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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 12195
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8974
44 Co-Destiny 9347
45 Co-managed Inventory 12620
46 Co-Packers 11828
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6929
48 Computer-Based Training 7731
49 Consular Invoice 19888
50 Container Depot 10650
51 Container Freight Station 10312
52 Continuous Replenishment 19623
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12131
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11461
56 Control Charts 7997
57 Cost Flow 10327
58 Courier Service 15304
59 CPFR 8268
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11852
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44282
62 Date Code 18325
63 Days of Supply 19908
64 Dead on Arrival 9393
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7352
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8165
67 Detective Control 8956
68 Devanning 14266
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11017
70 Dispatching 24622
71 Distributed Inventory 8402
72 Distribution Channel Management 34901
73 Distribution Metrics 9197
74 Distribution Planning 24263
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15295
76 Double Marginalization 52851
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22453
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20672
80 Echelon Inventory 26269
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38329
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49895
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7662
84 Efficient Frontier 25580
85 Engineer-to-Order 31841
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16622
87 Erlang B Formula 9395
88 ETD 8371
89 Ex Works 7871
90 Exception Rate 13555
91 Exponential smoothing 9866
92 External Growth 10136
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14667
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8230
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30276
103 Freight Charge 10453
104 Freight Consolidation 7577
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11791
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29658
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12745
109 Hub 23514
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8773
112 In Bond Shipment 14027
113 Inbound Logistics 13647
114 Interstate System 11058
115 Inventory Costs 53834
116 Inventory in Transit 16594
117 Inventory Management 54984
118 Inventory Planning System 9913
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22367
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43057
121 JIT 2 18496
122 Job Production 27892
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9189
124 Kanban Squares 6883
125 Laid-Down Cost 10264
126 Lean Office 6168
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10887
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14325
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37424
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9341
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7563
133 Logistics Channel 22975
134 Logistics Costs 26751
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6719
136 Manifest 10595
137 Marks and Numbers 12689
138 Material Planning 35218
139 Materials Management 26444
140 Milk Run 43214
 
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