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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 12297
42 Certified Supplier 9064
43 Channel Effectiveness 9061
44 Co-Destiny 9440
45 Co-managed Inventory 12733
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7021
48 Computer-Based Training 7805
49 Consular Invoice 20041
50 Container Depot 10735
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19725
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12217
54 Contract Carrier 7400
55 Contract of Affreightment 11553
56 Control Charts 8066
57 Cost Flow 10420
58 Courier Service 15417
59 CPFR 8342
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11949
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44558
62 Date Code 18542
63 Days of Supply 20024
64 Dead on Arrival 9504
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7434
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8260
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14352
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11123
70 Dispatching 24825
71 Distributed Inventory 8474
72 Distribution Channel Management 35156
73 Distribution Metrics 9335
74 Distribution Planning 24391
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15428
76 Double Marginalization 53032
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22579
78 Dual 5537
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26453
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38464
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50195
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7742
84 Efficient Frontier 25744
85 Engineer-to-Order 31986
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16816
87 Erlang B Formula 9474
88 ETD 8455
89 Ex Works 7938
90 Exception Rate 13681
91 Exponential smoothing 9944
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11027
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8990
97 Fishbone Diagram 14775
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27352
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8342
101 FOB Destination 13227
102 Forward buying 30431
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11929
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29776
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12848
109 Hub 23651
110 Idle Time 8191
111 Import/Export License 8853
112 In Bond Shipment 14140
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11139
115 Inventory Costs 54105
116 Inventory in Transit 16746
117 Inventory Management 55294
118 Inventory Planning System 10002
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22519
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43464
121 JIT 2 18578
122 Job Production 28281
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9279
124 Kanban Squares 6978
125 Laid-Down Cost 10393
126 Lean Office 6255
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10925
128 Lee's Notation 8669
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14477
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37676
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9446
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7621
133 Logistics Channel 23084
134 Logistics Costs 26894
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6771
136 Manifest 10705
137 Marks and Numbers 12822
138 Material Planning 35384
139 Materials Management 26569
140 Milk Run 43397
 
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