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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 9177
32 Buffer Stock 58221
33 Build to Stock 12683
34 Bullwhip Effect 9246
35 Business Logistics 25034
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12292
37 Capacity Management 39414
38 Capacity Utilization 13726
39 Capital Intensive 8064
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8336
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11806
42 Certified Supplier 8791
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9021
45 Co-managed Inventory 12165
46 Co-Packers 11529
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6589
48 Computer-Based Training 7473
49 Consular Invoice 19282
50 Container Depot 10331
51 Container Freight Station 10106
52 Continuous Replenishment 19165
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11791
54 Contract Carrier 7189
55 Contract of Affreightment 11166
56 Control Charts 7735
57 Cost Flow 10042
58 Courier Service 14819
59 CPFR 7982
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11508
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43265
62 Date Code 17711
63 Days of Supply 19443
64 Dead on Arrival 8908
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7067
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7836
67 Detective Control 8678
68 Devanning 13970
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10577
70 Dispatching 23594
71 Distributed Inventory 8154
72 Distribution Channel Management 34004
73 Distribution Metrics 8690
74 Distribution Planning 23884
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14825
76 Double Marginalization 52157
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21973
78 Dual 5249
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20285
80 Echelon Inventory 25845
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37937
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48804
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7394
84 Efficient Frontier 24937
85 Engineer-to-Order 31229
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15915
87 Erlang B Formula 9077
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13121
91 Exponential smoothing 9595
92 External Growth 9810
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9671
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8404
97 Fishbone Diagram 14291
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26494
99 Flow Through Distribution 12026
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7906
101 FOB Destination 12662
102 Forward buying 29690
103 Freight Charge 10084
104 Freight Consolidation 7307
105 Gantt Chart 8101
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11394
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29146
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12410
109 Hub 23023
110 Idle Time 7852
111 Import/Export License 8465
112 In Bond Shipment 13591
113 Inbound Logistics 13194
114 Interstate System 10768
115 Inventory Costs 52702
116 Inventory in Transit 16071
117 Inventory Management 53796
118 Inventory Planning System 9566
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21890
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41301
121 JIT 2 18195
122 Job Production 26569
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8746
124 Kanban Squares 6605
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5789
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10727
128 Lee's Notation 8343
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13797
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36236
 
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