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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 11801
42 Certified Supplier 8787
43 Channel Effectiveness 8752
44 Co-Destiny 9015
45 Co-managed Inventory 12159
46 Co-Packers 11524
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6586
48 Computer-Based Training 7469
49 Consular Invoice 19275
50 Container Depot 10324
51 Container Freight Station 10103
52 Continuous Replenishment 19162
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11786
54 Contract Carrier 7186
55 Contract of Affreightment 11163
56 Control Charts 7731
57 Cost Flow 10038
58 Courier Service 14802
59 CPFR 7978
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11502
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43244
62 Date Code 17702
63 Days of Supply 19434
64 Dead on Arrival 8900
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7062
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7831
67 Detective Control 8676
68 Devanning 13964
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10570
70 Dispatching 23577
71 Distributed Inventory 8152
72 Distribution Channel Management 33992
73 Distribution Metrics 8678
74 Distribution Planning 23872
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14820
76 Double Marginalization 52145
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21967
78 Dual 5241
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20281
80 Echelon Inventory 25837
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37926
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48788
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7391
84 Efficient Frontier 24926
85 Engineer-to-Order 31221
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15902
87 Erlang B Formula 9067
88 ETD 8068
89 Ex Works 7660
90 Exception Rate 13113
91 Exponential smoothing 9592
92 External Growth 9807
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7572
95 Field Warehouse 9666
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8399
97 Fishbone Diagram 14286
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26487
99 Flow Through Distribution 12019
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7902
101 FOB Destination 12657
102 Forward buying 29683
103 Freight Charge 10080
104 Freight Consolidation 7300
105 Gantt Chart 8099
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11383
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29139
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23015
110 Idle Time 7850
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13585
113 Inbound Logistics 13185
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52683
116 Inventory in Transit 16064
117 Inventory Management 53779
118 Inventory Planning System 9559
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21880
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41275
121 JIT 2 18193
122 Job Production 26553
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8739
124 Kanban Squares 6599
125 Laid-Down Cost 9875
126 Lean Office 5785
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10721
128 Lee's Notation 8335
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13790
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36223
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8938
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7237
133 Logistics Channel 22535
134 Logistics Costs 26254
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10215
137 Marks and Numbers 12245
138 Material Planning 34528
139 Materials Management 26003
140 Milk Run 42380
 
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