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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 9116
32 Buffer Stock 58048
33 Build to Stock 12630
34 Bullwhip Effect 9199
35 Business Logistics 24925
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12261
37 Capacity Management 39201
38 Capacity Utilization 13669
39 Capital Intensive 8015
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8271
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11755
42 Certified Supplier 8771
43 Channel Effectiveness 8722
44 Co-Destiny 8987
45 Co-managed Inventory 12121
46 Co-Packers 11501
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6548
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19206
50 Container Depot 10293
51 Container Freight Station 10079
52 Continuous Replenishment 19122
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11749
54 Contract Carrier 7170
55 Contract of Affreightment 11140
56 Control Charts 7703
57 Cost Flow 10011
58 Courier Service 14740
59 CPFR 7941
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11464
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43086
62 Date Code 17633
63 Days of Supply 19371
64 Dead on Arrival 8848
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7041
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7798
67 Detective Control 8656
68 Devanning 13940
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10535
70 Dispatching 23480
71 Distributed Inventory 8127
72 Distribution Channel Management 33871
73 Distribution Metrics 8626
74 Distribution Planning 23824
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14767
76 Double Marginalization 52060
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21930
78 Dual 5213
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20262
80 Echelon Inventory 25795
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37880
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48641
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7362
84 Efficient Frontier 24848
85 Engineer-to-Order 31152
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15818
87 Erlang B Formula 9030
88 ETD 8041
89 Ex Works 7638
90 Exception Rate 13066
91 Exponential smoothing 9566
92 External Growth 9766
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7555
95 Field Warehouse 9629
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8348
97 Fishbone Diagram 14240
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26426
99 Flow Through Distribution 11985
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7867
101 FOB Destination 12607
102 Forward buying 29626
103 Freight Charge 10050
104 Freight Consolidation 7269
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11341
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29040
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12381
109 Hub 22961
110 Idle Time 7818
111 Import/Export License 8418
112 In Bond Shipment 13533
113 Inbound Logistics 13146
114 Interstate System 10746
115 Inventory Costs 52511
116 Inventory in Transit 16021
117 Inventory Management 53657
118 Inventory Planning System 9535
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21819
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41032
121 JIT 2 18168
122 Job Production 26396
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8701
124 Kanban Squares 6571
125 Laid-Down Cost 9841
126 Lean Office 5758
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10708
128 Lee's Notation 8300
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13725
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36080
 
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