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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 12043
42 Certified Supplier 8922
43 Channel Effectiveness 8875
44 Co-Destiny 9215
45 Co-managed Inventory 12386
46 Co-Packers 11695
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6792
48 Computer-Based Training 7634
49 Consular Invoice 19629
50 Container Depot 10544
51 Container Freight Station 10231
52 Continuous Replenishment 19390
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11999
54 Contract Carrier 7287
55 Contract of Affreightment 11341
56 Control Charts 7900
57 Cost Flow 10202
58 Courier Service 15131
59 CPFR 8154
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11713
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43950
62 Date Code 18094
63 Days of Supply 19729
64 Dead on Arrival 9147
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7245
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8036
67 Detective Control 8848
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10793
70 Dispatching 24301
71 Distributed Inventory 8296
72 Distribution Channel Management 34533
73 Distribution Metrics 9010
74 Distribution Planning 24110
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15115
76 Double Marginalization 52520
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22206
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20518
80 Echelon Inventory 26084
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38175
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49462
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7555
84 Efficient Frontier 25333
85 Engineer-to-Order 31611
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16292
87 Erlang B Formula 9279
88 ETD 8266
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13391
91 Exponential smoothing 9768
92 External Growth 9995
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9362
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10111
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26880
99 Flow Through Distribution 12236
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8099
101 FOB Destination 12947
102 Forward buying 29970
103 Freight Charge 10259
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8236
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11645
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29461
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12608
109 Hub 23308
110 Idle Time 8003
111 Import/Export License 8649
112 In Bond Shipment 13835
113 Inbound Logistics 13481
114 Interstate System 10935
115 Inventory Costs 53369
116 Inventory in Transit 16346
117 Inventory Management 54502
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22201
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42350
121 JIT 2 18372
122 Job Production 27356
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8979
124 Kanban Squares 6773
125 Laid-Down Cost 10081
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10823
128 Lee's Notation 8512
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14115
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36988
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9175
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7390
133 Logistics Channel 22805
134 Logistics Costs 26550
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6639
136 Manifest 10464
137 Marks and Numbers 12522
138 Material Planning 34981
139 Materials Management 26279
140 Milk Run 42948
 
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