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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 9453
32 Buffer Stock 59104
33 Build to Stock 12887
34 Bullwhip Effect 9529
35 Business Logistics 25550
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12526
37 Capacity Management 40333
38 Capacity Utilization 14042
39 Capital Intensive 8353
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8667
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12070
42 Certified Supplier 8935
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9246
45 Co-managed Inventory 12416
46 Co-Packers 11723
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6816
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19688
50 Container Depot 10566
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19419
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12030
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11373
56 Control Charts 7924
57 Cost Flow 10223
58 Courier Service 15172
59 CPFR 8179
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11741
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44022
62 Date Code 18144
63 Days of Supply 19766
64 Dead on Arrival 9186
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7271
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8064
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10820
70 Dispatching 24381
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34613
73 Distribution Metrics 9046
74 Distribution Planning 24143
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15156
76 Double Marginalization 52570
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22236
78 Dual 5410
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20551
80 Echelon Inventory 26130
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38204
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49549
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7573
84 Efficient Frontier 25386
85 Engineer-to-Order 31654
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16344
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8289
89 Ex Works 7802
90 Exception Rate 13427
91 Exponential smoothing 9788
92 External Growth 10023
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9383
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10278
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8708
97 Fishbone Diagram 14558
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26934
99 Flow Through Distribution 12264
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8129
101 FOB Destination 12975
102 Forward buying 30014
103 Freight Charge 10279
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8258
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11678
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29506
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12633
109 Hub 23350
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8671
112 In Bond Shipment 13882
113 Inbound Logistics 13522
114 Interstate System 10961
115 Inventory Costs 53448
116 Inventory in Transit 16382
117 Inventory Management 54580
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22236
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42484
121 JIT 2 18393
122 Job Production 27465
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9009
124 Kanban Squares 6798
125 Laid-Down Cost 10114
126 Lean Office 5993
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8530
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14157
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37088
 
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