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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 12294
42 Certified Supplier 9061
43 Channel Effectiveness 9055
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12730
46 Co-Packers 11916
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7017
48 Computer-Based Training 7803
49 Consular Invoice 20037
50 Container Depot 10732
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19724
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12212
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11550
56 Control Charts 8065
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15416
59 CPFR 8341
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11948
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44554
62 Date Code 18539
63 Days of Supply 20019
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7431
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8257
67 Detective Control 9058
68 Devanning 14350
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11121
70 Dispatching 24820
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35152
73 Distribution Metrics 9333
74 Distribution Planning 24388
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15420
76 Double Marginalization 53028
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22575
78 Dual 5535
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20768
80 Echelon Inventory 26452
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38458
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50189
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7737
84 Efficient Frontier 25738
85 Engineer-to-Order 31984
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16811
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8452
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13679
91 Exponential smoothing 9942
92 External Growth 10236
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9665
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11016
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8987
97 Fishbone Diagram 14767
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27346
99 Flow Through Distribution 12482
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8338
101 FOB Destination 13225
102 Forward buying 30426
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11922
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29773
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12845
109 Hub 23644
110 Idle Time 8189
111 Import/Export License 8852
112 In Bond Shipment 14135
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11136
115 Inventory Costs 54102
116 Inventory in Transit 16741
117 Inventory Management 55284
118 Inventory Planning System 9998
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22516
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43446
121 JIT 2 18576
122 Job Production 28272
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9277
124 Kanban Squares 6977
125 Laid-Down Cost 10386
126 Lean Office 6254
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8664
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14471
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37673
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9444
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23080
134 Logistics Costs 26888
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6771
136 Manifest 10703
137 Marks and Numbers 12813
138 Material Planning 35380
139 Materials Management 26566
140 Milk Run 43392
 
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