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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 12032
42 Certified Supplier 8915
43 Channel Effectiveness 8870
44 Co-Destiny 9209
45 Co-managed Inventory 12380
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7627
49 Consular Invoice 19615
50 Container Depot 10537
51 Container Freight Station 10226
52 Continuous Replenishment 19385
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11992
54 Contract Carrier 7285
55 Contract of Affreightment 11337
56 Control Charts 7897
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15118
59 CPFR 8150
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11706
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43930
62 Date Code 18083
63 Days of Supply 19719
64 Dead on Arrival 9139
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7237
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8028
67 Detective Control 8843
68 Devanning 14144
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10786
70 Dispatching 24280
71 Distributed Inventory 8290
72 Distribution Channel Management 34523
73 Distribution Metrics 8997
74 Distribution Planning 24102
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15105
76 Double Marginalization 52509
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22195
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20507
80 Echelon Inventory 26074
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38167
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49448
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7546
84 Efficient Frontier 25319
85 Engineer-to-Order 31597
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16279
87 Erlang B Formula 9271
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13382
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7693
95 Field Warehouse 10076
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8671
97 Fishbone Diagram 14521
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26868
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8090
101 FOB Destination 12941
102 Forward buying 29961
103 Freight Charge 10254
104 Freight Consolidation 7465
105 Gantt Chart 8230
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11638
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29453
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12602
109 Hub 23300
110 Idle Time 7997
111 Import/Export License 8644
112 In Bond Shipment 13826
113 Inbound Logistics 13475
114 Interstate System 10929
115 Inventory Costs 53350
116 Inventory in Transit 16335
117 Inventory Management 54482
118 Inventory Planning System 9722
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22191
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42314
121 JIT 2 18365
122 Job Production 27340
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8971
124 Kanban Squares 6769
125 Laid-Down Cost 10071
126 Lean Office 5963
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10814
128 Lee's Notation 8503
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14107
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36957
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9163
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7381
133 Logistics Channel 22797
134 Logistics Costs 26538
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6633
136 Manifest 10458
137 Marks and Numbers 12512
138 Material Planning 34966
139 Materials Management 26265
140 Milk Run 42933
 
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