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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 11448
42 Certified Supplier 8620
43 Channel Effectiveness 8538
44 Co-Destiny 8782
45 Co-managed Inventory 11881
46 Co-Packers 11321
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6308
48 Computer-Based Training 7308
49 Consular Invoice 18785
50 Container Depot 10103
51 Container Freight Station 9895
52 Continuous Replenishment 18867
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11536
54 Contract Carrier 7051
55 Contract of Affreightment 10978
56 Control Charts 7511
57 Cost Flow 9834
58 Courier Service 14400
59 CPFR 7762
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11270
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42285
62 Date Code 17301
63 Days of Supply 19111
64 Dead on Arrival 8596
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6913
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7583
67 Detective Control 8498
68 Devanning 13731
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10273
70 Dispatching 22693
71 Distributed Inventory 7976
72 Distribution Channel Management 33300
73 Distribution Metrics 8273
74 Distribution Planning 23593
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14480
76 Double Marginalization 51565
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21678
78 Dual 5027
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20081
80 Echelon Inventory 25591
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37563
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47791
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7196
84 Efficient Frontier 24443
85 Engineer-to-Order 30769
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15381
87 Erlang B Formula 8813
88 ETD 7861
89 Ex Works 7489
90 Exception Rate 12749
91 Exponential smoothing 9381
92 External Growth 9602
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9009
94 Field Services 7416
95 Field Warehouse 9449
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8059
97 Fishbone Diagram 13986
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26019
99 Flow Through Distribution 11750
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7677
101 FOB Destination 12335
102 Forward buying 29282
103 Freight Charge 9860
104 Freight Consolidation 7091
105 Gantt Chart 7914
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11085
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28536
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12207
109 Hub 22636
110 Idle Time 7639
111 Import/Export License 8212
112 In Bond Shipment 13252
113 Inbound Logistics 12849
114 Interstate System 10598
115 Inventory Costs 51710
116 Inventory in Transit 15754
117 Inventory Management 53010
118 Inventory Planning System 9349
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21495
120 JIT (Just In Time) 39834
121 JIT 2 17969
122 Job Production 25739
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8467
124 Kanban Squares 6393
125 Laid-Down Cost 9615
126 Lean Office 5598
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10599
128 Lee's Notation 8104
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13410
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35388
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8707
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7024
133 Logistics Channel 22230
134 Logistics Costs 25846
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6369
136 Manifest 9888
137 Marks and Numbers 11961
138 Material Planning 33917
139 Materials Management 25669
140 Milk Run 41542
 
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