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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 11943
42 Certified Supplier 8862
43 Channel Effectiveness 8824
44 Co-Destiny 9124
45 Co-managed Inventory 12297
46 Co-Packers 11618
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6703
48 Computer-Based Training 7564
49 Consular Invoice 19477
50 Container Depot 10455
51 Container Freight Station 10182
52 Continuous Replenishment 19299
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11916
54 Contract Carrier 7242
55 Contract of Affreightment 11271
56 Control Charts 7831
57 Cost Flow 10142
58 Courier Service 15007
59 CPFR 8081
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11624
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43687
62 Date Code 17936
63 Days of Supply 19615
64 Dead on Arrival 9048
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7163
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7956
67 Detective Control 8766
68 Devanning 14079
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10698
70 Dispatching 23988
71 Distributed Inventory 8226
72 Distribution Channel Management 34339
73 Distribution Metrics 8872
74 Distribution Planning 24012
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14991
76 Double Marginalization 52376
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22110
78 Dual 5341
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20415
80 Echelon Inventory 25960
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38068
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49191
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25179
85 Engineer-to-Order 31451
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16124
87 Erlang B Formula 9191
88 ETD 8176
89 Ex Works 7731
90 Exception Rate 13269
91 Exponential smoothing 9695
92 External Growth 9909
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9287
94 Field Services 7643
95 Field Warehouse 9772
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8566
97 Fishbone Diagram 14436
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26725
99 Flow Through Distribution 12145
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8019
101 FOB Destination 12831
102 Forward buying 29851
103 Freight Charge 10186
104 Freight Consolidation 7405
105 Gantt Chart 8184
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11550
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29330
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12524
109 Hub 23187
110 Idle Time 7937
111 Import/Export License 8575
112 In Bond Shipment 13731
113 Inbound Logistics 13359
114 Interstate System 10852
115 Inventory Costs 53101
116 Inventory in Transit 16234
117 Inventory Management 54203
118 Inventory Planning System 9663
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22079
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41893
121 JIT 2 18300
122 Job Production 27026
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8888
124 Kanban Squares 6713
125 Laid-Down Cost 9984
126 Lean Office 5894
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8438
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13981
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36649
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9059
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7339
133 Logistics Channel 22694
134 Logistics Costs 26427
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6594
136 Manifest 10367
137 Marks and Numbers 12378
138 Material Planning 34806
139 Materials Management 26158
140 Milk Run 42747
 
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