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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 9550
32 Buffer Stock 59343
33 Build to Stock 13042
34 Bullwhip Effect 9697
35 Business Logistics 25779
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12588
37 Capacity Management 40614
38 Capacity Utilization 14134
39 Capital Intensive 8438
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8773
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12160
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8949
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12587
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6901
48 Computer-Based Training 7708
49 Consular Invoice 19831
50 Container Depot 10628
51 Container Freight Station 10296
52 Continuous Replenishment 19589
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12102
54 Contract Carrier 7330
55 Contract of Affreightment 11440
56 Control Charts 7979
57 Cost Flow 10294
58 Courier Service 15271
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11824
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44212
62 Date Code 18269
63 Days of Supply 19864
64 Dead on Arrival 9348
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8134
67 Detective Control 8929
68 Devanning 14232
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10987
70 Dispatching 24563
71 Distributed Inventory 8377
72 Distribution Channel Management 34808
73 Distribution Metrics 9146
74 Distribution Planning 24228
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15247
76 Double Marginalization 52791
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22409
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20639
80 Echelon Inventory 26240
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38296
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49789
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7636
84 Efficient Frontier 25524
85 Engineer-to-Order 31789
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16560
87 Erlang B Formula 9367
88 ETD 8347
89 Ex Works 7851
90 Exception Rate 13518
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10099
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9537
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10550
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8798
97 Fishbone Diagram 14631
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27080
99 Flow Through Distribution 12336
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8199
101 FOB Destination 13062
102 Forward buying 30212
103 Freight Charge 10429
104 Freight Consolidation 7548
105 Gantt Chart 8307
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11756
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29615
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12713
109 Hub 23465
110 Idle Time 8087
111 Import/Export License 8742
112 In Bond Shipment 13992
113 Inbound Logistics 13616
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53729
116 Inventory in Transit 16563
117 Inventory Management 54891
118 Inventory Planning System 9891
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22331
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42850
121 JIT 2 18464
122 Job Production 27774
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9164
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10218
126 Lean Office 6143
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8583
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14270
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37343
 
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