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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 12019
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8863
44 Co-Destiny 9195
45 Co-managed Inventory 12366
46 Co-Packers 11679
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6774
48 Computer-Based Training 7617
49 Consular Invoice 19595
50 Container Depot 10529
51 Container Freight Station 10219
52 Continuous Replenishment 19372
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11978
54 Contract Carrier 7277
55 Contract of Affreightment 11326
56 Control Charts 7890
57 Cost Flow 10187
58 Courier Service 15100
59 CPFR 8140
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11696
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43884
62 Date Code 18069
63 Days of Supply 19700
64 Dead on Arrival 9124
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7227
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8015
67 Detective Control 8831
68 Devanning 14133
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10772
70 Dispatching 24243
71 Distributed Inventory 8281
72 Distribution Channel Management 34495
73 Distribution Metrics 8975
74 Distribution Planning 24087
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15087
76 Double Marginalization 52484
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22182
78 Dual 5382
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20493
80 Echelon Inventory 26052
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38154
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49404
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7539
84 Efficient Frontier 25298
85 Engineer-to-Order 31572
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16259
87 Erlang B Formula 9265
88 ETD 8250
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13363
91 Exponential smoothing 9753
92 External Growth 9973
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9345
94 Field Services 7685
95 Field Warehouse 9996
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8650
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26843
99 Flow Through Distribution 12214
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8083
101 FOB Destination 12932
102 Forward buying 29944
103 Freight Charge 10243
104 Freight Consolidation 7456
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11623
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29434
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12585
109 Hub 23286
110 Idle Time 7988
111 Import/Export License 8629
112 In Bond Shipment 13809
113 Inbound Logistics 13454
114 Interstate System 10916
115 Inventory Costs 53309
116 Inventory in Transit 16318
117 Inventory Management 54442
118 Inventory Planning System 9715
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22169
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42243
121 JIT 2 18358
122 Job Production 27298
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8961
124 Kanban Squares 6762
125 Laid-Down Cost 10059
126 Lean Office 5952
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10809
128 Lee's Notation 8496
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14084
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36917
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9150
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7377
133 Logistics Channel 22779
134 Logistics Costs 26516
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6628
136 Manifest 10443
137 Marks and Numbers 12492
138 Material Planning 34942
139 Materials Management 26247
140 Milk Run 42898
 
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