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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 9142
32 Buffer Stock 58144
33 Build to Stock 12664
34 Bullwhip Effect 9224
35 Business Logistics 24993
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12277
37 Capacity Management 39327
38 Capacity Utilization 13701
39 Capital Intensive 8037
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8304
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11785
42 Certified Supplier 8781
43 Channel Effectiveness 8743
44 Co-Destiny 9001
45 Co-managed Inventory 12146
46 Co-Packers 11514
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6571
48 Computer-Based Training 7458
49 Consular Invoice 19251
50 Container Depot 10310
51 Container Freight Station 10092
52 Continuous Replenishment 19150
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11772
54 Contract Carrier 7180
55 Contract of Affreightment 11155
56 Control Charts 7719
57 Cost Flow 10028
58 Courier Service 14779
59 CPFR 7959
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11486
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43199
62 Date Code 17680
63 Days of Supply 19417
64 Dead on Arrival 8881
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7053
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7818
67 Detective Control 8667
68 Devanning 13954
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10558
70 Dispatching 23543
71 Distributed Inventory 8142
72 Distribution Channel Management 33959
73 Distribution Metrics 8659
74 Distribution Planning 23848
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14804
76 Double Marginalization 52119
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21952
78 Dual 5229
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20276
80 Echelon Inventory 25824
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37913
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48739
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7377
84 Efficient Frontier 24899
85 Engineer-to-Order 31202
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15874
87 Erlang B Formula 9050
88 ETD 8056
89 Ex Works 7653
90 Exception Rate 13096
91 Exponential smoothing 9583
92 External Growth 9789
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9179
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8383
97 Fishbone Diagram 14274
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26466
99 Flow Through Distribution 12003
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12639
102 Forward buying 29667
103 Freight Charge 10067
104 Freight Consolidation 7289
105 Gantt Chart 8090
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11366
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29124
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12400
109 Hub 22996
110 Idle Time 7838
111 Import/Export License 8450
112 In Bond Shipment 13570
113 Inbound Logistics 13171
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52627
116 Inventory in Transit 16049
117 Inventory Management 53744
118 Inventory Planning System 9550
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21853
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41198
121 JIT 2 18183
122 Job Production 26501
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8727
124 Kanban Squares 6588
125 Laid-Down Cost 9867
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13768
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36188
 
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