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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 12147
42 Certified Supplier 8974
43 Channel Effectiveness 8941
44 Co-Destiny 9313
45 Co-managed Inventory 12575
46 Co-Packers 11790
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6889
48 Computer-Based Training 7700
49 Consular Invoice 19807
50 Container Depot 10620
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19576
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12092
54 Contract Carrier 7327
55 Contract of Affreightment 11429
56 Control Charts 7974
57 Cost Flow 10284
58 Courier Service 15254
59 CPFR 8236
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11814
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44189
62 Date Code 18253
63 Days of Supply 19853
64 Dead on Arrival 9337
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7319
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8121
67 Detective Control 8922
68 Devanning 14222
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10975
70 Dispatching 24540
71 Distributed Inventory 8367
72 Distribution Channel Management 34777
73 Distribution Metrics 9130
74 Distribution Planning 24214
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15229
76 Double Marginalization 52767
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22396
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20625
80 Echelon Inventory 26224
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38288
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49772
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25504
85 Engineer-to-Order 31767
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16542
87 Erlang B Formula 9359
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7844
90 Exception Rate 13507
91 Exponential smoothing 9840
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9530
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10506
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8782
97 Fishbone Diagram 14620
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27057
99 Flow Through Distribution 12324
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8190
101 FOB Destination 13046
102 Forward buying 30184
103 Freight Charge 10421
104 Freight Consolidation 7540
105 Gantt Chart 8299
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11746
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29604
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12698
109 Hub 23452
110 Idle Time 8078
111 Import/Export License 8733
112 In Bond Shipment 13968
113 Inbound Logistics 13600
114 Interstate System 11018
115 Inventory Costs 53687
116 Inventory in Transit 16549
117 Inventory Management 54843
118 Inventory Planning System 9883
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22317
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42783
121 JIT 2 18453
122 Job Production 27727
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9159
124 Kanban Squares 6850
125 Laid-Down Cost 10206
126 Lean Office 6133
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10866
128 Lee's Notation 8579
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14254
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37315
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9285
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7539
133 Logistics Channel 22929
134 Logistics Costs 26703
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6700
136 Manifest 10552
137 Marks and Numbers 12622
138 Material Planning 35126
139 Materials Management 26389
140 Milk Run 43137
 
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