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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 11986
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8847
44 Co-Destiny 9165
45 Co-managed Inventory 12334
46 Co-Packers 11655
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6741
48 Computer-Based Training 7592
49 Consular Invoice 19545
50 Container Depot 10500
51 Container Freight Station 10208
52 Continuous Replenishment 19343
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11951
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7865
57 Cost Flow 10168
58 Courier Service 15067
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43794
62 Date Code 18023
63 Days of Supply 19672
64 Dead on Arrival 9089
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7202
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7992
67 Detective Control 8801
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10742
70 Dispatching 24134
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34418
73 Distribution Metrics 8931
74 Distribution Planning 24054
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15043
76 Double Marginalization 52437
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22149
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20458
80 Echelon Inventory 26010
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38119
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49315
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25249
85 Engineer-to-Order 31521
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16203
87 Erlang B Formula 9233
88 ETD 8217
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9733
92 External Growth 9946
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9324
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9862
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8619
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26799
99 Flow Through Distribution 12183
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8055
101 FOB Destination 12886
102 Forward buying 29901
103 Freight Charge 10220
104 Freight Consolidation 7435
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11591
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29384
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12562
109 Hub 23247
110 Idle Time 7968
111 Import/Export License 8607
112 In Bond Shipment 13772
113 Inbound Logistics 13417
114 Interstate System 10891
115 Inventory Costs 53211
116 Inventory in Transit 16288
117 Inventory Management 54347
118 Inventory Planning System 9695
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22129
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42094
121 JIT 2 18328
122 Job Production 27187
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8931
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10030
126 Lean Office 5932
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8469
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14043
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36813
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9113
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7363
133 Logistics Channel 22746
134 Logistics Costs 26477
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10411
137 Marks and Numbers 12446
138 Material Planning 34896
139 Materials Management 26213
140 Milk Run 42837
 
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