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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 58842
33 Build to Stock 12839
34 Bullwhip Effect 9452
35 Business Logistics 25415
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12460
37 Capacity Management 40109
38 Capacity Utilization 13959
39 Capital Intensive 8276
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8587
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12005
42 Certified Supplier 8899
43 Channel Effectiveness 8855
44 Co-Destiny 9182
45 Co-managed Inventory 12355
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6765
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19567
50 Container Depot 10517
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19359
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11965
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7878
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15087
59 CPFR 8125
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11681
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43852
62 Date Code 18050
63 Days of Supply 19689
64 Dead on Arrival 9106
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8816
68 Devanning 14124
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10756
70 Dispatching 24194
71 Distributed Inventory 8269
72 Distribution Channel Management 34466
73 Distribution Metrics 8957
74 Distribution Planning 24074
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15071
76 Double Marginalization 52463
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22168
78 Dual 5374
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20478
80 Echelon Inventory 26035
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38139
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49363
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7527
84 Efficient Frontier 25282
85 Engineer-to-Order 31555
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16238
87 Erlang B Formula 9249
88 ETD 8237
89 Ex Works 7766
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9743
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9919
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8641
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26828
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8070
101 FOB Destination 12909
102 Forward buying 29923
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11610
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29408
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12575
109 Hub 23270
110 Idle Time 7978
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13789
113 Inbound Logistics 13439
114 Interstate System 10906
115 Inventory Costs 53272
116 Inventory in Transit 16306
117 Inventory Management 54409
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22154
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42183
121 JIT 2 18343
122 Job Production 27251
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8945
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10047
126 Lean Office 5943
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8486
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14071
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36873
 
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