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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 9183
32 Buffer Stock 58234
33 Build to Stock 12689
34 Bullwhip Effect 9251
35 Business Logistics 25044
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12294
37 Capacity Management 39435
38 Capacity Utilization 13735
39 Capital Intensive 8071
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8341
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11812
42 Certified Supplier 8794
43 Channel Effectiveness 8758
44 Co-Destiny 9024
45 Co-managed Inventory 12171
46 Co-Packers 11531
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6593
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19289
50 Container Depot 10336
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19169
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11797
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11172
56 Control Charts 7738
57 Cost Flow 10046
58 Courier Service 14824
59 CPFR 7985
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11512
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43278
62 Date Code 17715
63 Days of Supply 19449
64 Dead on Arrival 8914
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7070
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7840
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13973
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10581
70 Dispatching 23607
71 Distributed Inventory 8156
72 Distribution Channel Management 34019
73 Distribution Metrics 8697
74 Distribution Planning 23890
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14829
76 Double Marginalization 52167
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21979
78 Dual 5251
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20290
80 Echelon Inventory 25848
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37940
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48821
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7396
84 Efficient Frontier 24946
85 Engineer-to-Order 31240
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15923
87 Erlang B Formula 9082
88 ETD 8073
89 Ex Works 7663
90 Exception Rate 13126
91 Exponential smoothing 9599
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9195
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9674
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8412
97 Fishbone Diagram 14295
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26500
99 Flow Through Distribution 12032
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7911
101 FOB Destination 12668
102 Forward buying 29695
103 Freight Charge 10086
104 Freight Consolidation 7311
105 Gantt Chart 8103
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11399
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29154
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12413
109 Hub 23036
110 Idle Time 7857
111 Import/Export License 8467
112 In Bond Shipment 13597
113 Inbound Logistics 13201
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52716
116 Inventory in Transit 16078
117 Inventory Management 53811
118 Inventory Planning System 9570
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21900
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41321
121 JIT 2 18198
122 Job Production 26584
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8749
124 Kanban Squares 6609
125 Laid-Down Cost 9880
126 Lean Office 5792
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8344
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13803
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36252
 
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