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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 9716
32 Buffer Stock 59685
33 Build to Stock 13155
34 Bullwhip Effect 9873
35 Business Logistics 26053
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12719
37 Capacity Management 41173
38 Capacity Utilization 14318
39 Capital Intensive 8598
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8958
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12303
42 Certified Supplier 9067
43 Channel Effectiveness 9066
44 Co-Destiny 9446
45 Co-managed Inventory 12736
46 Co-Packers 11921
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7028
48 Computer-Based Training 7809
49 Consular Invoice 20049
50 Container Depot 10741
51 Container Freight Station 10383
52 Continuous Replenishment 19734
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12225
54 Contract Carrier 7403
55 Contract of Affreightment 11557
56 Control Charts 8071
57 Cost Flow 10424
58 Courier Service 15426
59 CPFR 8349
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11956
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44573
62 Date Code 18553
63 Days of Supply 20030
64 Dead on Arrival 9509
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7439
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9067
68 Devanning 14359
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11127
70 Dispatching 24834
71 Distributed Inventory 8477
72 Distribution Channel Management 35165
73 Distribution Metrics 9348
74 Distribution Planning 24395
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15439
76 Double Marginalization 53043
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22587
78 Dual 5546
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20775
80 Echelon Inventory 26461
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38470
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50210
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7746
84 Efficient Frontier 25754
85 Engineer-to-Order 31998
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16822
87 Erlang B Formula 9478
88 ETD 8459
89 Ex Works 7945
90 Exception Rate 13688
91 Exponential smoothing 9949
92 External Growth 10243
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9675
94 Field Services 7839
95 Field Warehouse 11048
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8995
97 Fishbone Diagram 14782
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27360
99 Flow Through Distribution 12493
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8347
101 FOB Destination 13233
102 Forward buying 30440
103 Freight Charge 10533
104 Freight Consolidation 7638
105 Gantt Chart 8387
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11937
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29781
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12852
109 Hub 23656
110 Idle Time 8197
111 Import/Export License 8858
112 In Bond Shipment 14143
113 Inbound Logistics 13762
114 Interstate System 11143
115 Inventory Costs 54123
116 Inventory in Transit 16755
117 Inventory Management 55312
118 Inventory Planning System 10006
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22523
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43487
121 JIT 2 18585
122 Job Production 28300
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9283
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10395
126 Lean Office 6261
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10927
128 Lee's Notation 8674
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14482
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37682
 
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