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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 12240
42 Certified Supplier 9038
43 Channel Effectiveness 9016
44 Co-Destiny 9395
45 Co-managed Inventory 12671
46 Co-Packers 11869
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6977
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19958
50 Container Depot 10692
51 Container Freight Station 10344
52 Continuous Replenishment 19665
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12176
54 Contract Carrier 7372
55 Contract of Affreightment 11505
56 Control Charts 8036
57 Cost Flow 10371
58 Courier Service 15366
59 CPFR 8308
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11901
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44411
62 Date Code 18434
63 Days of Supply 19968
64 Dead on Arrival 9449
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7393
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8213
67 Detective Control 9006
68 Devanning 14313
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11070
70 Dispatching 24723
71 Distributed Inventory 8441
72 Distribution Channel Management 35046
73 Distribution Metrics 9265
74 Distribution Planning 24328
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15364
76 Double Marginalization 52947
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22511
78 Dual 5500
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20726
80 Echelon Inventory 26348
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38389
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50047
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7700
84 Efficient Frontier 25656
85 Engineer-to-Order 31912
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16708
87 Erlang B Formula 9436
88 ETD 8410
89 Ex Works 7904
90 Exception Rate 13624
91 Exponential smoothing 9911
92 External Growth 10185
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9613
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10837
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8914
97 Fishbone Diagram 14717
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27249
99 Flow Through Distribution 12427
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8283
101 FOB Destination 13163
102 Forward buying 30361
103 Freight Charge 10495
104 Freight Consolidation 7604
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11851
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29720
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12792
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8152
111 Import/Export License 8817
112 In Bond Shipment 14086
113 Inbound Logistics 13703
114 Interstate System 11100
115 Inventory Costs 53987
116 Inventory in Transit 16672
117 Inventory Management 55125
118 Inventory Planning System 9957
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22442
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43231
121 JIT 2 18537
122 Job Production 28085
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9236
124 Kanban Squares 6933
125 Laid-Down Cost 10331
126 Lean Office 6214
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10906
128 Lee's Notation 8638
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14403
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37545
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9392
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23035
134 Logistics Costs 26833
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6745
136 Manifest 10658
137 Marks and Numbers 12754
138 Material Planning 35304
139 Materials Management 26510
140 Milk Run 43311
 
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