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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 12281
42 Certified Supplier 9058
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12720
46 Co-Packers 11908
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7007
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20017
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10375
52 Continuous Replenishment 19710
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7393
55 Contract of Affreightment 11544
56 Control Charts 8060
57 Cost Flow 10406
58 Courier Service 15405
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11937
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44523
62 Date Code 18517
63 Days of Supply 20008
64 Dead on Arrival 9487
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7422
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8247
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14344
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11106
70 Dispatching 24793
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35124
73 Distribution Metrics 9317
74 Distribution Planning 24373
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15410
76 Double Marginalization 53011
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22562
78 Dual 5526
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20755
80 Echelon Inventory 26426
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38442
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50153
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7731
84 Efficient Frontier 25722
85 Engineer-to-Order 31966
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16791
87 Erlang B Formula 9467
88 ETD 8442
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13666
91 Exponential smoothing 9935
92 External Growth 10224
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9651
94 Field Services 7826
95 Field Warehouse 10961
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8965
97 Fishbone Diagram 14759
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27316
99 Flow Through Distribution 12469
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8322
101 FOB Destination 13211
102 Forward buying 30403
103 Freight Charge 10518
104 Freight Consolidation 7626
105 Gantt Chart 8377
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11904
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29763
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12830
109 Hub 23624
110 Idle Time 8177
111 Import/Export License 8841
112 In Bond Shipment 14121
113 Inbound Logistics 13744
114 Interstate System 11129
115 Inventory Costs 54072
116 Inventory in Transit 16720
117 Inventory Management 55242
118 Inventory Planning System 9985
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22497
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43388
121 JIT 2 18566
122 Job Production 28226
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9266
124 Kanban Squares 6967
125 Laid-Down Cost 10372
126 Lean Office 6247
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10920
128 Lee's Notation 8657
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14452
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37640
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9432
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7616
133 Logistics Channel 23068
134 Logistics Costs 26875
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6763
136 Manifest 10689
137 Marks and Numbers 12798
138 Material Planning 35363
139 Materials Management 26552
140 Milk Run 43374
 
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