- Forecast by SKU, cost, item, currencies, margin, country, channel, customer location, etc.
- Drive inventory and safety stock levels according to customer requirements using the Service Level Optimizer
Supply Chain Glossary - C
Supply Chain Glossary - C
- cache
- CAD
- CAD/CAM
- CAE
- CAIT
- calculated capacity also rated capacity
- calculated usage
- calendar time
- calibration frequency
- calibration
- call center
- CAM
- campaign
- capability study also process capability analysis
- capacity bill procedure
- capacity constraint resource (CCR) or CCR
- capacity simulation
- capacity smoothing also load leveling
- capital asset
- capital budgeting
- capital expenditure
- capital rationing
- capital structure
- CAPP
- carcass
- cargo container capacity
- cargo
- cartel
- cascading yield loss
- CASE
- cash budget
- cash cow
- cash discount
- cash flow management also funds flow management
- cash flow statement also funds flow statement
- cash flow
- category management
- caveat emptor
- CCR
- cell
- cellular layout
- cellular manufacturing
- center-of-gravity approach
- central processing unit (CPU) or CPU
- centralized computer network
- centralized inventory control
- centralized marketing system
- certificate of analysis
- certificate of compliance
- certified fixtures
- Certified in
- certified supplier
- Certified
- ceteris paribus
- CFPIM
- chain of customers
- change order
- changeover also setup
- changeover costs also setup costs
- channels of distribution
- charge ticket
- charge
- chart of accounts
- chase production method
- chase strategy also chase production method
- check sheet
- checking
- checklist
- churn
- CIF
- CIM
- CIRM
- classification of defects
- clean technology
- cleanup
- client/server system
- clock card also time card
- closed-loop feedback system
- closed period
- closely held
- co-design also participative design/engineering
- co-destiny
- co-product
- COFC
- collaborative planning also collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR)
- collaborative supply relationship also supplier partnership
- collective bargaining
- combined lead time also cumulative lead time
- commercial speech
- committed capability
- commodity procurement strategy
- commodity
- common causes
- common law
- common material
- common parts bill also common parts bill of material
- common parts bill of material
- common-size income statement
- commonality
- company culture
- compensation
- competitive analysis
- competitive benchmarking
- competitive edge also competitive advantage
- competitive intelligence
- component availability
- component lead-time offset also lead-time offset
- component
- composite lead time also cumulative lead time
- composite manufacturing lead time also cumulative manufacturing lead time
- composite yield
- composition
- compound yield
- comptroller also controller
- computer-aided engineering (CAE) or CAE
- computer-aided inspection and test (CAIT) or CAIT
- computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) or CAM
- computer-assisted software engineering (CASE) or CASE
- computer numerical control (CNC) or CNC
- computer virus
- concentration
- concurrency also resource contention
- concurrent design also participative design/engineering
- concurrent engineering also participative design/engineering
- conference room pilot
- confidence interval
- confidence level
- confidence limit
- configuration audit
- configuration control
- configuration system also customer order servicing system
- configuration
- configurator
- confirming order
- confiscation
- conflict of interest
- conformance
- connectivity
- consideration
- consignment inventory also consigned stocks
- consignment
- consolidation
- consortium
- constant
- constrained optimization
- constraint accounting also theory of constraints accounting
- constraint and missed customer due dates.
- constraint management
- constraint theory also theory of constraints (TOC)
- constraint
- consumable tooling, supplies also consumables
- consumables
- consumer's risk
- consumer market
- consumer price index
- consumer surplus
- consumer
- consuming the forecast
- consumption
- container design
- container on a flatcar (COFC) or COFC
- container
- containerization
- contestable market
- contingency planning
- contingent project
- continuous flow (production) also continuous production
- continuous improvement also continuous process improvement (CPI)
- continuous process also continuous production
- contract accounting
- contract administration
- contract carrier
- contract date
- contract labor
- contract pegging also full pegging
- contract reporting
- contract target cost
- contribution margin
- contribution relativities
- contribution
- contributory negligence
- control board
- control center
- control limit
- control number
- controllable cost
- controlled issue also planned issue
- controller
- conversion efficiency
- converter
- convertible security
- cooperative training
- core process
- core team
- corporate culture
- corporation
- corrective action
- corrective maintenance
- cost, insurance, freight (CIF) or CIF
- cost accounting
- cost allocation
- cost analysis
- cost control
- cost driver also driver
- cost driver analysis
- cost element
- cost object driver
- cost object
- cost of goods sold
- cost of quality also cost of poor quality
- cost of sales
- cost-plus contract
- cost-plus-fixed-fee contract
- cost-plus-incentive-fee contract
- cost pool
- cost-type contract also cost-plus contract
- cost variance
- cost-volume-profit analysis
- costed bill of material
- counseling
- count chart also
- count-per-unit chart also
- countertrade
- coupon
- CPFR
- CPI
- CPIM
- Cpk
- CPM
- CPOF
- CPU
- crashing
- credit period
- crew size
- critical characteristics
- critical mass
- critical path activity
- critical path lead time also cumulative lead time
- critical path
- critical point backflush
- critical process parameters
- critical processes
- critical success factor
- CRM
- cross-functional integration
- cross-functional organization
- cross-functional team
- cross plot also scatter chart
- cross-shipment
- cross-subsidy
- cross-training
- CRP
- CRT
- CSR
- CTP
- cubage
- cube utilization
- cubic space
- cultural environment
- cumulative manufacturing lead time
- cumulative MRP
- cumulative receipts
- cumulative sum control chart
- cumulative sum
- cumulative system
- cumulative trauma disorder
- cumulative yield also cascading yield loss
- current assets
- current finish time
- current liabilities
- current price
- current ratio
- current reality tree (CRT) or CRT
- current start date
- curve fitting
- customer acquisition
- customer convergence
- customer-defined attributes
- customer order promising also order promising
- customer order
- customer partner
- customer partnership also customer-supplier partnership
- customer relations management (CRM) or CRM also customer relationship management (CRM)
- customer satisfaction
- customer service level also customer service ratio
- customer service life cycle
- customer service representative (CSR) or CSR
- customer service
- customer tolerance time also demand lead time
- customer/order fulfillment process
- cut-off control
- cybercash
- cybermarketing
- cybernetic system
- cybernetics
- cyberspace
- cycle counter
- cycle inventory also cycle stock
- cycle reduction stock
- cycle
- cyclical component
constrained optimization
Achieving the best possible solution to a problem in terms of a specified objective function and a given set of constraints.
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