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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 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12535
46 Co-Packers 11763
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6865
48 Computer-Based Training 7688
49 Consular Invoice 19765
50 Container Depot 10603
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19530
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11409
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15225
59 CPFR 8216
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44131
62 Date Code 18214
63 Days of Supply 19827
64 Dead on Arrival 9297
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7306
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10929
70 Dispatching 24492
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34719
73 Distribution Metrics 9104
74 Distribution Planning 24192
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15204
76 Double Marginalization 52698
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22351
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20600
80 Echelon Inventory 26194
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38254
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49699
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25469
85 Engineer-to-Order 31726
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16481
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10070
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9488
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10428
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14601
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27014
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8170
101 FOB Destination 13019
102 Forward buying 30130
103 Freight Charge 10385
104 Freight Consolidation 7524
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11724
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29576
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23414
110 Idle Time 8064
111 Import/Export License 8713
112 In Bond Shipment 13939
113 Inbound Logistics 13576
114 Interstate System 10997
115 Inventory Costs 53604
116 Inventory in Transit 16504
117 Inventory Management 54760
118 Inventory Planning System 9844
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22287
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42676
121 JIT 2 18436
122 Job Production 27639
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9118
124 Kanban Squares 6828
125 Laid-Down Cost 10176
126 Lean Office 6103
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10851
128 Lee's Notation 8566
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14220
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37243
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9263
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7503
133 Logistics Channel 22896
134 Logistics Costs 26665
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6683
136 Manifest 10527
137 Marks and Numbers 12596
138 Material Planning 35090
139 Materials Management 26366
140 Milk Run 43095
 
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