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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 9692
32 Buffer Stock 59652
33 Build to Stock 13142
34 Bullwhip Effect 9849
35 Business Logistics 26026
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12703
37 Capacity Management 41095
38 Capacity Utilization 14286
39 Capital Intensive 8577
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8934
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12284
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9050
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11910
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7009
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20019
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10376
52 Continuous Replenishment 19714
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7394
55 Contract of Affreightment 11546
56 Control Charts 8061
57 Cost Flow 10407
58 Courier Service 15407
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11939
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44527
62 Date Code 18521
63 Days of Supply 20010
64 Dead on Arrival 9490
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7423
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8247
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14345
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11107
70 Dispatching 24797
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35128
73 Distribution Metrics 9320
74 Distribution Planning 24376
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15410
76 Double Marginalization 53012
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22564
78 Dual 5527
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20758
80 Echelon Inventory 26429
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38443
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50156
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7731
84 Efficient Frontier 25724
85 Engineer-to-Order 31967
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16795
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8443
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13666
91 Exponential smoothing 9936
92 External Growth 10226
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9654
94 Field Services 7827
95 Field Warehouse 10967
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8968
97 Fishbone Diagram 14760
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27321
99 Flow Through Distribution 12469
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
101 FOB Destination 13212
102 Forward buying 30404
103 Freight Charge 10519
104 Freight Consolidation 7627
105 Gantt Chart 8378
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11904
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29764
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12831
109 Hub 23625
110 Idle Time 8178
111 Import/Export License 8842
112 In Bond Shipment 14123
113 Inbound Logistics 13746
114 Interstate System 11130
115 Inventory Costs 54079
116 Inventory in Transit 16721
117 Inventory Management 55245
118 Inventory Planning System 9985
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22498
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43397
121 JIT 2 18567
122 Job Production 28231
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9268
124 Kanban Squares 6968
125 Laid-Down Cost 10373
126 Lean Office 6248
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10921
128 Lee's Notation 8658
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14456
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37649
 
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