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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 9720
32 Buffer Stock 59694
33 Build to Stock 13160
34 Bullwhip Effect 9877
35 Business Logistics 26059
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12720
37 Capacity Management 41194
38 Capacity Utilization 14323
39 Capital Intensive 8602
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8962
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9069
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9448
45 Co-managed Inventory 12742
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7034
48 Computer-Based Training 7815
49 Consular Invoice 20052
50 Container Depot 10742
51 Container Freight Station 10386
52 Continuous Replenishment 19738
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12231
54 Contract Carrier 7406
55 Contract of Affreightment 11561
56 Control Charts 8074
57 Cost Flow 10429
58 Courier Service 15432
59 CPFR 8354
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11961
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44587
62 Date Code 18563
63 Days of Supply 20032
64 Dead on Arrival 9511
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7443
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8268
67 Detective Control 9070
68 Devanning 14361
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11131
70 Dispatching 24841
71 Distributed Inventory 8480
72 Distribution Channel Management 35173
73 Distribution Metrics 9352
74 Distribution Planning 24402
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15443
76 Double Marginalization 53053
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22590
78 Dual 5549
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20778
80 Echelon Inventory 26473
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38474
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50220
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7749
84 Efficient Frontier 25758
85 Engineer-to-Order 32003
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16829
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8462
89 Ex Works 7948
90 Exception Rate 13693
91 Exponential smoothing 9952
92 External Growth 10248
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9680
94 Field Services 7842
95 Field Warehouse 11063
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8997
97 Fishbone Diagram 14788
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27365
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8350
101 FOB Destination 13239
102 Forward buying 30444
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8391
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11941
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29785
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12855
109 Hub 23663
110 Idle Time 8201
111 Import/Export License 8862
112 In Bond Shipment 14146
113 Inbound Logistics 13765
114 Interstate System 11148
115 Inventory Costs 54134
116 Inventory in Transit 16760
117 Inventory Management 55324
118 Inventory Planning System 10008
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22528
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43507
121 JIT 2 18587
122 Job Production 28314
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9288
124 Kanban Squares 6983
125 Laid-Down Cost 10398
126 Lean Office 6262
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10928
128 Lee's Notation 8676
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14486
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37688
 
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