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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 9345
32 Buffer Stock 58701
33 Build to Stock 12805
34 Bullwhip Effect 9408
35 Business Logistics 25333
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12418
37 Capacity Management 39973
38 Capacity Utilization 13905
39 Capital Intensive 8225
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8531
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11963
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9143
45 Co-managed Inventory 12311
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6727
48 Computer-Based Training 7579
49 Consular Invoice 19506
50 Container Depot 10473
51 Container Freight Station 10197
52 Continuous Replenishment 19314
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11930
54 Contract Carrier 7251
55 Contract of Affreightment 11284
56 Control Charts 7844
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15035
59 CPFR 8097
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11638
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43733
62 Date Code 17972
63 Days of Supply 19643
64 Dead on Arrival 9067
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7179
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7974
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10717
70 Dispatching 24043
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34375
73 Distribution Metrics 8902
74 Distribution Planning 24034
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15011
76 Double Marginalization 52398
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22125
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20432
80 Echelon Inventory 25976
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49239
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7499
84 Efficient Frontier 25206
85 Engineer-to-Order 31483
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16163
87 Erlang B Formula 9212
88 ETD 8195
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13296
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9925
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9304
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9799
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8589
97 Fishbone Diagram 14454
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26754
99 Flow Through Distribution 12160
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
101 FOB Destination 12854
102 Forward buying 29871
103 Freight Charge 10204
104 Freight Consolidation 7418
105 Gantt Chart 8194
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11564
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29354
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23214
110 Idle Time 7953
111 Import/Export License 8587
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13382
114 Interstate System 10868
115 Inventory Costs 53151
116 Inventory in Transit 16260
117 Inventory Management 54257
118 Inventory Planning System 9673
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22100
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41982
121 JIT 2 18314
122 Job Production 27091
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8907
124 Kanban Squares 6728
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5911
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10787
128 Lee's Notation 8454
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14008
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36713
 
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