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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 9127
32 Buffer Stock 58089
33 Build to Stock 12642
34 Bullwhip Effect 9207
35 Business Logistics 24951
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39239
38 Capacity Utilization 13674
39 Capital Intensive 8027
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8284
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11768
42 Certified Supplier 8773
43 Channel Effectiveness 8728
44 Co-Destiny 8992
45 Co-managed Inventory 12128
46 Co-Packers 11505
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6557
48 Computer-Based Training 7450
49 Consular Invoice 19218
50 Container Depot 10300
51 Container Freight Station 10084
52 Continuous Replenishment 19132
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11755
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11143
56 Control Charts 7711
57 Cost Flow 10019
58 Courier Service 14750
59 CPFR 7946
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11472
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43134
62 Date Code 17649
63 Days of Supply 19384
64 Dead on Arrival 8858
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7043
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7807
67 Detective Control 8661
68 Devanning 13943
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10542
70 Dispatching 23502
71 Distributed Inventory 8135
72 Distribution Channel Management 33907
73 Distribution Metrics 8643
74 Distribution Planning 23834
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14783
76 Double Marginalization 52085
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21939
78 Dual 5220
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20264
80 Echelon Inventory 25804
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37892
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48677
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7369
84 Efficient Frontier 24868
85 Engineer-to-Order 31172
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15835
87 Erlang B Formula 9040
88 ETD 8049
89 Ex Works 7648
90 Exception Rate 13080
91 Exponential smoothing 9571
92 External Growth 9777
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9166
94 Field Services 7562
95 Field Warehouse 9635
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8361
97 Fishbone Diagram 14253
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26439
99 Flow Through Distribution 11988
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7879
101 FOB Destination 12622
102 Forward buying 29645
103 Freight Charge 10057
104 Freight Consolidation 7274
105 Gantt Chart 8082
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11349
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29066
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12388
109 Hub 22975
110 Idle Time 7823
111 Import/Export License 8430
112 In Bond Shipment 13549
113 Inbound Logistics 13157
114 Interstate System 10751
115 Inventory Costs 52555
116 Inventory in Transit 16028
117 Inventory Management 53686
118 Inventory Planning System 9539
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21825
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41096
121 JIT 2 18175
122 Job Production 26431
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8711
124 Kanban Squares 6576
125 Laid-Down Cost 9853
126 Lean Office 5766
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10713
128 Lee's Notation 8311
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13744
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36123
 
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