
51 Container Freight Station 10309
52 Continuous Replenishment 19619
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12127
54 Contract Carrier 7348
55 Contract of Affreightment 11456
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10320
58 Courier Service 15298
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11846
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44275
62 Date Code 18316
63 Days of Supply 19902
64 Dead on Arrival 9386
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8158
67 Detective Control 8951
68 Devanning 14260
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11010
70 Dispatching 24612
71 Distributed Inventory 8399
72 Distribution Channel Management 34887
73 Distribution Metrics 9188
74 Distribution Planning 24254
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15285
76 Double Marginalization 52842
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20665
80 Echelon Inventory 26262
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38318
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49878
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7657
84 Efficient Frontier 25574
85 Engineer-to-Order 31837
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16611
87 Erlang B Formula 9389
88 ETD 8367
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13549
91 Exponential smoothing 9862
92 External Growth 10129
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9563
94 Field Services 7770
95 Field Warehouse 10631
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8840
97 Fishbone Diagram 14660
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27143
99 Flow Through Distribution 12363
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8222
101 FOB Destination 13106
102 Forward buying 30263
103 Freight Charge 10448
104 Freight Consolidation 7571
105 Gantt Chart 8327
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11784
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29653
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12739
109 Hub 23506
110 Idle Time 8107
111 Import/Export License 8769
112 In Bond Shipment 14022
113 Inbound Logistics 13640
114 Interstate System 11052
115 Inventory Costs 53815
116 Inventory in Transit 16589
117 Inventory Management 54964
118 Inventory Planning System 9909
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22361
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43028
121 JIT 2 18491
122 Job Production 27871
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9181
124 Kanban Squares 6877
125 Laid-Down Cost 10259
126 Lean Office 6161
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10885
128 Lee's Notation 8605
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14317
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37411
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9336
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7560
133 Logistics Channel 22970
134 Logistics Costs 26745
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6716
136 Manifest 10587
137 Marks and Numbers 12676
138 Material Planning 35212
139 Materials Management 26435
140 Milk Run 43202
 
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