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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 12135
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8931
44 Co-Destiny 9302
45 Co-managed Inventory 12565
46 Co-Packers 11778
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6877
48 Computer-Based Training 7695
49 Consular Invoice 19786
50 Container Depot 10611
51 Container Freight Station 10278
52 Continuous Replenishment 19563
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12082
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11419
56 Control Charts 7966
57 Cost Flow 10276
58 Courier Service 15238
59 CPFR 8226
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11804
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44155
62 Date Code 18233
63 Days of Supply 19838
64 Dead on Arrival 9325
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7314
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8109
67 Detective Control 8913
68 Devanning 14213
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10959
70 Dispatching 24522
71 Distributed Inventory 8359
72 Distribution Channel Management 34752
73 Distribution Metrics 9121
74 Distribution Planning 24201
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15216
76 Double Marginalization 52742
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22382
78 Dual 5444
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20615
80 Echelon Inventory 26209
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38271
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49734
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7618
84 Efficient Frontier 25489
85 Engineer-to-Order 31750
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16525
87 Erlang B Formula 9349
88 ETD 8335
89 Ex Works 7836
90 Exception Rate 13496
91 Exponential smoothing 9833
92 External Growth 10077
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9521
94 Field Services 7743
95 Field Warehouse 10465
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8764
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27040
99 Flow Through Distribution 12311
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8181
101 FOB Destination 13033
102 Forward buying 30166
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7533
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11736
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29590
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12684
109 Hub 23433
110 Idle Time 8071
111 Import/Export License 8723
112 In Bond Shipment 13959
113 Inbound Logistics 13586
114 Interstate System 11007
115 Inventory Costs 53637
116 Inventory in Transit 16533
117 Inventory Management 54806
118 Inventory Planning System 9874
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22305
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42726
121 JIT 2 18443
122 Job Production 27685
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9148
124 Kanban Squares 6838
125 Laid-Down Cost 10190
126 Lean Office 6127
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10861
128 Lee's Notation 8572
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14231
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37286
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9274
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7532
133 Logistics Channel 22916
134 Logistics Costs 26687
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6692
136 Manifest 10540
137 Marks and Numbers 12606
138 Material Planning 35107
139 Materials Management 26376
140 Milk Run 43115
 
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