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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 11901
42 Certified Supplier 8842
43 Channel Effectiveness 8802
44 Co-Destiny 9088
45 Co-managed Inventory 12254
46 Co-Packers 11591
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6672
48 Computer-Based Training 7538
49 Consular Invoice 19415
50 Container Depot 10421
51 Container Freight Station 10151
52 Continuous Replenishment 19261
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11879
54 Contract Carrier 7223
55 Contract of Affreightment 11237
56 Control Charts 7803
57 Cost Flow 10112
58 Courier Service 14965
59 CPFR 8054
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11590
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43577
62 Date Code 17862
63 Days of Supply 19565
64 Dead on Arrival 9009
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7129
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7915
67 Detective Control 8737
68 Devanning 14050
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10668
70 Dispatching 23865
71 Distributed Inventory 8207
72 Distribution Channel Management 34242
73 Distribution Metrics 8820
74 Distribution Planning 23972
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14952
76 Double Marginalization 52322
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22068
78 Dual 5316
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20376
80 Echelon Inventory 25920
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38030
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49103
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7456
84 Efficient Frontier 25100
85 Engineer-to-Order 31389
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16066
87 Erlang B Formula 9158
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13221
91 Exponential smoothing 9663
92 External Growth 9870
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9261
94 Field Services 7621
95 Field Warehouse 9741
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8525
97 Fishbone Diagram 14395
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26654
99 Flow Through Distribution 12109
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7983
101 FOB Destination 12778
102 Forward buying 29814
103 Freight Charge 10150
104 Freight Consolidation 7380
105 Gantt Chart 8158
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11508
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29276
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12485
109 Hub 23144
110 Idle Time 7911
111 Import/Export License 8542
112 In Bond Shipment 13700
113 Inbound Logistics 13302
114 Interstate System 10822
115 Inventory Costs 52987
116 Inventory in Transit 16188
117 Inventory Management 54073
118 Inventory Planning System 9635
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22032
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41719
121 JIT 2 18270
122 Job Production 26900
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8845
124 Kanban Squares 6684
125 Laid-Down Cost 9949
126 Lean Office 5865
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8410
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13927
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36527
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9015
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7317
133 Logistics Channel 22643
134 Logistics Costs 26380
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6578
136 Manifest 10325
137 Marks and Numbers 12329
138 Material Planning 34727
139 Materials Management 26105
140 Milk Run 42657
 
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