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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 12086
42 Certified Supplier 8943
43 Channel Effectiveness 8899
44 Co-Destiny 9261
45 Co-managed Inventory 12432
46 Co-Packers 11734
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6826
48 Computer-Based Training 7664
49 Consular Invoice 19702
50 Container Depot 10577
51 Container Freight Station 10253
52 Continuous Replenishment 19430
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12037
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11380
56 Control Charts 7931
57 Cost Flow 10233
58 Courier Service 15183
59 CPFR 8184
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11758
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44054
62 Date Code 18165
63 Days of Supply 19785
64 Dead on Arrival 9201
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7276
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8071
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14179
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10830
70 Dispatching 24411
71 Distributed Inventory 8322
72 Distribution Channel Management 34643
73 Distribution Metrics 9065
74 Distribution Planning 24156
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15166
76 Double Marginalization 52594
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22249
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20565
80 Echelon Inventory 26151
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38216
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49593
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7581
84 Efficient Frontier 25408
85 Engineer-to-Order 31681
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16369
87 Erlang B Formula 9315
88 ETD 8301
89 Ex Works 7810
90 Exception Rate 13439
91 Exponential smoothing 9800
92 External Growth 10033
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9396
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10326
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8721
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26954
99 Flow Through Distribution 12277
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
101 FOB Destination 12983
102 Forward buying 30027
103 Freight Charge 10291
104 Freight Consolidation 7497
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11691
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29524
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12646
109 Hub 23368
110 Idle Time 8036
111 Import/Export License 8680
112 In Bond Shipment 13896
113 Inbound Logistics 13542
114 Interstate System 10970
115 Inventory Costs 53489
116 Inventory in Transit 16399
117 Inventory Management 54610
118 Inventory Planning System 9752
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22247
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42534
121 JIT 2 18404
122 Job Production 27516
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9019
124 Kanban Squares 6807
125 Laid-Down Cost 10128
126 Lean Office 6003
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10835
128 Lee's Notation 8540
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14174
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37120
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9222
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7410
133 Logistics Channel 22858
134 Logistics Costs 26610
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6660
136 Manifest 10501
137 Marks and Numbers 12570
138 Material Planning 35031
139 Materials Management 26318
140 Milk Run 43042
 
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