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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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31 Bottleneck 7390
32 Buffer Stock 50028
33 Build to Stock 10911
34 Bullwhip Effect 7195
35 Business Logistics 20945
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10705
37 Capacity Management 31182
38 Capacity Utilization 11288
39 Capital Intensive 6247
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6174
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9839
42 Certified Supplier 7337
43 Channel Effectiveness 7118
44 Co-Destiny 7278
45 Co-managed Inventory 10050
46 Co-Packers 9889
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4674
48 Computer-Based Training 6191
49 Consular Invoice 16713
50 Container Depot 8876
51 Container Freight Station 8685
52 Continuous Replenishment 16932
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10239
54 Contract Carrier 5956
55 Contract of Affreightment 9585
56 Control Charts 6411
57 Cost Flow 8488
58 Courier Service 12392
59 CPFR 6433
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9926
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36036
62 Date Code 14616
63 Days of Supply 17286
64 Dead on Arrival 6964
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5771
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6163
67 Detective Control 6991
68 Devanning 12272
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8421
70 Dispatching 19262
71 Distributed Inventory 6843
72 Distribution Channel Management 28505
73 Distribution Metrics 6387
74 Distribution Planning 21554
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12498
76 Double Marginalization 48111
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19892
78 Dual 3903
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18432
80 Echelon Inventory 23936
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34856
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42507
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5924
84 Efficient Frontier 21557
85 Engineer-to-Order 27635
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13426
87 Erlang B Formula 7244
88 ETD 6485
89 Ex Works 6234
90 Exception Rate 10427
91 Exponential smoothing 8082
92 External Growth 8191
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7609
94 Field Services 6230
95 Field Warehouse 7900
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5574
97 Fishbone Diagram 12462
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22346
99 Flow Through Distribution 10187
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6212
101 FOB Destination 10153
102 Forward buying 27144
103 Freight Charge 8803
104 Freight Consolidation 5915
105 Gantt Chart 6964
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9150
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26161
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10837
109 Hub 20525
110 Idle Time 6541
111 Import/Export License 6774
112 In Bond Shipment 11628
113 Inbound Logistics 11421
114 Interstate System 9461
115 Inventory Costs 45599
116 Inventory in Transit 13405
117 Inventory Management 45878
118 Inventory Planning System 7636
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19275
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32379
121 JIT 2 16794
122 Job Production 19652
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7215
124 Kanban Squares 5370
125 Laid-Down Cost 8198
126 Lean Office 4779
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9767
128 Lee's Notation 6633
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 11047
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32207
 
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