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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 9145
32 Buffer Stock 58156
33 Build to Stock 12664
34 Bullwhip Effect 9226
35 Business Logistics 24997
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12278
37 Capacity Management 39344
38 Capacity Utilization 13706
39 Capital Intensive 8040
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8309
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11787
42 Certified Supplier 8782
43 Channel Effectiveness 8744
44 Co-Destiny 9004
45 Co-managed Inventory 12149
46 Co-Packers 11515
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6572
48 Computer-Based Training 7460
49 Consular Invoice 19255
50 Container Depot 10313
51 Container Freight Station 10096
52 Continuous Replenishment 19152
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11773
54 Contract Carrier 7181
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7722
57 Cost Flow 10031
58 Courier Service 14784
59 CPFR 7963
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11489
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43206
62 Date Code 17686
63 Days of Supply 19421
64 Dead on Arrival 8887
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7055
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7821
67 Detective Control 8668
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10560
70 Dispatching 23549
71 Distributed Inventory 8145
72 Distribution Channel Management 33964
73 Distribution Metrics 8664
74 Distribution Planning 23850
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14807
76 Double Marginalization 52123
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21956
78 Dual 5230
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25826
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37916
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48748
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7380
84 Efficient Frontier 24905
85 Engineer-to-Order 31205
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15880
87 Erlang B Formula 9053
88 ETD 8058
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13102
91 Exponential smoothing 9584
92 External Growth 9791
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9180
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9653
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8387
97 Fishbone Diagram 14277
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26468
99 Flow Through Distribution 12007
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
101 FOB Destination 12642
102 Forward buying 29672
103 Freight Charge 10069
104 Freight Consolidation 7291
105 Gantt Chart 8090
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11368
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29125
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 22999
110 Idle Time 7839
111 Import/Export License 8451
112 In Bond Shipment 13572
113 Inbound Logistics 13173
114 Interstate System 10759
115 Inventory Costs 52640
116 Inventory in Transit 16052
117 Inventory Management 53750
118 Inventory Planning System 9552
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21861
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41215
121 JIT 2 18185
122 Job Production 26508
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8729
124 Kanban Squares 6590
125 Laid-Down Cost 9869
126 Lean Office 5776
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8329
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13770
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36194
 
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