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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 7395
32 Buffer Stock 50053
33 Build to Stock 10915
34 Bullwhip Effect 7204
35 Business Logistics 20956
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10708
37 Capacity Management 31212
38 Capacity Utilization 11301
39 Capital Intensive 6252
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6180
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9845
42 Certified Supplier 7340
43 Channel Effectiveness 7123
44 Co-Destiny 7285
45 Co-managed Inventory 10055
46 Co-Packers 9899
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4676
48 Computer-Based Training 6197
49 Consular Invoice 16722
50 Container Depot 8880
51 Container Freight Station 8689
52 Continuous Replenishment 16943
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10242
54 Contract Carrier 5959
55 Contract of Affreightment 9592
56 Control Charts 6416
57 Cost Flow 8493
58 Courier Service 12397
59 CPFR 6438
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9931
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36057
62 Date Code 14622
63 Days of Supply 17295
64 Dead on Arrival 6968
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5778
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6170
67 Detective Control 6999
68 Devanning 12274
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8429
70 Dispatching 19273
71 Distributed Inventory 6848
72 Distribution Channel Management 28522
73 Distribution Metrics 6394
74 Distribution Planning 21565
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12509
76 Double Marginalization 48120
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19899
78 Dual 3907
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18441
80 Echelon Inventory 23948
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34864
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42519
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5930
84 Efficient Frontier 21570
85 Engineer-to-Order 27644
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13431
87 Erlang B Formula 7253
88 ETD 6494
89 Ex Works 6241
90 Exception Rate 10434
91 Exponential smoothing 8091
92 External Growth 8195
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7617
94 Field Services 6234
95 Field Warehouse 7908
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5582
97 Fishbone Diagram 12467
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22364
99 Flow Through Distribution 10192
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6218
101 FOB Destination 10161
102 Forward buying 27147
103 Freight Charge 8807
104 Freight Consolidation 5917
105 Gantt Chart 6969
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9153
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26169
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10842
109 Hub 20533
110 Idle Time 6549
111 Import/Export License 6779
112 In Bond Shipment 11633
113 Inbound Logistics 11423
114 Interstate System 9467
115 Inventory Costs 45620
116 Inventory in Transit 13411
117 Inventory Management 45904
118 Inventory Planning System 7638
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19283
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32407
121 JIT 2 16801
122 Job Production 19682
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7219
124 Kanban Squares 5373
125 Laid-Down Cost 8205
126 Lean Office 4781
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9773
128 Lee's Notation 6639
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 11056
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32218
 
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