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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 9632
32 Buffer Stock 59531
33 Build to Stock 13098
34 Bullwhip Effect 9776
35 Business Logistics 25921
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12650
37 Capacity Management 40891
38 Capacity Utilization 14216
39 Capital Intensive 8525
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8864
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12225
42 Certified Supplier 9030
43 Channel Effectiveness 9006
44 Co-Destiny 9384
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11860
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6963
48 Computer-Based Training 7760
49 Consular Invoice 19941
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10336
52 Continuous Replenishment 19655
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12162
54 Contract Carrier 7363
55 Contract of Affreightment 11493
56 Control Charts 8028
57 Cost Flow 10359
58 Courier Service 15353
59 CPFR 8293
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11888
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44369
62 Date Code 18391
63 Days of Supply 19949
64 Dead on Arrival 9430
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8201
67 Detective Control 8991
68 Devanning 14299
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11057
70 Dispatching 24695
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35006
73 Distribution Metrics 9249
74 Distribution Planning 24309
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15341
76 Double Marginalization 52909
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22496
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20714
80 Echelon Inventory 26320
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38371
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49997
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7690
84 Efficient Frontier 25632
85 Engineer-to-Order 31890
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16679
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8400
89 Ex Works 7890
90 Exception Rate 13605
91 Exponential smoothing 9898
92 External Growth 10173
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9597
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10777
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8895
97 Fishbone Diagram 14699
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27220
99 Flow Through Distribution 12411
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8267
101 FOB Destination 13150
102 Forward buying 30340
103 Freight Charge 10486
104 Freight Consolidation 7594
105 Gantt Chart 8349
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11834
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29705
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12776
109 Hub 23562
110 Idle Time 8140
111 Import/Export License 8808
112 In Bond Shipment 14074
113 Inbound Logistics 13688
114 Interstate System 11092
115 Inventory Costs 53946
116 Inventory in Transit 16644
117 Inventory Management 55078
118 Inventory Planning System 9946
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22418
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43176
121 JIT 2 18525
122 Job Production 28030
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9219
124 Kanban Squares 6921
125 Laid-Down Cost 10306
126 Lean Office 6204
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10900
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14377
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37499
 
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