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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 12056
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8883
44 Co-Destiny 9232
45 Co-managed Inventory 12402
46 Co-Packers 11711
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6801
48 Computer-Based Training 7646
49 Consular Invoice 19660
50 Container Depot 10557
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19407
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12015
54 Contract Carrier 7293
55 Contract of Affreightment 11357
56 Control Charts 7913
57 Cost Flow 10214
58 Courier Service 15155
59 CPFR 8167
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11728
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43994
62 Date Code 18123
63 Days of Supply 19750
64 Dead on Arrival 9170
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7258
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8050
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14165
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10812
70 Dispatching 24345
71 Distributed Inventory 8302
72 Distribution Channel Management 34570
73 Distribution Metrics 9027
74 Distribution Planning 24129
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15134
76 Double Marginalization 52550
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22220
78 Dual 5401
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20532
80 Echelon Inventory 26110
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38193
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49507
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7564
84 Efficient Frontier 25365
85 Engineer-to-Order 31636
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16319
87 Erlang B Formula 9297
88 ETD 8277
89 Ex Works 7792
90 Exception Rate 13408
91 Exponential smoothing 9779
92 External Growth 10012
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10199
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8695
97 Fishbone Diagram 14546
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26908
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12960
102 Forward buying 29992
103 Freight Charge 10271
104 Freight Consolidation 7484
105 Gantt Chart 8249
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29484
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23334
110 Idle Time 8013
111 Import/Export License 8661
112 In Bond Shipment 13861
113 Inbound Logistics 13504
114 Interstate System 10949
115 Inventory Costs 53408
116 Inventory in Transit 16363
117 Inventory Management 54543
118 Inventory Planning System 9736
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22221
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42421
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27416
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8994
124 Kanban Squares 6787
125 Laid-Down Cost 10099
126 Lean Office 5976
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8519
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14138
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37047
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9193
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7398
133 Logistics Channel 22823
134 Logistics Costs 26568
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10479
137 Marks and Numbers 12546
138 Material Planning 34996
139 Materials Management 26294
140 Milk Run 42987
 
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