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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 9387
32 Buffer Stock 58858
33 Build to Stock 12839
34 Bullwhip Effect 9453
35 Business Logistics 25422
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12463
37 Capacity Management 40118
38 Capacity Utilization 13961
39 Capital Intensive 8277
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8590
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12009
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8858
44 Co-Destiny 9185
45 Co-managed Inventory 12358
46 Co-Packers 11672
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19572
50 Container Depot 10519
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19361
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11969
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11316
56 Control Charts 7880
57 Cost Flow 10179
58 Courier Service 15091
59 CPFR 8130
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11687
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43860
62 Date Code 18055
63 Days of Supply 19691
64 Dead on Arrival 9110
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7219
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8817
68 Devanning 14125
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10762
70 Dispatching 24201
71 Distributed Inventory 8275
72 Distribution Channel Management 34474
73 Distribution Metrics 8963
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15075
76 Double Marginalization 52471
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22169
78 Dual 5375
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20483
80 Echelon Inventory 26037
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38143
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49375
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7528
84 Efficient Frontier 25285
85 Engineer-to-Order 31562
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16248
87 Erlang B Formula 9252
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13346
91 Exponential smoothing 9748
92 External Growth 9961
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9339
94 Field Services 7676
95 Field Warehouse 9932
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14503
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26832
99 Flow Through Distribution 12203
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8074
101 FOB Destination 12916
102 Forward buying 29926
103 Freight Charge 10235
104 Freight Consolidation 7446
105 Gantt Chart 8216
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11613
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29411
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12577
109 Hub 23273
110 Idle Time 7981
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13794
113 Inbound Logistics 13441
114 Interstate System 10907
115 Inventory Costs 53281
116 Inventory in Transit 16308
117 Inventory Management 54420
118 Inventory Planning System 9709
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22156
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42196
121 JIT 2 18344
122 Job Production 27260
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8949
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10050
126 Lean Office 5944
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10803
128 Lee's Notation 8489
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14074
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36888
 
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