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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 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9220
45 Co-managed Inventory 12396
46 Co-Packers 11705
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6797
48 Computer-Based Training 7640
49 Consular Invoice 19646
50 Container Depot 10549
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19400
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12010
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11349
56 Control Charts 7908
57 Cost Flow 10210
58 Courier Service 15142
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11724
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43973
62 Date Code 18110
63 Days of Supply 19743
64 Dead on Arrival 9159
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7252
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8046
67 Detective Control 8855
68 Devanning 14158
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10801
70 Dispatching 24327
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34550
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24122
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15124
76 Double Marginalization 52532
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22213
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26093
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38184
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49482
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7560
84 Efficient Frontier 25349
85 Engineer-to-Order 31624
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16309
87 Erlang B Formula 9291
88 ETD 8271
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13402
91 Exponential smoothing 9773
92 External Growth 10005
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9371
94 Field Services 7702
95 Field Warehouse 10157
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14535
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26894
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8107
101 FOB Destination 12956
102 Forward buying 29979
103 Freight Charge 10265
104 Freight Consolidation 7478
105 Gantt Chart 8242
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11653
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29470
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12615
109 Hub 23322
110 Idle Time 8008
111 Import/Export License 8655
112 In Bond Shipment 13850
113 Inbound Logistics 13491
114 Interstate System 10943
115 Inventory Costs 53385
116 Inventory in Transit 16354
117 Inventory Management 54517
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22211
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42382
121 JIT 2 18379
122 Job Production 27388
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8987
124 Kanban Squares 6782
125 Laid-Down Cost 10092
126 Lean Office 5970
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10826
128 Lee's Notation 8515
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14124
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37017
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9181
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7394
133 Logistics Channel 22814
134 Logistics Costs 26555
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6642
136 Manifest 10471
137 Marks and Numbers 12536
138 Material Planning 34988
139 Materials Management 26285
140 Milk Run 42964
 
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