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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 11837
42 Certified Supplier 8807
43 Channel Effectiveness 8773
44 Co-Destiny 9044
45 Co-managed Inventory 12201
46 Co-Packers 11551
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6614
48 Computer-Based Training 7492
49 Consular Invoice 19330
50 Container Depot 10358
51 Container Freight Station 10124
52 Continuous Replenishment 19198
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11817
54 Contract Carrier 7201
55 Contract of Affreightment 11187
56 Control Charts 7757
57 Cost Flow 10067
58 Courier Service 14867
59 CPFR 8006
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11534
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43360
62 Date Code 17752
63 Days of Supply 19490
64 Dead on Arrival 8937
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7087
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7867
67 Detective Control 8695
68 Devanning 13996
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10605
70 Dispatching 23665
71 Distributed Inventory 8169
72 Distribution Channel Management 34082
73 Distribution Metrics 8725
74 Distribution Planning 23911
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14868
76 Double Marginalization 52222
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22004
78 Dual 5272
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20307
80 Echelon Inventory 25873
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37965
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48898
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7415
84 Efficient Frontier 24991
85 Engineer-to-Order 31276
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15972
87 Erlang B Formula 9107
88 ETD 8096
89 Ex Works 7678
90 Exception Rate 13160
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9833
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9216
94 Field Services 7586
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8443
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26548
99 Flow Through Distribution 12059
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7934
101 FOB Destination 12695
102 Forward buying 29737
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7333
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11433
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29197
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12435
109 Hub 23066
110 Idle Time 7873
111 Import/Export License 8491
112 In Bond Shipment 13626
113 Inbound Logistics 13231
114 Interstate System 10784
115 Inventory Costs 52793
116 Inventory in Transit 16111
117 Inventory Management 53885
118 Inventory Planning System 9594
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21943
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41448
121 JIT 2 18220
122 Job Production 26681
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8774
124 Kanban Squares 6631
125 Laid-Down Cost 9899
126 Lean Office 5813
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10744
128 Lee's Notation 8366
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13840
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36335
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8967
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7280
133 Logistics Channel 22574
134 Logistics Costs 26301
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6544
136 Manifest 10249
137 Marks and Numbers 12268
138 Material Planning 34595
139 Materials Management 26041
140 Milk Run 42474
 
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