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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 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8852
43 Channel Effectiveness 8812
44 Co-Destiny 9104
45 Co-managed Inventory 12277
46 Co-Packers 11604
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6687
48 Computer-Based Training 7552
49 Consular Invoice 19445
50 Container Depot 10441
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11903
54 Contract Carrier 7232
55 Contract of Affreightment 11260
56 Control Charts 7818
57 Cost Flow 10130
58 Courier Service 14993
59 CPFR 8069
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11610
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43647
62 Date Code 17904
63 Days of Supply 19593
64 Dead on Arrival 9031
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7147
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7932
67 Detective Control 8754
68 Devanning 14068
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10681
70 Dispatching 23935
71 Distributed Inventory 8214
72 Distribution Channel Management 34280
73 Distribution Metrics 8851
74 Distribution Planning 23994
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14969
76 Double Marginalization 52353
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5329
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25944
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38056
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7467
84 Efficient Frontier 25144
85 Engineer-to-Order 31419
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16100
87 Erlang B Formula 9173
88 ETD 8161
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13247
91 Exponential smoothing 9683
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9757
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8548
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26691
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8006
101 FOB Destination 12808
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7392
105 Gantt Chart 8170
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11525
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23169
110 Idle Time 7926
111 Import/Export License 8558
112 In Bond Shipment 13715
113 Inbound Logistics 13332
114 Interstate System 10836
115 Inventory Costs 53048
116 Inventory in Transit 16215
117 Inventory Management 54139
118 Inventory Planning System 9649
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22062
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41812
121 JIT 2 18286
122 Job Production 26965
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8868
124 Kanban Squares 6700
125 Laid-Down Cost 9961
126 Lean Office 5879
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10773
128 Lee's Notation 8426
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13956
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36587
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9037
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7328
133 Logistics Channel 22668
134 Logistics Costs 26409
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6585
136 Manifest 10348
137 Marks and Numbers 12353
138 Material Planning 34771
139 Materials Management 26132
140 Milk Run 42708
 
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