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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 12194
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8973
44 Co-Destiny 9343
45 Co-managed Inventory 12618
46 Co-Packers 11825
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6927
48 Computer-Based Training 7730
49 Consular Invoice 19885
50 Container Depot 10648
51 Container Freight Station 10310
52 Continuous Replenishment 19622
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12130
54 Contract Carrier 7349
55 Contract of Affreightment 11459
56 Control Charts 7995
57 Cost Flow 10325
58 Courier Service 15302
59 CPFR 8266
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11849
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44279
62 Date Code 18324
63 Days of Supply 19907
64 Dead on Arrival 9390
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7349
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8164
67 Detective Control 8954
68 Devanning 14265
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11016
70 Dispatching 24617
71 Distributed Inventory 8401
72 Distribution Channel Management 34900
73 Distribution Metrics 9195
74 Distribution Planning 24258
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15290
76 Double Marginalization 52849
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22452
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20669
80 Echelon Inventory 26267
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38324
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49890
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7661
84 Efficient Frontier 25578
85 Engineer-to-Order 31840
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16621
87 Erlang B Formula 9392
88 ETD 8369
89 Ex Works 7870
90 Exception Rate 13553
91 Exponential smoothing 9864
92 External Growth 10135
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7775
95 Field Warehouse 10647
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14664
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27153
99 Flow Through Distribution 12369
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8228
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30273
103 Freight Charge 10452
104 Freight Consolidation 7576
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11788
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29657
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12744
109 Hub 23510
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8772
112 In Bond Shipment 14025
113 Inbound Logistics 13645
114 Interstate System 11053
115 Inventory Costs 53825
116 Inventory in Transit 16593
117 Inventory Management 54975
118 Inventory Planning System 9911
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22364
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43047
121 JIT 2 18494
122 Job Production 27882
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9186
124 Kanban Squares 6880
125 Laid-Down Cost 10262
126 Lean Office 6165
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10886
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14324
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37419
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9338
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7561
133 Logistics Channel 22974
134 Logistics Costs 26750
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6719
136 Manifest 10594
137 Marks and Numbers 12684
138 Material Planning 35215
139 Materials Management 26439
140 Milk Run 43210
 
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