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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 9687
32 Buffer Stock 59640
33 Build to Stock 13137
34 Bullwhip Effect 9843
35 Business Logistics 26020
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12696
37 Capacity Management 41080
38 Capacity Utilization 14281
39 Capital Intensive 8573
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8925
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12277
42 Certified Supplier 9056
43 Channel Effectiveness 9046
44 Co-Destiny 9429
45 Co-managed Inventory 12715
46 Co-Packers 11903
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7004
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20010
50 Container Depot 10719
51 Container Freight Station 10373
52 Continuous Replenishment 19708
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12203
54 Contract Carrier 7391
55 Contract of Affreightment 11543
56 Control Charts 8056
57 Cost Flow 10404
58 Courier Service 15401
59 CPFR 8331
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11931
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44515
62 Date Code 18514
63 Days of Supply 20005
64 Dead on Arrival 9483
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7420
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8245
67 Detective Control 9038
68 Devanning 14338
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11101
70 Dispatching 24787
71 Distributed Inventory 8466
72 Distribution Channel Management 35113
73 Distribution Metrics 9309
74 Distribution Planning 24369
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15406
76 Double Marginalization 53000
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22557
78 Dual 5522
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20752
80 Echelon Inventory 26419
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38437
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50142
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7728
84 Efficient Frontier 25716
85 Engineer-to-Order 31959
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16779
87 Erlang B Formula 9464
88 ETD 8439
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13663
91 Exponential smoothing 9932
92 External Growth 10220
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9646
94 Field Services 7824
95 Field Warehouse 10953
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8958
97 Fishbone Diagram 14754
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27309
99 Flow Through Distribution 12465
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8316
101 FOB Destination 13206
102 Forward buying 30398
103 Freight Charge 10515
104 Freight Consolidation 7624
105 Gantt Chart 8373
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11900
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29757
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12823
109 Hub 23617
110 Idle Time 8171
111 Import/Export License 8839
112 In Bond Shipment 14116
113 Inbound Logistics 13738
114 Interstate System 11124
115 Inventory Costs 54066
116 Inventory in Transit 16713
117 Inventory Management 55230
118 Inventory Planning System 9982
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22492
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43372
121 JIT 2 18562
122 Job Production 28212
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9264
124 Kanban Squares 6965
125 Laid-Down Cost 10366
126 Lean Office 6243
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8653
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14446
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37631
 
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