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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 9720
32 Buffer Stock 59691
33 Build to Stock 13159
34 Bullwhip Effect 9875
35 Business Logistics 26058
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12720
37 Capacity Management 41186
38 Capacity Utilization 14322
39 Capital Intensive 8601
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8961
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9068
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9448
45 Co-managed Inventory 12740
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7032
48 Computer-Based Training 7814
49 Consular Invoice 20052
50 Container Depot 10742
51 Container Freight Station 10386
52 Continuous Replenishment 19737
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12228
54 Contract Carrier 7405
55 Contract of Affreightment 11560
56 Control Charts 8074
57 Cost Flow 10428
58 Courier Service 15430
59 CPFR 8354
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11959
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44581
62 Date Code 18557
63 Days of Supply 20032
64 Dead on Arrival 9511
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7443
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9069
68 Devanning 14361
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11131
70 Dispatching 24840
71 Distributed Inventory 8478
72 Distribution Channel Management 35171
73 Distribution Metrics 9350
74 Distribution Planning 24401
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15441
76 Double Marginalization 53048
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22589
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20776
80 Echelon Inventory 26469
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38472
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50215
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7749
84 Efficient Frontier 25755
85 Engineer-to-Order 32000
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16826
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8461
89 Ex Works 7948
90 Exception Rate 13692
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10247
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9678
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11059
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14785
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27362
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8350
101 FOB Destination 13237
102 Forward buying 30443
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8390
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11940
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29784
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12855
109 Hub 23658
110 Idle Time 8201
111 Import/Export License 8860
112 In Bond Shipment 14146
113 Inbound Logistics 13764
114 Interstate System 11147
115 Inventory Costs 54129
116 Inventory in Transit 16758
117 Inventory Management 55316
118 Inventory Planning System 10008
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22527
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43499
121 JIT 2 18586
122 Job Production 28308
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9288
124 Kanban Squares 6983
125 Laid-Down Cost 10397
126 Lean Office 6262
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10928
128 Lee's Notation 8676
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14485
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37686
 
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