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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 12223
42 Certified Supplier 9028
43 Channel Effectiveness 9003
44 Co-Destiny 9382
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11857
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6961
48 Computer-Based Training 7757
49 Consular Invoice 19936
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10334
52 Continuous Replenishment 19653
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12162
54 Contract Carrier 7363
55 Contract of Affreightment 11490
56 Control Charts 8026
57 Cost Flow 10357
58 Courier Service 15349
59 CPFR 8290
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11888
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44365
62 Date Code 18386
63 Days of Supply 19948
64 Dead on Arrival 9429
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7378
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8199
67 Detective Control 8987
68 Devanning 14297
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11054
70 Dispatching 24691
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35000
73 Distribution Metrics 9245
74 Distribution Planning 24306
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15340
76 Double Marginalization 52905
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22492
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20711
80 Echelon Inventory 26314
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38368
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49991
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7688
84 Efficient Frontier 25630
85 Engineer-to-Order 31887
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16677
87 Erlang B Formula 9424
88 ETD 8397
89 Ex Works 7889
90 Exception Rate 13602
91 Exponential smoothing 9895
92 External Growth 10171
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9595
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10768
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8893
97 Fishbone Diagram 14697
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27217
99 Flow Through Distribution 12407
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8266
101 FOB Destination 13148
102 Forward buying 30336
103 Freight Charge 10483
104 Freight Consolidation 7594
105 Gantt Chart 8348
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11830
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29701
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12774
109 Hub 23559
110 Idle Time 8140
111 Import/Export License 8805
112 In Bond Shipment 14071
113 Inbound Logistics 13686
114 Interstate System 11089
115 Inventory Costs 53942
116 Inventory in Transit 16640
117 Inventory Management 55077
118 Inventory Planning System 9945
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22415
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43168
121 JIT 2 18522
122 Job Production 28021
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9216
124 Kanban Squares 6920
125 Laid-Down Cost 10303
126 Lean Office 6202
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10900
128 Lee's Notation 8629
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14373
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37491
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9372
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7585
133 Logistics Channel 23015
134 Logistics Costs 26805
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6738
136 Manifest 10635
137 Marks and Numbers 12725
138 Material Planning 35278
139 Materials Management 26486
140 Milk Run 43279
 
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