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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 11820
42 Certified Supplier 8797
43 Channel Effectiveness 8764
44 Co-Destiny 9032
45 Co-managed Inventory 12181
46 Co-Packers 11537
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6597
48 Computer-Based Training 7478
49 Consular Invoice 19309
50 Container Depot 10342
51 Container Freight Station 10113
52 Continuous Replenishment 19176
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11805
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7745
57 Cost Flow 10053
58 Courier Service 14838
59 CPFR 7993
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11522
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43304
62 Date Code 17725
63 Days of Supply 19458
64 Dead on Arrival 8922
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7849
67 Detective Control 8687
68 Devanning 13982
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10588
70 Dispatching 23625
71 Distributed Inventory 8163
72 Distribution Channel Management 34039
73 Distribution Metrics 8707
74 Distribution Planning 23895
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14845
76 Double Marginalization 52179
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21985
78 Dual 5260
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20296
80 Echelon Inventory 25856
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37947
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48843
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7401
84 Efficient Frontier 24963
85 Engineer-to-Order 31251
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15941
87 Erlang B Formula 9089
88 ETD 8078
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13139
91 Exponential smoothing 9606
92 External Growth 9818
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9204
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9683
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8424
97 Fishbone Diagram 14301
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26513
99 Flow Through Distribution 12039
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7920
101 FOB Destination 12676
102 Forward buying 29711
103 Freight Charge 10092
104 Freight Consolidation 7317
105 Gantt Chart 8109
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11412
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29173
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23046
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8476
112 In Bond Shipment 13609
113 Inbound Logistics 13208
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52742
116 Inventory in Transit 16092
117 Inventory Management 53835
118 Inventory Planning System 9578
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21916
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41364
121 JIT 2 18205
122 Job Production 26620
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8760
124 Kanban Squares 6615
125 Laid-Down Cost 9884
126 Lean Office 5800
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10733
128 Lee's Notation 8350
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13817
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36277
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8951
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7259
133 Logistics Channel 22561
134 Logistics Costs 26277
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6534
136 Manifest 10234
137 Marks and Numbers 12257
138 Material Planning 34568
139 Materials Management 26021
140 Milk Run 42427
 
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