1. Business Concepts
    2. ›
  2. Operations and Supply Chain

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.

Title Filter 
# Name Hits
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12005
42 Certified Supplier 8900
43 Channel Effectiveness 8856
44 Co-Destiny 9183
45 Co-managed Inventory 12355
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6766
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19569
50 Container Depot 10517
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19359
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11966
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7878
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15088
59 CPFR 8127
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11683
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43855
62 Date Code 18052
63 Days of Supply 19690
64 Dead on Arrival 9107
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8816
68 Devanning 14124
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10757
70 Dispatching 24196
71 Distributed Inventory 8269
72 Distribution Channel Management 34468
73 Distribution Metrics 8957
74 Distribution Planning 24075
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15071
76 Double Marginalization 52464
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22168
78 Dual 5374
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20479
80 Echelon Inventory 26035
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38140
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49366
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7527
84 Efficient Frontier 25282
85 Engineer-to-Order 31557
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16239
87 Erlang B Formula 9249
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7766
90 Exception Rate 13345
91 Exponential smoothing 9744
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9920
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26828
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8070
101 FOB Destination 12911
102 Forward buying 29924
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7445
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11611
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29409
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12575
109 Hub 23271
110 Idle Time 7979
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13791
113 Inbound Logistics 13439
114 Interstate System 10907
115 Inventory Costs 53273
116 Inventory in Transit 16306
117 Inventory Management 54412
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22156
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42184
121 JIT 2 18343
122 Job Production 27253
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8945
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10047
126 Lean Office 5943
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10803
128 Lee's Notation 8487
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14072
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36877
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9134
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7371
133 Logistics Channel 22765
134 Logistics Costs 26499
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6622
136 Manifest 10430
137 Marks and Numbers 12470
138 Material Planning 34928
139 Materials Management 26237
140 Milk Run 42873
 
Page 1 of 3